In a postmortem for its well regarded Enterprise Data to Revenue (EDR) project, the California Franchise Tax Board looked at the ingredients that made the project a hit.
Under a pre-RFP released publicly this month, DGS is proposing to expand the number of eligible job classifications to 25 (previously there have been just seven), allow vendors to adjust their pricing based on California's Consumer Price Index in some circumstances, and allow purchase orders completed before the end of the MSA term contract to continue as needed beyond the MSA expiration date, among other changes.
California's Office of Medi-Cal Procurement announced it has canceled an RFP for Infant Data Management Services, on the heels of initially issuing an Intent to Award.
The selected vendors are IBM and Infiniti Consulting Group of Folsom, Calif., according to procurement records associated with a competitive bid that was originally issued in June 2016.
A total of about 5,000 cybersecurity professionals work in Sacramento, Roseville and the surrounding metro area — and employers are hoping to fill another 2,000 positions, according to a new online tool.
Stacy Cockrum, the California DMV's CIO and deputy director of the Information Systems Division (ISD), is retiring in December and the DMV has named his replacement.
CalPERS CIO Liana Bailey-Crimmins has become acting deputy executive officer for Benefit Programs, Policy and Planning, taking on the role formerly held by Doug McKeever, who last week was announced as the chief deputy executive director for program at Covered California. CalPERS Chief Technology Officer Ron Hurle has been named the Interim Chief Information Officer at CalPERS, the pension system confirmed to Techwire.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) credits the decision to hire state staff rather than using IT contractors for saving the pension system more than $30 million since 2012.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said data that must be protected extends to personal information of students eligible under the Dream Act who are enrolled on CSU, UC and community college campuses, as well as Cal Grant recipients and undocumented persons who applied for and received drivers' licenses under the state's AB 60 legislation.
John Wordlaw, who rejoined the Office of Systems Integration (OSI) on a full-time basis in September to serve as the chief deputy director, will move on to be the new Chief Administrative Officer for the Judicial Council of California effective Dec. 1. Wordlaw will oversee the council’s operations for information technology, budget services, branch accounting, procurement, human resources and administrative support.
The California Department of General Services said it will review cloud-as-a-service master agreements offered through the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) cooperative purchasing program so that state agencies and departments could potentially buy from them starting in mid-2017.
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) would like input from the vendor community as it considers how to deploy and operate a statewide broadband public safety radio network. The feedback could help California decide whether it will opt in or out of FirstNet, the national network for first responders that's under development.
California has appointed FireEye executive Peter Liebert as the state's chief information security officer, the governor's office announced Monday. In the position, Liebert also will serve as director of the Office of Information Security within the California Department of Technology.
The passage of Proposition 64 — which legalizes, taxes and regulates recreational use of marijuana by Californians who are 21 years of age and over — is creating another major IT initiative within the state government.
A proposed $918 million agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise would extend the company's management of the county's IT services and telecommunications through at least 2023.
L.A. County is finalizing a contract worth nearly $24 million with Oracle for the second phase of a major IT modernization project within the Assessor's Office, according to county records. The company also worked on the first phase of the project, which started in mid-2015.
The state of California released this week a pre-RFP for the eWIC MIS project, a $90 million project to build a statewide, Web-based information system for the Women, Infants and Children program.
Beginning in 2017, Techwire will be publishing a monthly newsletter with the latest job-critical news and market data for Insider members. Here's a sneak peek at the newsletter and the new format in a special edition this month that's filled with Insider news, a legislative update and new bid data.
Exclusively for Insider members, Techwire is compiling a searchable online database with verified contact information for CIOs and other California IT decision-makers. The Contacts list is one component of Insider Tools, a new suite of data-driven tools we're developing to provide you with insight and intelligence on the California IT market.
In an interview with Techwire, Townsend shared his early impressions about California’s data program, the issues he’d like to work on, the roots of his interest in government, and what role he thinks vendors could play in the state’s data efforts.
The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing says it's creating a new CIO position after previously not having an officially designated chief information officer.
A quick roundup explaining the tech-related ballot measures, IT systems and new online features that are in play as Californians cast their ballots on Tuesday.
Government Operations Agency Secretary Marybel Batjer took the main stage at the Code for America Summit in Oakland on Wednesday, and she said user-centered design and "minimally viable products" are becoming the mantra for more and more state IT projects.
The Department of Fair Employment and Housing recently started work on the requirements validation for a new case management system, after moving through the four-step Project Approval Lifecycle that the Department of Technology formally introduced in mid-2015.
Techwire is tracking the latest tech-related work mentioned during Covered California's most recent board meeting held on Thursday, Oct. 27. Here's a synopsis:
California Office of Technology Services chief Robert Schmidt has informed his staff he'll retire from state service in February 2017, according to Techwire sources.
The state's Office of Medi-Cal Procurement is redoing the procurement of a fraud analytics platform for the Medi-Cal program. The reissued procurement documents hit the street on Friday. The original solicitation and intent to award was canceled in August after being appealed.
Motorola won a competitive bidding process for the project, which includes purchase and installation through 2021 and maintenance and support through 2035.
