The draft regulations made public last month would require a licensed driver who has obtained a certificate to drive an AV be sitting behind the wheel and capable of taking over driving if necessary. By extension of that rule, the department won’t allow the public use of any cars that are capable of driving themselves without a human behind the controls.
California state workers who want to use transportation and lodging networks — known in some circles as the "sharing economy" — can now do so for official government business under the state's travel policy.
The California Air Resources Board on Feb. 8 is hosting a daylong symposium to provide transit agencies and other stakeholders with updated information about advanced clean transit bus technologies, associated infrastructure, and fuels.
The California Highway Patrol is working to find a new home for a group of two decade-old applications lingering on a legacy system in the California Department of Technology’s data center.
New legislation introduced this week by Assemblymember Jim Cooper, D-Elk Grove, would prohibit the sale of encrypted smartphones in California as of 2017.
The annual honor goes to California Assms. Ling Ling Chang (R-Diamond Bar) and Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) for displaying "leadership and support of the technology industry in the California state Legislature."
The National Association of State Procurement Officials on Wednesday released its list of the top 10 priorities for state procurement, based on a national survey of its members.
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) plans to replace 95 IT network switches that will reach end of life in summer 2016 and is continuing work on its Menu Modernization Project.
A new Request for Qualifications Process solicitation released this month is the first phase of an application process that "will allow for an ongoing expansion of the existing pool of the (Prequalified Multiple Award Contracts) PMAC Bidder’s List, enabling participation in future Telecommunications Services and Systems Category solicitations."
Army Col. Keith Tresh, a former chief information security officer for the state of California, has been confirmed as the new chief information officer for the California High-Speed Rail Authority.
Johan Chung, a former senior vice president at LG Electronics, has been named Sprint’s president of the Northern California and Nevada region.The appointment comes after Sprint’s restructuring of the company into four geographic areas — West, Central, Northeast and South — with targeted resources devoted to 17 top regions, including San Francisco.
In a Jan. 15 correspondence, the California Department of Technology said it will soon release a bid solicitation for Cloud Assessment, Planning, and Implementation Services.
Mike Gatto, the longest-serving member of the Assembly and chair of the Utilities and Commerce Committee, said the Drone Registration/Omnibus Negligence-prevention Enactment (DRONE) Act of 2016 responds to the emergence of the new technology and would help protect firefighting efforts and aviation space near airports.
DMV says the additional $8 million per year would used to place 30 to 50 more terminals at businesses and other public locations beyond the department's field offices.
The Web-based eFiling Administration Support (eFAST) solution would be implemented using a combination of in-house and contract resources, according to state records.
The National Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) allows companies to apply for, update and renew their licenses in one or more states. Beginning Jan. 15, companies applying for a money transmitter license in California may do so through NMLS.
About $100 million was spent on the system, called the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) in 2014-15. The state expects to spend an additional $153 million during the current fiscal year (2015-16).
MyFTB provides online access to account information and services for individuals, businesses and tax preparers. Users can look up their account balance, payment history, view California wage and withholding information, and more.
The California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) is seeking a firm to audit the performance of the state’s public safety communications functions and issue recommendations for improvement.
The California State Auditor says the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) deviated from its project schedule and experienced “widespread” turnover in its management team in 2015, according to a status report made public Thursday morning.
Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing offering from the online retail giant, recently announced it has signed a Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) security addendum with the California Department of Justice.
In October 2015 co-chairs, Assemblymembers Evan Low, D-Campbell, and Ian Calderon, D-Whittier, announced the new California Technology and Innovation Caucus, and a bipartisan group of 11 state lawmakers who will be caucus members.
Instead of the monolithic, “waterfall”-style approach that’s typical of many large-scale state IT projects, the Department of Social Services hopes a modular approach will make the project less risky and allow participation among multiple vendors.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s veto in October of legislation that would have allowed Californians to voluntarily carry drivers’ licenses embedded with RFID chips has landed on an IT think tank’s annual list of moves “stymieing the progress of technological innovation.”
