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Chaeny Emanavin, the deputy state chief technology officer, has announced that he will now be leading the California Department of Technology’s Office of Digital Services as the state chief digital product officer.
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State and industry technology leaders will gather July 30 in Sacramento to discuss California's IT priorities, challenges and opportunities at Industry Insider's annual forum.
The county is hiring its next IT director for public safety and justice and will be hosting a learning session with the hiring team Wednesday.
While the state's annual budget drama has been monopolizing attention lately, large cities such as Los Angeles have also been wrapping up their own spending plans. Here's where the money is going and what IT has its sights set on for 2026-27.
Prologis says the 15-acre site is well-positioned for a 99-megawatt project because of nearby power infrastructure and its industrial setting.
The California Department of Technology is hiring a deputy director for its Office of Technology Services, while the California Health and Human Services Agency is recruiting an enterprise architect to guide modernization across its departments.
Amy Tong, the recently former senior counselor to the governor and former secretary for the Government Operations Agency, has been appointed as one of the seven members of the ScholarShare Investment Board.
The state budget awards $141 million to the state's project to modernize its emergency call systems. But before the Legislature allows the Governor's Office of Emergency Services to heel turn on the project's direction, it's adding layers of oversight.
The program, created through executive order a year ago, brings together staff from different agencies to work together to "solve complex government challenges." The latest cohort includes 15 fellows from 11 departments.
The California Department of Technology has released the digital assistant it's been piloting since September 2025. The statewide release is another feather in the state's cap related to worker productivity tools.
The role will help guide countywide IT strategy, shared services and technology operations across more than 30 departments.
California’s return-to-office order began Wednesday with protests, space workarounds and employees questioning whether in-person work will change how they do their jobs.
Industry Insider — California will not publish a newsletter Friday in observance of the Independence Day holiday. The newsletter will resume on Monday morning.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed his final budget package into law, a $351.7 billion spending package that walked back some proposed cuts and sets the stage for voters to weigh in on new taxes in November.
The state has inked a half-price deal with Anthropic for the AI company's productivity assistant, Claude. The tool will be the first of its kind on the recently launched Statewide IT Shared Services (SITeS) portal.
With budget pressures mounting, the city wants 2,500 employees trained in AI by 2027 as leaders say the technology can speed up public services while preserving jobs.
People are talking about what's going on in state and local government IT. Here's a rundown of the latest we're hearing across our network and some of the corners that might be worth looking around.
The rail authority says it is not proposing to build or operate data centers, but officials acknowledged the idea could become a flashpoint in Central Valley communities.
July 1 is the final deadline for a return to in-person state work. The governor doesn’t show any signs of granting an 11th-hour reprieve. Union leaders, meanwhile, are making noise about a possible exodus from some of the most secure jobs in the country.
During the third and final hearing on IT project delivery in the state government, Government Operations Agency Secretary Nick Maduros dragged blame culture and the negative impacts it has on critical projects.
The newly unveiled state dashboard will monitor unemployment claims tied to artificial intelligence as officials look for early signs of worker displacement.
State departments with data-related challenges to solve have another opportunity to get help directly from the Office of Data and Innovation’s CalData team.
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Anthropic announced Okta as a featured identity provider supporting their beta program, which enables joint customers; including state agencies, Webflow, HubSpot, and others to leverage Okta to help govern their use of Claude and access to applications from participating MCP providers including Asana, Atlassian, Canva, Figma, Granola, Linear, and Supabase.
The Moveworks platform serves as the AI front door for government agencies, delivering search and action across the government enterprise.
Federal dollars are flowing, and plans are moving fast. The states that succeed won't just have bold clinical agendas, they'll have the infrastructure to measure, defend and sustain results.
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