It should come as no surprise that California has more electric/hybrid vehicles, as a percentage of all vehicles on the road statewide, than any other state. The state — which has the highest average gas price in the nation — offers rebates and other credits for owners of hybrid or electric vehicles.
The city of Los Angeles has won recognition in the "Dream Big" category of Amazon Web Services' City on a Cloud competition for an earthquake early warning system.
The San Francisco-based City Innovate is recruiting for a program director for its Startup in Residence (STiR) program — someone who will be based in San Francisco and who can help grow the program nationally and internationally to 100 cities in the next five years.
The Municipal Information Systems Association of California has opened its Excellence in IT Practices Awards Programs for submissions. The program awards IT agencies at the county level at each conference.
A dozen members of the Municipal Information Systems Association of California have won their credentials as Certified Government Chief Information Officers.
Rebecca Friedman of e.Republic has been named Media Services Director for Los Angeles County's Internal Services Department. She has been National Conference Director for e.Republic in the Techwire and Government Technology divisions, producing events in California and 11 other states during almost five years with the company.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, reportedly considering a presidential run in 2020, is the guest in a new podcast hosted by Cathilea Robinett, president of e.Republic. This episode of "In the Arena" is part of a new series of Governing magazine podcasts about public leadership.
Here are a few links to some interesting articles and features we've come across recently as we hunt and gather news of interest to the gov tech community.
The state's Child Welfare Digital Services project has completed its second release of tools that are a key part its CWS-CARES system, which is designed to replace the legacy system.
The application deadline is Thursday for those interested in the chief information officer position with the state Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH).
Are you a fan of a particular public-sector IT professional, project or department in California? Nominations are closing soon for the prestigious "Best of California" award, a project of the Center for Digital Government.
Data related to the state’s natural resources and health and human services were integrated into the state’s open data portal this week, meaning data.ca.gov now has more than 1,000 data sets.
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The U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) recently released Version 1.1 of the Cybersecurity Framework, and the security industry response is stronger than ever. Here are the facts — along with a front-line expert interview on what public- and private-sector organizations are doing now to plan and implement the new guidance.
The Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of the state Little Hoover Commission will meet with government agencies and labor representatives Thursday to discuss the data that the state needs in order to prepare for the impacts of AI and automation.
It's time to give a shout-out — and a nomination — to your favorite public-sector IT professional, project or department in California. Nominations are now being accepted for the prestigious "Best of California" award, a project of the Center for Digital Government.
One Identity, a Quest Software business, has named Chris Macias the dedicated account executive for State and Local Government and Education (SLED) for all of California. One Identity is a 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant LEADER for Identity Governance & Administration.
In culling through hundreds of news stories every week, Techwire comes across some interesting reads that don't quite fit our template for a full story, but which might be of interest to our readers. Here are a few links that we thought were worth a click.
The Information Technology Leadership Academy, popularly known as ITLA, is planning an all-years reunion as part of the celebration of the program’s 25th class.
Vendors are also asked whether the county’s procurement process is open, fair and equitable — with multiple-choice answers ranging from “Always” to “Never” — and whether members of the procurement staff conduct themselves in a professional manner.
In culling through hundreds of news sources every week, Techwire comes across some interesting reads that don't quite fit our template for a full story, but which might be of interest to our readers. Here are a few links that we thought were worth a click:
Twenty-nine state IT workers graduated Friday from the Information Technology Leadership Academy, a program that the California Department of Technology uses to train future CIOs and IT leaders.
