With two-thirds of the state budget relying on personal income tax, April is a critical month for those watching how much money the state collects for the General Fund.
The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee will consider a proposal to develop a statewide cybersecurity plan, today at 1:30 pm at the State Capitol.
The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services is hiring for a Career Executive Appointment position that will serve as a technical authority and leader on the state's strategic direction for 911 and next-gen emergency communications.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System is planning two new systems with IT components: the Global Equity Portfolio Management System and the Total Fund Risk Management System.
The Sacramento City Council will be asked Tuesday to approve a contract extension with LexisNexis that provides two crime analysts and analytics software to the city.
More than 560,000 Californians have used the Secretary of State’s Online Voter Registration site to register to vote or update their registration information during the first quarter of 2016, officials recently announced.
A staff analysis from the commission says the new rule-making would save hundreds of millions of dollars in energy consumption. Computers, monitors and displays use about 5 percent of California’s electricity.
The Board of Equalization has hired Chris Caietti as its chief technology officer. Caietti previously was the project director of the CalSTRS Pension Solution Project.
The local tech startup competition, dubbed "Capitalize," has narrowed a field of 32 companies down to the four finalists: Barobo, California Safe Soil, Quicklegal and ViVita Technologies.
The State Water Resources Control Board's Office of Information Management and Analysis is hosting a "coffee and conversation" gathering on Friday April 1 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the CalEPA headquarters building in downtown Sacramento.
Human resources software is one vertical of several planned for the Department of Technology's Vendor Hosted Subscription Services (VHSS) model that will make enterprise-level solutions available to multiple state agencies and departments.
Within the CPUC — which regulates privately owned utilities that provide telecommunications, electricity, natural gas and passenger transportation, among others — the ratepayer advocate's mission is to "obtain the lowest possible rate for service consistent with reliable and safe service levels," according to its website.
The California Department of Social Services has issued a bid addendum and question-and-answer set for its Appeals Case Management System (ACMS) procurement, changing key action dates and contract terms.
The California Department of Social Services announced Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) has been selected through a competitive bid for the state's $168 million Electronic Benefit Transfer Services contract.
The Digital Democracy online platform, backed by California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and former State Sen. Sam Blakeslee, has added video of floor sessions, custom video storage and organization profiles, and user email alerts.
Draper's organization, Innovate Your State, is relaunching the FixCal.org website to provide a submission page where people can share their ideas and give input on ways to improve the state.
California State University, East Bay is seeking to partner with an IT service management provider in upcoming projects for the university's IT Service Management Re-engineering program.
The Department of General Services is soliciting bids from firms to provide tablets to state agencies and departments and participating local governments. Contract proposers may submit proposals in these hardware "silos:" Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Microsoft, Rugged, Samsung and "Open."
California’s state and local officials once again have a prominent place in Government Technology’s annual list recognizing the public sector’s most innovative change-makers.
About 60 percent of local law enforcement agencies in the state currently report annual crime statistics through paper forms, according to the California Department of Justice.
The 51 Local Child Support Agencies (LCSAs) in the state have said they're interested in buying a total of 75 kiosks, although the final number is yet to be determined and will be finalized at a later date, the department said. Kiosks were piloted in Napa and Marin offices in 2014.
California's Government Operations Agency (GovOPs) announced Monday that it has launched the second phase of its open data portal project centralizing open data in the state of California.
The Legislative Analyst's Office said there are unanswered questions about how the added funding would be used, such as how many projects would be funded and at what cost.
The Department of General Services' purchasing arm for natural gas is seeking information through an RFI about an integrated software solution for operational needs.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced on Friday a new video surveillance pilot that could eventually be used at all state prisons and facilities.
The procured services will process 911 emergency telephone calls to the Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). California's 911 Branch oversees more than 440 PSAPs, which take an estimated 30 million calls per year.
DGS is modifying its Human Resources and Project Accounting and Leave (PAL) applications that will interface with the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal).
