Infiniti, the Folsom-based company that has provided managed and cloud services for 15 years — including many projects within California state government — has been acquired and is merging forces with InterVision, also a provider of managed IT services.
Fiscal year 2017-18 included over 5,000 purchase orders for telecom and IT services. In that year, more than $7 billion was spent in total on those two categories combined.
An IT veteran of various state government departments, most recently including the California Department of Technology, has been appointed operations project manager for the California Complete Count Census by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Red River, a technology transformation company, has announced that Steven Galvez will direct the sales and business development of consulting services in California and the neighboring Western states.
During this week's Los Angeles Digital Government Summit, awards were given to the county, the city, special districts and individuals in two main categories: Projects, and Service and Support. Techwire has the winners' names.
Cybersecurity is the theme for an October event being hosted by California State University at Sacramento in conjunction with the California Department of Technology, the California Office of Emergency Services, the California Military Department and the California Highway Patrol.
A large California state government department is recruiting for a Business Intelligence Division chief, a position that carries an IT Manager I job classification.
The state Department of Managed Health Care is recruiting for three open IT positions with "a newly energized and highly innovative team, eager to embrace new technologies to effect digital transformation (innovation and creativity)." The application deadline for all three positions is Friday.
The number of chief innovation officers populating city halls, county government centers and state capitols continues to grow. Relatively unheard of just a handful of years ago, many leading jurisdictions have added the post to their payrolls, seeking to transform the culture of their organization and usher in a fresh perspective on how a modern government should operate.
Ryan Labbe, an IT veteran with experience in both the public and private sectors, has joined NIC and will oversee State Strategic Partnerships for the Western states.
e.Republic, the media and research company focused exclusively on state and local government and education, is looking for a quota-busting Director of Business Development to join the Folsom-based firm's sales team.
The California Health and Human Services Agency is recruiting for two significant IT positions, one with the Department of Health Care Services and the other with the Office of Systems Integration.
The Chief Information Officer for the California Secretary of State's Office, Rita Gass, will be the speaker next month at Techwire's Member Briefing in Sacramento.
Newport Beach has six ongoing "smart city" programs and is looking to create more. Most of the solutions that are underway have been created by the city's IT team and cost very little, outside of labor.
Legislation that would require a modernization effort at every state department in California is sitting in the Senate Appropriations Committee's Suspense File.
Friday is the deadline to apply for the next session of the California Department of Technology’s Project Management Leadership Academy. The session runs from Oct. 4 to Dec. 20.
CGI has been awarded a $281 million contract with the state of California for maintenance and operation of the Case Management Information and Payrolling System, the central piece of technology supporting the In-Home Supportive Services program.
The city of Glendale has named longtime administrator and manager Jason Bradford as the city’s Chief Information Officer, a position he has held in interim status since October.
Los Angeles County government is holding a free workshop Thursday for small businesses that want to compete for local, state and federal government contracts.
