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The relatively young agency created to safeguard consumer privacy is looking for its next deputy director of enforcement following the departure of Michael Macko.
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Some of the region’s biggest tech companies are preparing to cut well over 1,000 jobs, even as overall Bay Area employment rises.
The state’s premier government-focused cybersecurity event is scheduled for early October. The event is open exclusively to public-sector cybersecurity professionals.
The governor has signed a host of bills dealing with technology and state government operations. The issues range from transit to building permits to e-signatures.
California is moving to a new framework for IT project oversight: the Project Delivery Lifecycle. However, a former director of the Department of General Services asks, can it be improved?
The governor has already taken several actions regulating AI. The most recent one pushes forward on state development of independent AI auditors and asks the Government Operations Agency to give recommendations on how to require companies to create a “kill switch” for frontier models.
The new appointee, who comes from the Department of Managed Health Care, replaces former Chief Counsel Sahana Ayer, who now works for another California agency.
Doug Novak, a three-decade veteran in the state cybersecurity space, has announced that he will retire from public service at the end of the month. Novak had been serving as the acting state CISO following the departure of Vitaliy Panych in July.
City officials have received no formal data center applications, but reports of a potential project exceeding 50 megawatts prompted Mayor Kevin McCarty to call for advance planning.
Self-contained, mobile data centers are changing the dynamics of heavy computing capabilities in some of the most remote places on Earth. The technology, already used by some California state agencies, was on display this week in Sacramento.
City officials say police will discontinue the Flock system while continuing to use other license plate-reading cameras amid privacy and data-security concerns.
Chris Given has been state CIO and director of the California Department of Technology for just more than 130 days. He shared his thoughts on CDT's future, the mission to cement foundational initiatives and where the private sector should be paying attention.
The county’s data center count jumped 23 percent over the past year, the fastest growth among the five U.S. counties with the most facilities. Santa Clara County comes in second to Loudoun County, Va.
Gubernatorial hopeful Steve Hilton is proposing a $73 annual vehicle registration fee and the elimination of the DMV as a stand-alone state agency. The plan is part of his broader “Operation Zero Waste” proposal to cut state spending and reduce taxes.
The California Department of Technology has posted a job opening for its deputy state chief information security officer position, which has been held by Doug Novak.
California officials have announced the release of AskCA, an AI-powered pilot project meant to help constituents navigate the state and local web of available services. At the same time, two recently signed laws are poised to improve how AI models are evaluated.
Opposition to new facilities is crossing party lines as voters raise concerns about utility bills, environmental impacts and the rapid expansion of infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence.
Back in July, the Alameda Board of Supervisors voted to approve the appointment of Solano County CIO and Registrar Tim Flanagan to permanently replace retired CIO Tim Dupuis.
The central coast city of Monterey is looking for a chief information officer to lead its Information Services Division in a recently published job posting.
Industry Insider — California will not publish a newsletter Monday in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The newsletter will resume Wednesday morning.
The City Council has approved a 45-day moratorium while officials study potential impacts on water, electricity rates, public safety and land use.
Yvonna Thompson, who spent more than two decades with communications giant AT&T, has joined California government-focused Dajani Consulting as its vice president of sales and strategic partnerships.
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