Lt. Gov. Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor and author of e-government and innovation book Citizenville, has been highly critical of the state of California's IT procurement practices and project delivery methods.
California schools spent about $578 million two years ago on information technology through Prop 98 funding to implement the Common Core math and English standards, according to a breakdown done by the Legislative Analyst's Office.
The Office of Systems Integration has scheduled a June 16 bidders conference for its recent RFP for Intake Implementation Services on the state child welfare system modernization project.
Twenty-three departments from the state of California will be on hand with IT and business job opportunities, according to the Government Operations Agency.
The city of Stockton's proposed budget for fiscal year 2016-17 lists major technology initiatives for the coming 12 months. The include completion of an ERP replacement and VoIP, implementing virtual desktop infrastructure, and plans to upgrade CAD and radio systems.
The California Technology and Innovation Caucus, Consumer Technology Association and the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) are hosting Drone Information Day at the State Capitol on Tuesday. The event will feature live drone demonstrations, and participating companies will share the latest innovations in the industry.
The National Institutes of Health describe precision medicine as an "emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person."
A vendor performance evaluation system that has been in the works the past two years appears to be moving forward despite the departure of state CIO Carlos Ramos.
The California Department of Technology is soliciting quotes from the vendor community to provide instructor-led training courses in mainframe training curriculum for state staff. Class topics include basic COBOL programming, introduction to JCL, ADABAS fundamentals, beginning DB2, Z/OS, and more.
The Prison Industry Authority was established 33 years ago by law to provide work opportunities for offenders in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation system. About 7,000 prisoners have work assignments manufacturing goods and services such as food and clothing, license plates office furniture and more.
The annual awards recognize California state and local government and education organizations for their dedication, hard work and contributions in information technology.
The service will be accessed from the campus using zero clients and desktops running Virtual Desktop Infrastructure client software with peripherals. VPN and firewall services are needed to provide secure network connections from the data center to specific Internet resources.
California is seeking a contractor to provide "intake implementation readiness support services" for 25,000 users across the state who will use a new child welfare system. The Child Welfare System — New System (CWS-NS) is one of California’s largest IT modernization efforts, and its intake system will be one of the first parts developed under the project's revamped approach, which is using agile design principles and is divided into multiple bid opportunities, or "modules."
Sacramento is joining dozens of cities across the country that will bring coders together on Saturday to build solutions for the good of the community. Sacramento's Promise Zone stretches "from Del Paso Heights in the north area to the Avenues in the south county," according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
ITLA is an annual nine-month program focused on developing and extending leadership skills in areas such as strategic planning, networking, collaborative management, IT procurement, contracting, vendor management and more.
California State Parks Interpreter Daniel Williford multi-tasked in a unique way on Thursday morning, narrating a half-hour paddle tour at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve on a video live stream.
The Public Inquiry Unit receives hundreds of web-based complaints, telephone calls and letters every day. The current system relies upon submissions sent through online forms, and each complaint is uploaded into the Correspondence Storage, Tracking and Response (C-STAR) system that has been used for a decade.
Fresno proposes to spend $3.1 million for acquisition, deployment and year-one maintenance costs of a Land Management System (LMS) that will replace a legacy system.
An RFQ released Monday from the California Department of Fire and Forestry Protection (CalFIRE) seeks an online solution for the State Fire Training Unit's training and professional certification system for firefighters and other personnel.
Japan and Mexico both rely on earthquake early warning systems, but the United States — namely California — has been slower to fully fund and adopt the potentially life-saving technology.
The California Department of Technology has released a guidance letter announcing a policy change that enacts its newly released framework for managing IT projects.
Scott Howland has served as CIO and chief of the CHP Information Management Division since 2014. In that role, he provides oversight and support for the law enforcement agency’s IT and telecommunications applications and infrastructure. He has worked at CHP since 1990.
The state of California is proposing to spend at least $10 million on contract resources during the next three years in order to stand up new IT systems that will support regulation of California's medical marijuana industry, according to state budget documents.
Gov. Jerry Brown's May Revised Budget proposal for fiscal year 2016-17 introduced Friday contains adjustments that would fund a variety of information technology projects. Here is a list of 10 potential opportunities that Techwire is following.
The Department of General Services has completed and released model contract provisions for infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) cloud computing agreements.
The Department of Water Resources' new "Water Footprint" website features two online calculators designed to help individuals and households determine how much water they use.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday vetoed a bill intended to shed light on billions of dollars in state spending and consultants who help companies win lucrative government contracts.
