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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.
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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.
A deep bench of experts provided a look at the use cases and growing need around the technology during a State Treasurer's Office hearing Monday morning.
Kevin Cornish, the CIO for the state's health insurance marketplace since August 2020, has stepped away from the IT leadership role and into a "special consulting role."
After vetoing a water-reporting bill last year, the governor may soon confront a tougher political landscape as California weighs new limits on the booming industry.
Officials from the California Franchise Tax Board briefed Industry Insider members June 10 on priorities and challenges facing the organization. The conversation included the shift toward the cloud, concerns around AI, and how to best plug into FTB's technical work.
The Little Hoover Commission's third hearing focused on identifying potential improvements to state IT project delivery is slated for June 25 and will feature testimony from Government Operations Agency Secretary Nick Maduros, among others.
The utility giant last month filed a federal court complaint against California regulators and submitted two petitions to the Federal Communications Commission, seeking to escape a long-standing obligation to provide landline service.
Industry Insider — California will not publish a newsletter Friday in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. The newsletter will resume Monday morning.
The California Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety needs money and staff to close what it calls “mission-critical support gaps” that are being supported by expiring resources.
Lawmakers met a constitutional deadline Monday with a $356 billion proposal, but the final deal will hinge on talks over taxes, deficits and safety-net programs.
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