Sacramento’s River Cats minor league baseball team and the FC Republic soccer club have plans of their own as the Kings and the team’s new downtown arena aspire to become the technology showcase of the NBA.
Even the most complicated passwords are no longer enough to protect consumers and businesses from the rising tide of online breaches and hacking, state and federal experts said Thursday during a public forum at Sacramento’s downtown public library.
After complaints from Uber, Lyft and Sidecar, the Department of Motor Vehicles changed course, saying it jumped the gun on requiring rideshare drivers to register as commercial vehicles.
Dozens of commenters already have weighed in on Padilla’s website. Ideas include weekend elections, all vote by mail, and making Election Day a state holiday.
The company's Fraud Detection as a Service platform uses Google programs to analyze large amounts of data to identify and prevent fraud in government programs, such as Medicaid, unemployment insurance, Women, Infants and Children, and others.
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Officials decided to focus on transportation for the biennial update to the Integrated Energy Policy Report given the sector’s potential impact on climate change and air quality.
Ridderbusch, Microsoft’s California director for state and local government for the past five-plus years, has been a fixture in the Sacramento scene for three decades.
Technology innovation and related solutions are creating the need for changing procurement solutions, according to a white paper from two national associations.
Caltrans has launched a mobile app and online game designed to teach teenagers the importance of safe driving habits and avoiding distracted driving while on the road.
As California continues to grapple with how to utilize cloud computing and software-as-a-service in government, one of the state’s smaller IT shops is showing how it’s done.
FCC Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel, CPUC Commissioner Catherine Sandoval, former Facebook executive Chris Kelly and other experts from the private sector are scheduled to participate at the 10 a.m. session at the State Capitol.
The Department of Motor Vehicles on Wednesday approved permits for the Volkswagen Group of America, Mercedes and Google to test autonomous vehicles in California, as regulations governing automated driving in California went into effect for the first time.
As deputy director, one of Voss’ responsibilities will be partnering with the Department of General Services on IT policy and procedures, and defining responsibilities between the two departments.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) sent formal comments to the FCC last week which revealed that only 51.4 percent of the state’s population has access to mobile download speeds of at least 10 megabits per second (Mbps) and uploads of 1 Mbps.
Cloud-based XaaS applications can bring benefits to state and local government, but XaaS models don’t always align well with current procurement processes, rules, terms and conditions.
Gartner is hosting a free half-day briefing on “Service Delivery Models and Digital Business Readiness” on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel.
The city’s IT department is interested in seeing if a vendor would want to build and manage a "carrier neutral" small cell network. CIO Maria MacGunigal says a citywide Wi-Fi network also is a possibility.
Representatives from the California’s largest utility companies detailed how they are addressing public safety hazards associated with downed power lines, underground infrastructure and other risk factors.
The 2013 salary, benefits and other compensation data for more than 20,000 Superior Court judges and employees to the publicpay.ca,gov website, State Controller John Chiang announced Wednesday.
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) finding was part of broader polling on Californians’ attitudes about environmental issues such as global warming, the Keystone pipeline and energy policy.
The system is California’s answer to increasing demand for cloud computing infrastructure among government users. Officials said the delivery model — hosted in a secure state facility and operated by a vendor — is unique in the state government market.
San Bernardino has become the latest of California’s 58 superior courts to utilize a master services agreement to select a software solution for a new court case management system.
California had the third-highest incidence per capita of federal- and state-approved wiretapping of cellphones and other mobile devices in the U.S. last year, according to a Pew Research Center analysis posted Monday of a new report from the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts.
