California State University, Bakersfield is seeking information about mobile solutions as it considers a campuswide mobile application for class registration, news and events, building maps and other real-time services.
Vijay Sammeta, CIO of the city of San Jose and director of the city's IT department, is planning to retire in July, according to a March 11 memo from city manager Norberto Dueñas.
The Department of General Services has released a bid seeking vendors to provide printers and multi-functional devices (MFDs) to the state of California and participating local governmental agencies at contracted pricing.
While participating in a program designed to replace California's gasoline tax, drivers might get access to vehicle data usually offered to fleet managers.
The California State Fair is now accepting nominations for its 2016 Champion of Technology awards, which recognizes "demonstrated benefit to California through commendable technological achievement."
The California Department of Technology's Office of Information Security says it has updated the State Information Management Manual (SIMM) to reflect new notification requirements for breaches of personal information.
The Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) is seeking a qualified contractor to provide microwave frequency protection, path design and microwave database access services, along with software.
California's Employment Development Department is seeking a contractor to analyze information technology and other business functions for its short-time compensation program, known as Work Sharing (WS).
A new survey notes that while data breach incidents continue to soar, 80 percent of government officials and their staff don't know if their state has a cyber emergency incident plan in place.
The departure of Michele Robinson comes two weeks after an oversight hearing where she faced pointed questions from state lawmakers about a scathing 2015 state audit that questioned the state government's cybersecurity readiness.
The "online complaint center" allows registered users to submit complaint applications and upload supporting documents online, check the status of a complaint, and create a draft complaint that can be completed at a later date.
The California Department of Justice is seeking a contractor to provide a "variety of e-discovery and litigation support services" for the department's Litigation Support Section. The vendor will process electronic data received from state client agencies for delivery to be hosted in a Relativity workspace. Electronic bid submissions are not allowed for this bid opportunity. For bid response instructions, go to Cal eProcure for more information.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) released an RFP to solicit proposals from qualified firms to provide Maintenance and Operations services for its SAP Enterprise Resource Planning system, known internally as BusinessDirect.
The Legislative Analyst's Office writes that “while there may be merit to the agile implementation approach, the state has limited experience planning, procuring and developing an IT system based on the agile approach.”
The Contra Costa County Department of Information Technology (DoIT) is seeking proposals from firms to perform independent IT risk assessment on systems managed by DoIT.
Pondera Solutions announced Friday it is partnering with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to add more power to Pondera’s Fraud Detection as a Service (FDaaS) solution. Pondera will integrate the LexisNexis Accurint for Government solution into Pondera Solutions’ FDaaS product.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is seeking a contractor to provide SAP support services for maintenance and operations of CDCR's Business Information System program.
CIOs and chief procurement officials say states need to change how they do IT procurement, says the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and the National Association of State Procurement Officials.
Two DNA tracking databases received California Attorney General Kamala Harris’ support last week. Both — the CODIS Hit Outcome Project (“CHOP”) database and the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Tracking (SAFE-T) tool — are supported through legislation.
San Francisco State University's (SFSU) Information Technology Services Division is seeking a replacement for its legacy telephone systems with a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and Unified Communications platform.
The app developed by the Franchise Tax Board is free on the Apple App Store, and requires users to enter their Social Security number, mailing address and ZIP code, and the amount they claimed in refunds this year.
Last week the California Attorney General's Office unveiled the second version of the open data portal, dubbed "OpenJustice v. 1.1." Additions to the website's dashboard include crime, clearance and arrest rates at the city, county and state level.
The Sacramento Regional Transit District is seeking a consultant with expertise to modify an IP-based Interactive Voice Response (IVR) paging solution that delivers announcements to more than 100 light rail platforms.
New legislation introduced last week at the State Capitol would potentially impact certified small businesses and disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBEs) that pursue state IT contracts.
Work at the 42,000-square-foot facility will include tasks such as cleaning floor tile panels (top and bottom), floor pedestals, floor tile support stringers, tops of cable trays and tops of equipment cabinets.
Since 2012, businesses and government agencies have been required to report data breaches affecting more than 500 Californians to the Attorney General's Office. More than 650 breach incidents have been sent in during the past four years.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is soliciting bids from qualified firms to provide data backup and restore and disaster recovery services, including the implementation and management of a fully functional backup and recovery system located at CalPERS, and a proposer-run DR facility.
