California State University, Sacramento, has been awarded a five-year, $1.9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help 20 middle school and high school teachers become education leaders in STEM, the university announced Monday.
Sacramento's interim chief innovation officer, Abhi Nemani, will share his perspective on the future of civic innovation during a meetup in Sacramento on Wednesday evening. Nemani will speak at 7 p.m. at The Urban Hive at 1931 H Street.
The program screens and evaluates approximately 500,000 babies each year at as many as 290 hospitals across the state. The screening program operates with an automated, online system, according to Department of Health Care Services.
Nevada County and Sonoma County took top honors this week in an annual national survey of the nation's savviest county governments using digital technology and implementing new ideas. A total of eight California counties were recognized in the 2016 Digital Counties Survey, presented by the Center for Digital Government (owned by Techwire parent company e.Republic) in partnership with the National Association of Counties (NACo).
The California Department of Education's Personnel Services Division is inviting bidders to submit proposals for audio/visual recording and webcasting services of meetings and proceedings at the department's headquarters in Sacramento.
The department is hosting an Industry Day on July 28 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to show how DWR currently allocates costs for the State Water Project so that firms can tailor their RFI responses to those processes. DWR asks that you RSVP to the Industry Day by July 26.
California's centralized website for procurement will be unavailable the next five days in order to roll out a major release of the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal).
As day-to-day management of the CalHEERS project moves to the Office Office of Systems Integration (OSI), Gov. Brown on Tuesday appointed James Duckens as project director at OSI. Duckens has served as the project's director at Covered California since 2015. The move to OSI will allow Covered California and the Department of Health Care Services to focus on business objectives while OSI handles IT development and operations, as the state prepares to rebid the project.
A contractor will develop and provide a risk management plan, risk analysis, testing and exercises, monthly status reports, and a plan for selecting a third-party technical recovery provider, among other tasks at the California Prison Industry Authority's office in Folsom.
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is procuring cloud-based e-discovery services through a recently released Request for Quote. The need for electronic discovery has increased in the day-to-day management of the State Water Project, the department says.
The goods under the agreement include items such as telephone handsets, telephone cords, headsets, headset cords, headset interface boxes, computer keyboards, computers, printers, uninterruptible power supply, workstations, and wired and wireless connections.
The state of California's Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS) organization is hosting a vendor outreach event on Friday to gather input on its modular procurement approach used in the child welfare system modernization project. Topics will include "procurement process related concerns that may have made it a challenge to submit a bid" and "comments regarding the Terms and Conditions used for the modular procurements."
The University of California System recognized 10 innovative IT projects at its campuses and research institutions on Tuesday during its annual UC Computing Services Conference. The awards honoring achievements in IT efficiency and innovation are named in honor of former UC Riverside CIO Larry L. Sautter.
Last month the supplier community provided comments on the proposed revisions, which are currently under review before they are finalized. The special provisions identify standards for data ownership and protection, data location, security incident notification, data storage and retrieval, and a several other factors specific to "as a service" offerings delivered through the cloud to state agencies and departments.
The California Department of Water Resources is conducting research into software platforms that could be used for the State Water Project, according to a recently released RFI.
The bureau, which is under the Department of Consumer Affairs, this week released a Request for Information seeking input to explore possible solutions and alternatives. The new IT system is required as part of a regulatory framework enacted via legislation.
Next week Administrator Denise Turner Roth plans to travel to California for three days, as GSA puts it, “to engage with industry leaders, CIOs and local officials as part of her mission to deliver the most innovative technology services to the federal government at the best value for the taxpayer.”
Ash Roughani, program manager in the Mayor's Office for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will field questions and provide information about the city's new Rapid Acceleration Innovation and Leadership in Sacramento (RAILS) grant program at a meetup tonight in Sacramento.
A single firm or multiple firms will provide services "related to Medi-Cal recoveries for health-care costs incurred from casualty insurance claims filed with insurance carriers," according to the Department of Health Care Services.
The city of Modesto on Tuesday launched its overhauled government website and homepage. The new site features responsive design, an entirely new layout, social media integration and a new calendar, as well as one-click access to online services.
The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) hosted the inaugural California Cyber Innovation Challenge at Sacramento City College on Wednesday, where eights teams of high school students competed in a series of timed challenges.
An invitation for bid is inviting vendors to submit proposals offering backup storage-as-a-service off premises or on premises to customers in state and local government and education.
Horn has worked for the city of Fresno for the past 13 years, most recently as the assistant CIO. He had been the acting CIO since Carolyn Hogg was named the IT and innovation director for Alameda, Calif., in early 2016.
The California Highway Patrol intends to award a contract for its body-worn camera project to Taser International Inc., according to state records released this week.
The California State Archives is partnering with Google to present some State Archives exhibits in digitized form to a worldwide audience online. Secretary of State Alex Padilla and the Google Cultural Institute announced the project Tuesday morning at the California Museum in Sacramento.
The California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) has launched a new website where health-care facilities can digitally submit architectural plans for review.
The California Health and Human Services (CHHS) agency has opened a recruitment process to bring aboard an expert who will build out plans to further expand data usage internally and with external partners.
The Department of Developmental Services needs the services of a contractor to provide Aruba wireless and ClearPass solutions services for wireless access and authentication at its headquarters and remote hospital environments.
