The California Department of Justice is seeking Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions in two separate Requests for Quotations in which responses are due next week.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is slated to consider approval Tuesday of the city-county's Five Year Information and Communication Technology Plan, which requests $184.7 million in spending for IT projects. If approved, more than 60 percent of the money ($113.5 million) would be allocated toward four major IT projects.
Caltrans is looking for information on Web-based solutions that could replace its current Adopt-A-Highway permit management system and other similar systems. Read the RFI here.
The California Prison Industry Authority is moving its email system to the Microsoft 365 Government Cloud and plans to implement many of the platform's productivity tools and cloud storage options, according to procurement records.
CSAC administers about $2 billion in financial aid programs for students attending public and private universities, colleges, and vocational schools in California.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking a CMAS-qualified contractor to provide IT consulting services on the department's Automated License Data System (ALDS).
Data interconnect provider InterOptic has secured a California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS) contract with the state of California, the company announced Wednesday. With the move, the company said it’s expanding its reach into the state and local government market.
The California Department of Technology is seeking instructor services for the new California Compliance and Security Incident Reporting System (Cal-CSIRS). About 140 departments will use Cal-CSIRS, a Web-based reporting and tracking system accessible through a browser.
The Office of Systems Integration (OSI) on Thursday released finalized bid documents seeking proposers to provide systems integration services for a new Management Information System for California's Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) public benefits program.
More than four in five residents (81 percent) said they believe that both citizens and law enforcement officials would benefit from their use, according to a poll of Californians from Accenture.
The California Department of Technology's Statewide Technology Procurement Division recently announced an intent to award for CALNET 3 "Phase 2" contracts — a refresh — to Prequalified Multiple Award Contract (PMAC) contractors in categories for Internet and network services.
Water use tracking became increasingly important during the drought, and now more Californians say they would prefer to track their use via a website than any other option, according to new data provided to Techwire by Accenture.
Celebrities and e-government are not two subjects you often hear in the same sentence, with rare exceptions. The California Secretary of State's Office on Tuesday announced upgrades to an online search engine for "successor-in-interest" filings — claim records for using intellectual property of a deceased celebrity or personality.
Here's a quick snapshot of active bid opportunities Techwire is following this week. View our Bids page for more information about these and other opportunities in California government.
Twenty-one manufacturers are testing autonomous vehicles with test drivers behind the wheel on public streets in California, according to the proposed rulemaking. Meanwhile, 27 manufacturers hold a permit from DMV. But up until now there haven't been formal rules for testing fully driverless vehicles.
An Oakland native, Andrew "Pete" Peterson is a 25-year veteran of the IT industry, working most recently as the chief operating officer for San Francisco-based Connect Solutions. Prior to that role, Peterson served as the chief technology officer of Up Communications in Oakland. He also worked in a variety of capacities at Oracle, CA Technologies and IBM.
During a ceremony and reception at the 2017 Public Sector CIO Academy in Sacramento, 30 IT Leadership awardees were recognized by their organizations' leadership based on their work during the past year. Two CIOs of the Year also were honored. View the full list of award winners here.
A single Web-based system could be on the way for compliance and certification functions around implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Verizon will begin testing 5G among select customers in Sacramento and 10 other cities during the first half of 2017, Sacramento CIO Maria MacGunigal announced Friday on LinkedIn.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) last week issued an invitation for bid for blueprint reproduction and online planroom services.
Under the partnership, OpenGov Budget Builder and OpenGov Intelligence will be paired with Workiva’s Wdesk platform, a solution used by state and local governments to link data into a centralized repository.
