Angelica B. Quirarte, assistant secretary for digital engagement for the California Government Operations Agency, told The Washington Post she’s part of what the newspaper called “a specialized digital team” tasked with launching “a coronavirus rapid response website.” She previously led the Alpha.ca.gov project to reinvent the state's website; it wrapped March 4.
Spending priorities among respondents in the Center for Digital Government's* Digital States Survey indicate a heavy emphasis on issues overseen by the California Health and Human Services Agency.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Planet Labs to the Techwire family. Planet provides geospatial insights that equip users with the data necessary to make informed, timely decisions. Planet Labs offers a diverse selection of imagery and analytic solutions, including hardware and software that services what’s believed to be the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites in orbit, and a 7+ petabyte imagery archive. It’s all available online through its platform and web-based tools.For more information, visit https://www.planet.com/ or contact Garrick Ballantine.
Special districts are sometimes overshadowed by those eyeing state and local government IT opportunities. These entities can be small, like rural mosquito abatement agencies, or much larger. Either way, their tech spend can be significant.
Techwire is pleased to welcome OpenGov to the Techwire family. A leader in cloud-based solutions for government, its OpenGov Cloud™ is believed to be the only integrated cloud solution for budgeting, performance, communications and reporting. Its multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service solution links users to the budget process, lets them forecast personnel costs accurately, and integrate with vital government systems. More than 1,000 public agencies in 48 states form a network through OpenGov, and its budgeting and related capabilities. For more information, visit https://opengov.com/ or contact Jason Carian.
California, being the most populous state, also has a gargantuan economy — and a massive workforce in local government, which includes cities, counties and special districts. Here’s a look:
Techwire is pleased to welcome Forrester Research Inc. to the Techwire family. Forrester, a research and advisory firm, uses its proprietary research, data and analytics to help business and technology companies shape their vision, strategy and execution in ways that accelerate growth. Its insights are founded on yearly surveys of more than 690,000 consumers and business leaders, as well as rigorous and objective methodologies and shared wisdom. The company serves more than 4,000 organizations worldwide. For more information, visit https://go.forrester.com/ or contact Cindy Biando.
The rideshare company is among entities that have joined Communities Against Rider Surveillance (CARS) and are opposing Mobility Data Specification, a technology used by Los Angeles and other government entities.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Ciena to the Techwire family. Ciena is a networking systems, services and software company, offering solutions that help customers create responsive, adaptable networks. Through high-touch consultative relationships, Ciena’s modern technology underpins agile networks with automation, openness and scalability. Its customers include 85 percent of the world’s largest service providers; cloud and regional service providers, enterprise networks, financial services; healthcare, utilities, public sector and all levels of education. For more information, visit https://www.ciena.com/ or contact Steve Montague.
A simplified log-in process and the availability of more 24-hour-a-day online services are the newest additions, announced Wednesday by Director Steve Gordon.
Michelle Thong, digital services lead at San Jose, the so-called capital of Silicon Valley, is heading to the private sector. She was a founder of the city’s Office of Civic Innovation.
Techwire is pleased to welcome LightBox to the Techwire family. LightBox provides location intelligence, due diligence, risk management and workflow solutions to local, state and federal governments across North America. It makes location technology accessible and easy to use, and has embedded that intelligence into the business workflows of more than 350,000 North American users. LightBox’s technologies and brands enable access to property records, commercial real estate buyers, due diligence and procurement services, and flood zone mapping. For more information, visit https://www.lightboxre.com/ or contact Will O’Keefe.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Elastic to the Techwire family. Elastic helps users explore and analyze their data differently with its unique search power across formats including social media, stocks, server logs and blog posts. Its workplace search, observability and security solutions can be deployed on premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments. Elastic helps government and education professionals make data actionable, increase visibility into their infrastructures, build better citizen experiences, and securely move to the cloud. For more information, visit https://www.elastic.co/ or contact Steven.Webster@Elastic.co.
The twice-a-year gatherings — one in spring and one in fall, alternating between Northern and Southern California — offer county IT directors, chief information officers, network managers and other IT professionals a chance to share insights and success stories, and it provides a venue for vendors and sponsors.
The federal-county joint effort supplements a big effort by Gov. Gavin Newsom to use new IT procurement methods to address the state’s chronic vulnerability to wildfires.
Applicants should also have a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. The position has an annual salary range of $114,511 to $173,322.
The state's five cities that spend more than any others are, in descending order: San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose and Long Beach. Together, California's cities spend about $1.5 billion on IT every year.
The effort, dubbed “Girls Go CyberStart,” is designed to encourage young women from ninth to 12th grades to pursue careers in the growing (and male-dominated) field of cybersecurity. It’s being led by state Chief Information Officer Amy Tong and by Brenda Bridges Cruz, deputy director of the Office of Professional Development within CDT.
Representatives from business, education, government and nonprofits will discuss how natural disasters may strain the state's communications grid in the future and what the state will need in terms of network resiliency, reliability, affordability and consumer protection.
Techwire is showcasing the most recent California winners of The Center for Digital Government’s annual Digital Cities Survey, culled from its complete national survey.
Techwire is showcasing the most recent California winners of the Center for Digital Government’s annual Digital Cities Survey, culled from its complete national survey.
Techwire is showcasing the most recent California winners of The Center for Digital Government’s annual Digital Cities Survey, culled from its complete national survey.
She has 25 years’ sales experience in IT security, with a background that includes strategic, enterprise and State, Local and Education (SLED) vertical markets.
The position includes a large degree of oversight, including applications, data center, security, enterprise portfolio management and enterprise architecture.
In all, 11 students from nine departments in state government graduated: Department of Child Support Services, Correctional Health Care Services, Air Resources Board, Department of Industrial Relations, Department of Transportation, Department of Corrections, Franchise Tax Board, Office of Legislative Data, and Department of Veterans Affairs.
California’s cable industry spends about $2 billion annually to upgrade and build out high-speed networks using private investment dollars. But while 5G technology points to a future with faster Internet, many rural parts of the state lack the fiber infrastructure the technology requires.
The CIO Academy Awards Program recognizes individuals in California government organizations for their outstanding contributions, best practices and works of distinction.
