California State CIO Carlos Ramos talks about innovative technology the state has been using and reflects on the challenges of working in the public sector and the changes he’s seen during the course of his career.
The map, powered by Esri, illustrates the construction and energy development boom that has gone on as California strives to reach its policy goal of generating one third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
The services, from CenturyLink, FireHost, and Verizon, were procured through an RFP and are available to all members of the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC).
As part of the Department of Technology’s State Technology Approval Reform (STAR) project introduced last year to improve California’s project approval process, state agencies have until October 31 to submit plans for upcoming IT projects.
The documents identify strategic and tactical objectives that would support accelerated adoption of cloud computing in the federal government, and could be valuable for other organizations.
In the role, Higashidani served as an adviser to California Prisons Receiver J. Clark Kelso on fiscal, procurement, contract and business services matters, according to CCHCS.
Peevey has been at the center of controversy over the PUC's handling of a 2010 fatal gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, the permanent closing of the San Onofre nuclear power plant and pending utility rate hikes.
Ramos is one of eight state CIOs serving on the Executive Committee, which directs the association’s general business, including strategic planning, membership policy, dues; and approving the annual budget and business workplan.
Judy James will be based in Rohnert Park and will be responsible for Comcast's local government affairs and policy issues in the Napa, Sonoma, North Solano, Marin and Mendocino areas.
The California Department of Health Care Services received a national award on Wednesday for its new innovation strategy pushing forward with mobile applications, cloud-first technology and software-as-a-service.
Announced on Oct. 7 by the Center for Digital Government (CDG), California state projects are among the winners of the 2014 Digital Government Achievement Awards.
Hundreds of technologists from state and local government and the private sector are expected for the third-annual event at the Hyatt Regency downtown.
The 2014 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity study shows what many state chief information security officers already know -- the landscape is fraught with evolving challenges.
Uhler owns the Rensa Group, a marketing communications and government relations firm, and is a co-founder of Vidgage, a social media platform enabling websites to offer commenting on video content.
Executives from technology companies and state government golfed for charity on Friday, raising $115,000 for five Sacramento-area children’s charities. Deloitte Consulting hosted the annual tournament.
CHP Commissioner Joseph A. Farrow will give a keynote speech at the Veterans’ Day "Giving Back to Veterans" Golf Tournament on Nov. 11 at the Lincoln Hills Golf Club in Lincoln, Calif.
TechAmerica has jettisoned Mike Hettinger, senior vice president for public sector, and is handing its government lobbying work to consultants, according to Federal News Radio.
The searchable website will reflect settlements Controller John Chiang reached with 19 life insurance companies totaling an estimated $266.7 million in unpaid benefits to policyholders in California
VanRoekel will use his technology background to help coordinate efforts to control the West Africa outbreak. Steve VanRoekel will end his tenure as federal chief information officer and join the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as its chief innovation officer.
With a renewed emphasis on customer service, the Office of Technology Services (OTech) is now using a cloud-based solution to improve operations and respond to help desk customers, Chief Davood Ghods said on Sept. 10 at an Industry Briefing hosted by Techwire.
Changes are aimed at putting more emphasis on areas such as leadership and business innovation that are key factors in the evolving role of CIOs as government leaders.
Hackers successfully breached HealthCare.gov, but no consumer information was taken from the health insurance website that serves more than 5 million Americans, the Obama administration disclosed Thursday.
California continues to be among the leading states when it comes to using technology to improve government’s internal processes and better serve citizens, according to results from a nationwide survey released Tuesday.
Robert Schmidt, CIO of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and City of Palo CIO Jonathan Reichental have been included on a list of "20 tech executives to follow on Twitter."
