With 2014 coming to a close, Techwire is counting down its Top 25 news stories of the year. Check back each day through Dec. 31 as we look back at the people, projects and events that made news during the year gone by.
Russ Guarna
Story #9: Longtime state procurement official Russ Guarna in January resigned his position as deputy director of the Statewide Technology Procurement Division at the Department of Technology to join the nation’s largest technology trade association. Guarna is vice president of state and local government in TechAmerica’s public sector division, where he is responsible for meeting with state and local government officials to help improve the IT acquisition process and determine the best way to invest in technology. Guarna spent most of his career in procurement policy, and he headed the program to oversee the procurement of major IT projects for the executive branch after a state reorganization. He also served as the deputy director of the California Technology Agency’s Program and Policy Management areas, overseeing the state’s IT project portfolio.
Read more about this story at Techwire here (Insider).
2014 Stories of the Year:
#25: DGS Releases Memo on Personal Services Contracts
#24: Rebecca Skarr Appointed Department of General Services CIO
#23: Governor Appoints John Boule as Office of Systems Integration Director
#22: Statewide Project Management Office Approved in State Budget
#21: Josh Nisbet Leaves CGI, Joins Deloitte in Sacramento
#20: Newsom Jabs Government IT, Vendors — Again
#19: Stilling Named CalTech Deputy Director for IT Project Oversight and Consulting
#18: California State Transportation Agency Hires First CIO
#17: California Lottery Taps CalPERS for New CIO
#16: Brown Signs Next-Gen 911 Planning Bill
#15: Corrections Scans 200 Million Inmate Documents, Completes SOMS Project
#14: Amy Tong Appointed OSI Chief Deputy Director
#13: Gov. Brown Vetoes Bills on Contract Performance, Personal Services
#12: State Releases Bid for California Email Services
#11: Uyeda Named Executive Partner at FI$Cal
#10: Techwire.net Acquired by Government Technology Publisher e.Republic Inc.
