The Connect Transit Card was soft launched regionwide on Wednesday, after the Sacramento Regional Transit District became the first adopter in November. The system — which uses a plastic smart card with an embedded computer chip inside that can store cash value, passes and discount fares — can now be used on Regional Transit, e-tran, El Dorado Transit, Folsom Stage Line, Placer County Transit, Roseville Transit, South County Transit Link, Yolobus and Yuba-Sutter Transit.
The California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS) is engaging Sacramento's civic tech community to develop solutions that improve access to the agency's data and services. On Wednesday night, Code for Sacramento (Code4Sac) is hosting a CHHS Data Access Challenge to demo and present submissions that aim to "help people connect with health and human services through digital experiences."
Santa Clara County Executive Jeffrey Smith recently announced that Ann Dunkin, former chief information officer for the Environmental Protection Agency, will serve as the county's CIO effective Feb. 6.
Angie Burton, executive director of the California Department of Consumer Affairs’ Osteopathic Medical Board, gave a report Friday on the newest version of California’s Controlled Substance Utilizations Review and Evaluation System, also referred to as CURES 2.0.
Funding will come from AB 2664, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Expansion initiative authored by Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last September.
A new nonprofit health information exchange will include an estimated 16.7 million information records and participation among 150 partners, making what its operators say will make the HIE the largest in California. A former White House senior technology adviser will lead the new tax-exempt public benefit corporation.
In the wake of California’s new laws legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, a significant amount of attention has been shifted to “track-and-trace” cannabis systems, as the state figures out how to manage the predicted influx of revenue.
Given by industry group CompTIA, the 2017 California Tech Champion award recognizes Calderon’s consistent support and advocacy of the technology industry in the state.
If approved, the state would contribute $20 million in exemptions for Tesla’s $1.1 billion in property expansions taking place at the company’s Fremont, Palo Alto, Hawthorne and Lathrop manufacturing facilities.
The California Community Colleges Technology Center announced that it intends to award a systemwide data integration services contract to Experis and Infiniti Consulting Group.
California State University, Sacramento, this week released a bid that will modernize its cabling infrastructure at some of the main locations on campus.
The California Department of Technology's Statewide Technology Procurement Division this week released an Invitation for Bid for a new category within the CALNET 3 contract vehicle. The solicitation will select vendors for Category 14: Satellite Based High Speed Internet and Terrestrial Based High Speed Internet.
Reminder: The nomination deadline has been extended to Jan. 19 for leadership awards to be given during the 2017 Public Sector CIO Academy on March 1 and 2 in Sacramento.
The budget plan approaching $180 billion that Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled Tuesday morning would make further investments to bolster state government's cybersecurity, replace outdated IT systems, and fund both big-ticket projects and emerging initiatives. In fact, the 267-page summary document of the budget proposal appears to highlight more tech projects than previous years under the Brown administration.
The California Victim Compensation Board is seeking a vendor to perform Independent validation and Verification Services for a system modification project. The work is related to testing and implementation of the Compensation and Restitution System (CaRES) modification project.
As chief of innovation, risk and strategic management, Blair Thompson will support Caltrans in improving performance, oversee implementation of the department’s Strategic Management Plan and manage special projects.
The California State University System and Sonic Foundry announced a new partnership, under which the company’s lecture capture solution, Mediasite, will be made available to all 23 university campuses.
The cloud-based tool, called “Open City Hall,” presents topics to participants who can contribute their opinion and read what others say on a variety of topics.
National technology industry advocacy group TechNet announced today that Laura Bennett will serve as executive director for California and the Southwest.
On behalf of the California Office of Statewide Health, Planning and Development (OSHPD), the Department of General Services is procuring a Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Web-based application system.
University of California System CIO Tom Andriola counted down the UC's top 5 "wins" of 2016, from a technology standpoint, in a recent blog on the university's IT blog.
This month the Franchise Tax Board authorized four IT contracts exceeding $1 million. Three are software renewals, and the fourth is a new project -- an expansion of its server virtualization.
Chief Technology Officer Vern Pierson provided an update on the system, called FENIX, at the Board of Supervisor’s Dec. 13 meeting, where he called the effort a “successful implementation in progress."
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has selected NTT DATA Inc. to provide maintenance and operation services to its SAP system. The agency is also currently reviewing contractor proposals sent in response to a separate SAP project bid, which aims to remove certain functionality from the system.
The tool will provide access via the Secretary of State’s website to more than 5.3 million records related to corporations, companies and partnerships along with millions of downloadable PDF images of Statements of Information.
The search for a CISO follows the move of former CalPERS information security officer, Tom McCreary, who became the agency's Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy officer in August.
