An online survey from the Department of General Services' Procurement Division asks state employees what changes they would suggest for the contract vehicle and what additional labor classifications, if any, they would like to be added.
The California Health and Human Services Agency has selected 11 vendors for a prequalified pool of agile developers eligible to work on the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System replacement and other projects, officials announced Tuesday afternoon.
Amy Tong was recently appointed as the state of California CIO and Department of Technology director, but a spate of top-level technology positions remain open in the ranks of state government.
Techwire recently asked California's new state CIO, Amy Tong, what she wants from the vendor community now that she's the director of the Department of Technology.
At least three of the 17 measures that have qualified for California's Nov. 8 ballot could force the state to either broaden current IT systems or launch entirely new technology projects. One in particular revolves around the potential legalization of recreational marijuana.
Quant is the agency information officer of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, a role he’s had the past six years. His last day will be Oct. 31.
California state CIO Amy Tong told Techwire on Wednesday that a multidepartmental effort is looking at what changes are needed so that agile can be used within the state’s current framework for project management, project approval, independent project oversight and other key functions.
A new state law that went into effect this month forces California cities, counties and other local agencies to post an inventory online of their enterprise computer systems that collect public data.
California's enacted state budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year, which began on July 1, contains several items of interest related to technology, systems, data and cybersecurity.
AB 1549 also would require Caltrans to notify broadband providers when they plan to open a trench that's capable of housing broadband conduit. If private companies aren't interested in doing the work, Caltrans would be required to install a conduit for future use.
California has appointed 30-year-old Silicon Valley tech executive Zachary Townsend to the newly created position, the governor's office announced Thursday afternoon.
Amy Tong will stay on as California's state CIO and Department of Technology director after serving in an interim capacity the last three months. Tong has been appointed to the position, Gov. Jerry Brown's office announced Thursday afternoon.
If approved, AB 2257 from Assemblymember Brian Maienschein would require local government agencies to post all meeting agendas online in an open format via a prominent, direct link beginning in 2019.
For the past five years Gurinder Bains had served as the branch chief for IT operations at the Department of Child Support Services and previously previously was deputy director of infrastructure services at the Legislative Data Center.
VoteCal will enable the state to provide a public website allowing voters to register online, check the status of their ballot, find their polling place, and give voters the ability to see if their vote-by-mail or provisional ballot was counted by their county elections official, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
A reform package Gov. Jerry Brown and Assemblymember Mike Gatto announced Monday would assess the state's telecommunications governance by 2018, according to the governor's office. An announcement from Gatto put it somewhat differently, saying the moves would "assess reassigning telecommunications governance."
The Brown administration announced on Monday that Miriam Barcellona Ingenito has been appointed the director of the Department of FI$Cal. She has been the executive partner of the project since 2015.
Folsom, Calif.-based Taborda Solutions has won the first agile contract attached to the state's child welfare system modernization project, the state announced on Thursday.
Last fall the Old City Hall building at 316 Vernon Street was demolished and construction began on a new 84,000-square-foot, four-story building where the IT department will be co-located with private-sector tenants.
Andrea Wallin-Rohmann, chief deputy director of policy for the California Department of Technology, has accepted a new position as clerk/administrator for the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento.
California has the next three years to sort out what data to make public on a new transparency website that will be attached to the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal).
There's mounting interest to require the state Legislature to make audiovisual recordings of all proceedings of the Assembly and Senate, make those digital files available to the public, and preserve them electronically for at least 20 years.
Gamiño discussed connectivity, retaining tech workers, platform as a service and more this week, providing several insights about the tech marketplace and the city-county government's push for innovation.
Sacramento is initiating a "City Hall tech program" in order to fund apps, conduct civic innovation projects and help attract and retain local startups. The program is being developed by the city's IT department and the new Mayor's Office for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
The framework of a deal hammered out in the Budget Conference Committee and closed-door negotiations was revealed on Thursday evening, well ahead of a state constitutional deadline to pass a budget.
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) plans to launch June 21 a replacement for a legacy system used by a state program that administers building codes and regulates the mobile home industry. The re-engineered Codes and Standards Automated System (CASAS 2.0) will replace the original CASAS system implemented in 1997.
