San Francisco, San Diego, Hayward and Stanislaus County finished in the Top 5 of an annual ranking released Thursday of the best pubic-sector Web portals in state and local government.
Sacramento County wants to use a new cloud-based subscription to log interactions with internal and external customers through county call centers, through a customer-facing Web portal, customer service email interactions and other work performed within the call center.
AB 2296 intends to clarify the difference between digital signatures and electronic signatures in California's government code. Currently the state defines a digital signature as an "electronic identifier, created by computer, intended by the party using it to have the same force and effect as the use of a manual signature."
Franchise Tax Board say its has one data center with two raised floors at its main office in Sacramento, containing IBM mainframes; nearly 2,000 servers, and more than 100 switches.
The California Department of Technology on Friday released an Invitation for Bid for on-premise Backup Secondary Storage Services (BS3). In July, the department divided the Backup Secondary Storage Services solicitation into two: off-premise and on-premise.
The State Treasurer’s Office announced Wednesday the launch of its redesigned website, which focuses on connecting users with the financing options and programs available through the office. The new theme is “Open for Business, Open for You.”
Technology procurement is a dull, complicated subject that no one understands, and educating the public about it is needed to promote change, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said in an interview this week.
As the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) inches closer toward its goal of a nationwide first responder network, the people advising the agency are continuing on. FirstNet announced Aug. 18 the reappointment of three board members to an additional three-year term.
A recently released report calls the state’s current method of linking data “inefficient and administratively burdensome,” and made note of the fact that state and federal laws have historically “required service providers to report different types of outcome information even for similar workforce programs, making comparing programs and assessing the overall system's performance difficult.”
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking IT consulting services from a contractor on the California Multiple Award Schedule (CMAS) for its Watershed Restoration Grants Management System (WRGMS).
A Master Services Agreement established in 2010 will expire in early 2017. The current contract provides participating state agencies and local governments with services such as credit/debit card and e-check processing, and electronic fund transfer.
In a new report, the Legislative Analyst's Office summarizes the "statements of intent" and requests for studies adopted by the Legislature in the 2016-17 state budget package. Several of the requests are related to the state's major IT projects, and they provide information about potential future activities.
The Brown administration has appointed Chris Stevens to the position of chief counsel at the California Department of Technology, the Governor's Office announced Tuesday. Stevens has been chief counsel at the Delta Stewardship Council since 2010.
The contractor will be responsible for printing and issuing cards, maintaining compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) and Data Security Standards (DSS), generating reports, and providing a Web-based system for travel account management and administration, and transaction collection.
The City of Sacramento Mayor’s Office for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Innovate Your State organization, are hosting the second-annual Civic & Gov Tech Showcase at the Crest Theater in Sacramento.
View a full list of award winners here. The Best of California Awards were presented on Thursday during the California Technology Forum in Sacramento. The awards recognize state and local government organizations for innovative technology initiatives.
San Jose State University's College of International and Extended Studies put out on Friday an RFP for a Salesforce-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. The system will be used to "to communicate with prospects, manage inquiries, track student lifecycle, process applications and payment."
Californians who go online for services and information from the DMV might notice an updated look and feel: This week the Department of Motor Vehicles released another iteration in the roll-out of the department's new website. One of the biggest changes is that the layout and presentation of dmv.ca.gov now automatically adapts to the user’s device for desktops, smartphones and tablets.
The California Department of Child Support Services this week released an RFI seeking input on solutions for a statewide child support training program and learning management system.
Final responses are due later this month for an RFP from the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) seeking a contractor to identify deceased CalPERS members who have not yet been reported to the retirement system.
For those who might have missed Abhi Nemani, the city of Sacramento's interim chief innovation officer, give his thoughts on the future of civic innovation last week at a downtown meetup — he's posted his observations for all to see.
With its current card production contract slated to conclude in 2019, the Department of Motor Vehicles has issued an RFI to begin exploring possible solutions.
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) on Thursday recognized 23 state officials and employees in different agencies and departments for obtaining "green belts" in Lean 6-Sigma training.
The California Department of Social Services is seeking a third party to administer workers' compensation claims and provide managed care and cost containment services beginning in 2017. The RFP released this week contains several technology components.
The contractor, for the one-year duration of the contract, will provide project management staff and resources, collect and document customer network and security requirements, provide support for configuration migration and testing, and implement and test the security technology solution in the Department of Technology's production environment.
