The state Employment Development Department built out several modernizations in 2017 and is working to increase process efficiency and reduce costs with new software and system upgrades.
As the Legislature waits to see Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, due Wednesday, Techwire looks back on the adjustments made to the current year’s IT spending.
The Legislative Analyst’s Office has released an evaluation of the California State University (CSU) Cross-Campus Online Education Program, finding that CSU needs to enroll more students, provide more courses, improve access and provide better data on the online programs.
Los Angeles County joins several other California counties in upgrading its voting technology by moving forward with its Voting Solutions for All People project.
Tom Andriola, CIO of the University of California, sat down to tell Techwire how each campus and the overall system acquires technology, how the IT Leadership Council strategizes technology purchases and about how each location specializes its own technology.
California is updating the state’s transit plan, which is a portion of the Statewide Transit Strategic Plan, to include changing transportation technology. The update will be completed in the spring.
A state office is planning to publish an RFI next week for Identity and Access Management solutions. The information will offer insights into potential problems with an identity management system and its implementation.
Jennifer Benson, CIO of the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, outlines for Techwire her department's goals and priorities for the coming year.
With the departure this week of John Boule as director of California’s Office of Systems Integration, Rebecca Stilling, a familiar face in state government, is coming in to serve as acting director.
The Bureau of Cannabis Control issued the first round of temporary licenses for commercial cannabis businesses on Thursday, almost 18 days ahead of the Jan. 1 project deadline.
Jan. 1 is the deadline for a workable software to accept applications for licenses to conduct business as a cannabis cooperative association and for separate, interoperable software to track cannabis. This software, the Cannabis Track and Trace software, will regulate how cooperatives grow, move and sell cannabis, and both are part of the statute under the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA) of 2015.
Multiple departments in California state government are working to fight sales tax fraud in the restaurant industry, targeting illegal transaction-altering "zapper" software that can reside in restaurants' point-of-sale computers.
The passage of Prop. 64 legalized cannabis use and manufacturing in California but did not offer a business framework. Since the November 2016 vote, several state entities have been working together to create regulations. Jan. 1 is the deadline for implementing those regulations, since the state will start issuing sale licenses.
The California Department of Technology held a webinar this week that offered an overview of the state's Agile Development Pre-Qualified Vendor Pool refresh.
After almost a year in the works, the Well Statewide Tracking and Reporting project, a Department of Conservation effort to meet legislative requirements under SB 4 and 1281, is on track.
Along with big-name businesses like AT&T, Boeing, Fujitsu and UPS, California State University, Los Angeles has begun contracting with local jurisdictions to solve IT challenges.
California's Pre-Qualified Vendor Pool for Agile Development is getting a refresh over the next few months. A CDT webinar on Tuesday was designed to help vendors prepare.
The Startup in Residence program received problem statements from cities around the U.S. in November, including from six California cities and one California special district.
