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Nominations must be government projects undertaken by a public body in the Los Angeles region. All nominated projects must be currently in use and have quantifiable outcomes.
Background in government relations includes California Bankers Association and Planned Parenthood of California. Her experience includes roles with several Assembly members.
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The San Jose Digital Inclusion Partnership is funded by the city’s Digital Inclusion Fund, which is capitalized by fees paid by Internet service providers. The position, which has an annual base salary of $120,000, is based in San Jose and is considered part of the California Emerging Technology Fund team.
Mike Hawkins has served as vice president of the San Diego Chapter of the International Association of Microsoft Certified Partners. He's also been active in the Information Systems Security Association as well as the California Educational Technology Professionals Association.
The Department of Motor Vehicles will be answering viewers' phoned-in questions today between 4 and 7 p.m., during the news broadcasts on Sacramento's KCRA (Channel 3).
The nation’s 10th-largest city is expanding its IT capabilities under the direction of Chief Information Officer Rob Lloyd, and in the past year has hired a chief information security officer and an assistant chief information officer. These are among several IT positions the city has filled or plans to fill.
The nation’s 10th-largest city, which aspires "to be as innovative as the community we serve," is beefing up its IT management team under the leadership of CIO Rob Lloyd.
The focus is on the achievements and best practices from U.S. states, counties, cities and federal agencies and departments that have gone beyond the Web to radically improve upon the experience of government and push the boundaries of how services are delivered.
The county is the fourth in California to take part, according to an announcement this week. This comes after a 2016 vote to approve Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana. As a result, many minor convictions became eligible for dismissal or to be reduced to a misdemeanor.
The state's public pension fund is seeking a senior executive for the security position, and a senior software engineer who can work well with solution architects, analysts and developers.
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Don Michie says his areas of expertise include formulating strategic long-range plans, change management and change leadership, enterprise architecture, IT operations management, and management of portfolios, programs and projects.
Code for America founder Jennifer Pahlka, in an essay written for USA Today and excerpted here, writes that government in the digital age should show online respect for citizens and their time. They'd have more faith in the system and be more likely to vote, she says.
A new group will accept input from stakeholders with diverse interests affected by state policies that govern emerging technologies, privacy, business, the courts, the legal community, and state government.
An upcoming e.Republic webcast will examine gov tech procurement from differing vantage points, how purchasing decisions are shaped, and delve into viewers' questions.
Tim Thomas cites his knowledge of state government as well as his familiarity with state contract vehicles. Enterprise Networking Solutions Inc., based in Rancho Cordova, does much of its business with the state.
Cybersecurity is the emphasis of a May 23 event in Sacramento that will be like "Shark Tank" for technology: Innovators will present a cybersecurity election solution to a panel of judges, who will then choose three finalists.
The annual survey, done by the Center for Digital Government* (CDG) and the National Association of Counties, gauges agency performance and innovation in technology — while itself adapting in its assessment and identification of best practices.
The Sacramento-based executive will lead the firm's public-sector initiatives. His areas include project management, business analysis, procurement support, Project Approval Lifecycle support, cybersecurity and business applications with Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Digital government provider ProudCity, which built a website for wildfire-stricken Paradise, Calif., in three days last year, has debuted ProudCity Recovers, a package to enable local government to quickly stand up an online presence.
Sometimes just making it to court can help defendants avoid jail time. That's the goal of Uptrust's solution, live now in Ventura County and coming soon to three other county jurisdictions.
One is for a supervising project manager, and the other is for an enterprise architect. The job descriptions for both include the word "complex." Application deadlines are this week and next.
