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.
The California Student Aid Commission is planning to replace its three-decade-old Grant Delivery System and is asking for feedback from the vendor community for possible solutions.
The state's Child Welfare Digital Services organization this month released a handful of bids for vendors qualified under the California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS). The staff services will work on the existing Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS), and the development of the replacement system.
Finalist entries in the California Water Data Challenge presented their creations during a day-long event at CalSTRS headquarters in Sacramento on Friday.
Here's a quick snapshot of active IT bids that Techwire is following this week. View our Bids page for more information about these and other opportunities in California government.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced Wednesday it has issued an Intent to Award to The Berwyn Group, Inc., of Beachwood, Ohio, for a competitive procurement seeking a contractor to identify deceased CalPERS members who have not yet been reported to the retirement system.
The “Understanding Agile” guide, developed by the California Project Management Office (CA-PMO) within the Department of Technology, is the first release of a three-part series on agile practices, values, terms, and recommendations
The California Department of Technology has released an Invitation for Bid to procure a contractor to provide an upgrade of its new VTS storage systems engines and cache.
The California Department of Water Resources is seeking a vendor partner to provide IT training to engineers and personnel who manage computer systems that operate the state's hydroelectric dams and other critical infrastructure.
In a letter sent to Trump on Tuesday, 17 tech industry groups highlight the tech industry’s strengths, referring to the sector as a “powerful engine of economic growth” that drives more than $1 trillion in the U.S. economy.
The interactive map includes information on several aspects of the high-speed rail program, such as detailed project descriptions, corridor alignments, proposed and future station locations, and connectivity projects.
The Department of General Services Procurement Division has released a Request for Information from potential contractors interested in participating in statewide contracts for desktops, laptops, rugged laptops and monitors.
More than 800,000 Californians checked their voter registration online in the three days leading up the November election, according to the Secretary of State. The ability for voters to verify their voter registration status before heading to the polls was a new feature enabled this year by VoteCal, a single, uniform, centralized voter registration database launched in September.
The California Department of Technology's Statewide Technology Procurement Division is seeking industry feedback on pre-solicitation documents for a new CALNET 3 category for Satellite Based High Speed Internet and Terrestrial Based High Speed Internet.
Through the acquisition, Oracle says it will be able to provide enterprise customers with a "one-stop-shop" for Infrastructure- and Platform-as-a-Service.
Under the $918 million agreement, HP will provide and manage services related to the county's help desk, applications, desktop, network and data center.
Three top IT officials from California state government shared their perspectives and insights about the present and future of IT during a panel discussion at the 2016 State of Technology California Industry Forum in Sacramento.
