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Theo Douglas

Theo Douglas is assistant managing editor at Industry Insider — California and a former staff writer for Government Technology.

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    State Re-Releases Next-Gen 911 Cybersecurity RFP
    State technology and emergency agencies have re-released an updated Request for Proposal, seeking vendors to provide cybersecurity services in connection with California's new Next-Generation 911 system.
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    September 14, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    State Tech, Health Agencies Working With UC on Apple-Google COVID App
    The California departments of Public Health (CDPH) and Technology (CDT) are working with two University of California campuses to pilot a COVID-19 exposure notification app recently released by Apple and Google. The pilot's success will be a determiner on whether the state makes the technology "available to all people statewide," CDT Director and state Chief Information Officer Amy Tong said in a statement, noting residents would still have to opt in.
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    September 13, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Questions on Tech Stack, Appointment Strategies at DMV Vendor Day
    Wondering what technology companies wanted to know at last week's California Department of Motor Vehicles vendor day? Here are several of their questions and the department's responses, on everything from the technology stack to how field office appointments are booked and what self-service tech is available there.
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    September 13, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    CalREDIE Supplement System Will Add Capacity, Enable Easier Analysis
    Development of a new system to run alongside the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) is still in early stages, but a state department offered additional details on how it will assist in the receipt, handling, storage and analysis of COVID-19 data received from local agencies.
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    September 10, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Executives Discuss 5 Tech Opportunities at DMV Vendor Day
    California Department of Motor Vehicles executives connected virtually with hundreds of technology company representatives at DMV Vendor Day 2020, the department's second such event after an initial success last fall. Agency deputy directors discussed five areas across their enterprise where tech could make a positive difference.
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    September 08, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    CDT's Top IT Goods Buys in August
    The California Department of Technology's top five purchases of IT goods in August reflect state agencies' ongoing need to renew and update technology products and subscriptions.
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    September 07, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Truncated Legislative Session's Impact on Tech, Privacy Bills
    Now that state lawmakers have wrapped a legislative session shortened and halted by the COVID-19 pandemic, here's a look at several tech bills headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom for a signature – and a piece of high-profile legislation that didn't make it.
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    September 04, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Second DMV Vendor Day Set Next Week
    The California Department of Motor Vehicles will hold its second annual DMV Vendor Day -- a chance for the private sector to “learn firsthand about DMV’s modernization vision” and influence how it may deliver services going forward. Last year's event drew more than 350 people representing more than 200 vendors and yielded more than 200 ideas and potential solutions to four major problem statements.
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    September 02, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    State Inks Swift Multimillion-Dollar Pact for New COVID Data Reporting System
    After a search lasting less than two weeks, state health and technology departments chose a health-care tech company to stand up a new COVID-19 data reporting system that would enhance an existing solution.
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    September 01, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    CDT IT Services Buys Include Cloud Migration, Strategic Planning
    The state technology agency, which frequently collaborates with other departments on tech initiatives, spent less than $1 million on IT services in August but made several purchases that could be crucial for state IT policy and architecture.
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    August 31, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Veteran CIO Rejoins State as Interim IT Leader
    A 30-year state employee and former chief information officer has joined the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing as interim CIO after the department saw its own technology head depart in July.
    August 30, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    CIOs Urge Collaboration, Forward Thinking at Bay Area Summit
    Alameda County CIO Tim Dupuis and San Jose CIO Rob Lloyd discussed “Managing Change Where It Matters Most” in a conversation with e.Republic Chief Innovation Officer Dustin Haisler, at the recent Bay Area Virtual Digital Government Summit.
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    August 28, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    In Updating Broadband Plan, Council Considers Equity, Needs
    Gov. Gavin Newsom's Executive Order on Aug. 14 gave the California Broadband Council a little more than four months to update the State Broadband Action Plan, which was created more than a decade ago. The group will host monthly working sessions on the plan, which is due by year's end.
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    August 25, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Retiring Developmental Services CIO Discusses Tenure, Projects
    Mike Sakamoto, CIO at the California Department of Developmental Services and a 14-year state employee, examined his strategies and focuses as CIO, as well as some of the department's initiatives.
    August 25, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    SoCal City Seeks Tech Vendors for App, Cloud Professional Services
    In a Request for Qualifications issued Aug. 19, the city seeks to pre-qualify vendors whose services can then be used by IT and other departments in situations that call for temporary work and "unique skill sets in various aspects" of IT and cloud computing.
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    August 23, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Where Tech Bills Stand After Appropriations Deadline
    Two bulwark fiscal committees, the Assembly Committee on Appropriations and its counterpart, the California state Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations, met a legislative deadline Friday by moving some tech legislation forward and setting others aside. Here's how several pieces of technology, data and privacy legislation fared.
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    August 20, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    In Tweets, Lawmakers Examine State's Larger Tech Issues
    From closing the digital divide to fixing tech woes in COVID-19 reporting and at the California Employment Development Department, state lawmakers — who face a looming legislative deadline — haven't been shy about sharing their thoughts on Twitter.
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    August 18, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    CDT, Public Health Seek COVID Reporting Solutions
    The California departments of Technology and Public Health seek “innovative technology solutions to help improve the COVID-19 Disease Reporting System for COVID-19 lab results,” the agencies said in a notice released last week. Their needs include improving the accuracy, completeness and de-duplication of patient data that currently arrives in various formats from hundreds of submitters.
    August 17, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Newsom Executive Order Aims to Improve Broadband Deployments, Speed for State, Residents
    The Executive Order, which sets a minimum broadband goal of 100 megabits per second download speed for state agencies under Newsom’s authority, directs several departments to “regularly convene private-sector companies in an effort to understand and predict current and future demand for broadband."
    August 16, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    State CDO: Data Infrastructure, Access Are Key
    Joy Bonaguro, California's second-ever chief data officer, discussed work on a statewide data strategy at the quarterly CalData meeting. Data access and consistency are vital, she said, but so-called "longitudinal" data can also play an important role in making officials better-informed.
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    August 13, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Hiring, Procurement Underway on State Homeless Data System
    The California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) and the California Department of Technology are in the proof of concept stage of a procurement for a statewide homeless data integration system, and BCSH is taking applications for four jobs to help stand up the system.
    August 11, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    State School Agency Issues RFI on Meal Application Process
    The California Department of Education seeks input from technology vendors on potentially updating the process by which students submit applications for free and reduced-price school meals and the state reviews them.
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    August 11, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Orientation Data, Privacy Bills Advance to Appropriations
    They're not out of the statehouse yet, but two pieces of proposed legislation that would impact orientation data collection and consumer privacy have made their way to the California State Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
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    August 09, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    What an EDD Modernization Might Look Like
    A strike team announced by Gov. Gavin Newsom still has most of 45 days to assess services and technology at the Employment Development Department, which has been criticized for its response to residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's how EDD might update the way it calculates unemployment insurance to meet a federal relief proposal, and what a strike team roadmap could contain.
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    August 06, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    DMV’s Top 5 IT Services Purchases Through July
    The California Department of Motor Vehicles’ top five of 67 purchases of IT services this year – through July 31 – appear to reflect its ongoing technological modernization. The relatively short contract terms could also indicate an increased nimbleness and potential to pivot.
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    August 05, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Sacramento Targets COVID-Related Digital Equity, Job Loss With Tech
    The state’s capital city is seeking responses to two Requests for Application, in hopes of closing its digital divide and connecting residents who may be sidelined by the pandemic to IT jobs. The initiatives are backed by funding from the Coronavirus Relief Fund passed by Congress as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
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    August 05, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Fortinet Promotes Ureta in Major Accounts Management
    Ureta, who's been with Fortinet for four years, continues building its presence "one relationship at a time," focusing in part this year on keeping remote work secure.
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    August 04, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    West Coast Port Issues Data Solution RFP
    In a Request for Proposals issued July 27, a top West Coast port indicated that it's seeking assistance in data classification and digital rights — areas with significance for risk management, compliance and securitizing sensitive information.
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    August 03, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    Opportunity Alert: County IT Solicitation In the Works
    The nation's most populous county will seek IT contractors later this summer or in early fall, an official said Thursday. The agency is also using technology to change how it does business during the COVID-19 pandemic, to keep employees and vendors safe.
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    July 31, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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    State Tech Agency's Top IT Goods Buys in June
    The purchases, ranging in price from several million to several hundred thousand dollars, seem to indicate the department aims to improve existing hardware and software while keeping an eye on cybersecurity.
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    July 31, 2020
     · Theo Douglas
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