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Steve Nash, an IT veteran with nearly 30 years in government, has made a return to the California Department of Child Support Services after more than a decade away.
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What to Know:
- The California State Transportation Agency launched its Enterprise Portfolio Management Office in January 2024, but is now seeking funding and staff to make it permanent.
- The existing team is made up of staff on loan from other departments and is tasked with managing an IT portfolio worth more than $1.3 billion.
- The agency oversees eight transportation-related departments, including the departments of Transportation, Motor Vehicles and California Highway Patrol.
After flirting with the prospect of creating its own municipal utility, as frustrations with PG&E over reliability concerns escalated, San Jose and the energy giant hashed out their differences through a July deal that promised infrastructure and speed improvements.
Here is our annual compilation of all IT-related budget change proposals from California state agencies, including a sortable and searchable table.
The county is no stranger to recognition for its IT innovation, but now the leaders behind much of that work are passing the torch as they plan for retirement.
Johanna Hoadley has been tapped to serve as Marin County's first digital product manager. The role includes oversight of the county's myriad digital products and its future strategy.
The Employment Development Department's push to modernize is leaning heavily on customer feedback to shape the next steps. Officials shared the progress so far and talked near-term initiatives coming down the pipe.
The latest round of government innovators, known as the Governor’s Innovation Fellows, have been introduced as the second cohort kicks off. This year, there are 21 fellows representing 11 agencies and 13 departments.
Industry Insider — California will not be sending a morning newsletter on Monday, Jan. 19, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The next newsletter will hit your inbox on Wednesday, Jan. 21.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget is getting a concerned look from the Legislative Analyst's Office in a report that outlines deficit trends and over-reliance on what it called an "overheated" stock market for revenue.
The Employment Development Department is one step closer to a new HQ. CIO Ajit Girn announced major progress in the move in a post on LinkedIn.
The budget is out, as are the funding requests known as budget change proposals from the various agencies and departments. Here are a couple that caught our eye.
Industry Insider — California is pleased to welcome Allied Network Solutions to the Insider family. The Rocklin, Calif.-based firm was founded in 2001 and has grown into one of the state’s largest Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) IT resellers serving federal, state and local government. Allied Network Solutions provides a full range of IT and resource management services with the mission of delivering innovative, process-driven solutions that solve their clients’ real-world business challenges.
Early successes with the city’s Real-Time Information Center and drone program have officials evaluating where the program and technology that supports it could evolve in the new year.
Director of Finance Joe Stephenshaw described the budget, which includes a modest increase in spending from the prior year, as a "snapshot in time" ahead of the May Revision, when any number of factors could influence the budget. In the meantime, the proposal includes funding for several big-ticket IT projects.
John McCurry has served as an account manager with the industry giant since 2021 and is now setting his sights on serving the company’s California state agency clients.
The state has tried to modernize the payroll system that is responsible for these errors, but those efforts have fallen short. The current attempt to design a more modern system began a decade ago, and just last year, the state selected a vendor to build it.
In the final State of the State address of his administration, Gov. Gavin Newsom teased the release of his proposed budget, plans for education reform, and — of course — added fuel to his rivalry with President Donald Trump.
As one of the state’s earliest adopters of generative artificial intelligence, the California Department of Transportation has been leading the charge on real-world use cases since 2024. Now leaders want to broaden the GenAI scope and lean in on efficiency.
Wheeler, one of the driving personalities behind the California Department of Transportation’s generative AI adoption, retired as 2025 came to a close. A yet-unnamed contender has been selected to take up the challenge, officials say.
What to Know:
- Saturday is the deadline for Gov. Gavin Newsom to propose his budget for the next fiscal year.
- The Department of Finance expects to publish agency budget change proposals (BCPs) on Friday.
- BCPs, subject to the whims of the budgeting process, will show where state agencies’ major IT project priorities lie.
The multi-decade project to align all of California’s financial information in one system received its annual audit Dec. 16. The findings highlight tight timelines and a lengthy to-do list.
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