The California State Fair will be honoring a technology industry leader or organization at the Annual State Fair Gala to be hosted at Cal Expo on Friday, June 27, 2014.
Last summer, following the 21st Century Project failure, the California Department of Technology began plans to develop a Consulting and Planning Division which would send forth teams to help state departments deal with difficult IT projects.
Hosted by Techwire, the LINK AMERICAS Foundation and the California Emerging Technology Fund on April 24, 2014, the California Digital Access Summit focused on digital literacy, broadband access and closing the digital divide in California.
As we use more and more digital technology, it is apparent that computer coding is an essential skill for anyone who creates digital products and resources. So, higher priority is being given to the subject.
Please join Techwire, the LINK AMERICAS Foundation and the California Emerging Technology Fund on April 24 at the California Digital Access Summit, an event focused on digital literacy, broadband access and closing the digital divide in California.
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA), sponsored by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and co-sponsored by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) passed the Senate on April 10 and was sent to the House where its prospects for passage look very good. The bill “will establish an open and accountable system for tracking every dollar spent by the federal government,” according to Warner in a release late last year.
According to the Census Bureau’s 2013 Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections, California’s 2013 tax revenues rose 15.6 percent over last year, outstripping the 6.1 percent average increase for all states. California’s individual income tax revenues rose 21.4 percent and sales tax revenues rose 8.5 percent. Some of the increase is attributed to Proposition 30, which raised personal income taxes on high-wage earners as well as increasing the statewide sales tax. According to the Sacramento Bee, the total increase in state tax revenues was $18.2 billion.
The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government on Thursday will hold an oversight hearing on IT procurement and implementation.
The Department of General Services next month intends to publish revised draft rules for Software as a Service offerings, part of the state’s overall cloud-computing initiative, as well as a hold a public forum to discuss them.
In a bid to improve state IT projects, public and private sector representatives will be named to a task force to create a program that evaluates the performance of state contractors.
Folsom-based Velocity Venture Capital on Thursday celebrated the launch of its Entrepreneurs Campus that will serve the northern California innovation community, providing local tech startups an opportunity to develop and refine their business models and compete for funding.
The federal government is questioning its use of four databases designed to monitor contractor performance, throwing into question whether states like California should adopt a similar system.
Former California Chief Information Security Officer Mark Weatherford sat down with Techwire Host Christina Gagnier to talk about cybersecurity at the Founders Den in San Francisco. Weatheford, now a principal at The Chertoff Group who previously served as cyber undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, discussed the nation’s cybersecurity landscape and a range of issues.
Companies seeking cloud information technology contracts with the state of California must adhere to strict rules governing data security, data breaches, disaster recovery and system reliability, according to draft rules posted Thursday.
A massive project to integrate data on budgeting, accounting, procurement and cash management from 156 state departments will take an additional year to complete and cost another $56 million, according to a report released Wednesday by California Auditor Elaine Howle.
Government Technology’s march issue is out with the nation’s top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers honored for using technology to improve government. Californians on this year’s list include: California Department of Justice CIO Adrian Farley, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and the Covered California executive team. Read more here.
After more than 20 years of state service where she oversaw some of the state’s largest IT projects, Shell Culp intends to retire at the end of May, she said.
