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.
Forrester is forecasting a $4 billion increase in state and local IT spending in 2017, bringing it to a total of $112 billion. Some of the biggest spending areas for state and local government will be cloud-based software.
CivicActions, one of 11 vendors selected in 2016 for California's Agile Development Prequalified vendor pool, is hosting a webinar to share what it learned through the qualification process.
The department has begun its search for a contractor to provide ongoing monitoring, maintenance, repairs and technical support for its intelligent observation network.
As startup companies continue to pop up across the Sacramento region, venture capitalists and accelerators are investing more resources in these up and coming businesses. Here’s a look at three local events for startups.
The California Employment Development Department is looking to hire a new leader for its Technology Governance Division, who will be responsible for EDD's Project Approval Lifecycle process and IT project portfolio.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) Board is slated to meet this week for meetings, where a quarterly report of the organization's IT projects will be presented. Based on data in the report, here's a quick summary of projects slated to be completed in 2017 and 2018.
Researchers at Safetica USA recently released rankings of health-care data breaches in North America. Results found California at the top of the worst-hit states.
The California Department of Social Services announced Wednesday that the bid for its new Appeals Case Management System (ACMS) will be awarded to VIP LLC.
The Request for Quote, which was released this, will support California in delivering digital services and help ensure state infrastructure and data is properly safeguarded.
VMware has promoted Gary Christofferson to lead the Systems Engineering (SE) organization for its State/Local Government and Education (SLED) business, with responsibility for clients across the Western U.S.
John Mann has been appointed to the newly created role of deputy director of legislation at the California Department of Technology, the Brown administration announced Tuesday. Mann was communications director for State Sen. Tony Mendoza, since 2014.
The California Supreme Court reportedly is mulling new rules that could require any government business conducted on personal telephones and computers be made public record.
The industry group is recognizing state Sen. Ben Allen and Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin during an invite-only reception Monday evening at Microsoft's office in downtown Sacramento.
