John Kronick, Senior Manager for Accenture’s Security Technologies Practice, spoke with Techwire.net at the IT Security Awareness Fair on Oct. 2 in Sacramento.
Joe Panora, Agency CIO for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, discusses IT security with Techwire.net at the IT Security Awareness Fair on Oct. 2 in Sacramento.
Shell Culp, acting chief deputy for the Office of Systems Integration and agency chief information officer for the California Health and Human Services Agency discusses security issues related to health IT systems. Culp spoke with Techwire.net at this week’s IT Security Awareness Fair.
California Office of Information Security Director Keith Tresh kicked off the 11th annual IT Security Awareness Fair, followed by opening remarks by Technology Agency Secretary Carlos Ramos.
A bill that would restrict local law enforcement agencies’ ability to interrupt or shutdown mobile service, written to ensure public access to 911 services and communications networks, has been vetoed by Governor Brown.
The FI$Cal project maintenance and operations and state child support IT contracts are among those being targeted by SEUI Local 1000 for potential cancellation as part of the Budget Solutions Task Force review process, a spokesperson for the state has confirmed.
State officials are establishing a working group to take a closer look at IT procurement issues after Governor Brown signed AB 1498 this summer which calls for a plan to migrate the authority to purchase IT goods and services, worth an estimated $5 billion annually, to the California Technology Agency.
California Technology Agency Secretary Carlos Ramos will appear on Techleader.TV hosted by former State CIO John Thomas Flynn on September 20 at 11:30AM. Watch the show online at: www.techleader.tv.
Merging California’s Health and Human Services: Technology and an Expanding Enterprise In July 2011, the State of California began consolidation of several health and human services agencies into a single entity, administered by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). With this merger came the challenge of integrating more than 370 staff, 50 systems, and countless business processes from Department of Mental Health (DMH), Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP), California Medical Assistance Commission (CMAC), and two programs within the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
Starting In January, California drivers will be able to show proof of auto insurance using a smart phone after Governor Brown signed AB 1708 by Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) into law on Friday.
Department of General Services Director Fred Klass this week announced that his department is expanding the use of negotiations under Public Contract Code Section 6611 as a tool to procure IT goods and services, among other things.
