The pace of change in the government tech sector is unrelenting and can be a lot to keep up with. To make sure you didn’t miss any California gov tech news of import, Industry Insider — California is providing periodic roundups of stories of significant interest to the public and private sectors from our staff and that of our sister publication, Government Technology, with links to each article.
DMV to Host Private-, Public-Sector Digital ID Hackathons: The California Department of Motor Vehicles is accepting applications for an upcoming private-sector hackathon to identify new use cases for mobile ID technology. A second event will cater to public-sector participants.
Two Departments Were Biggest State Buyers of IT Goods in FY24: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the California Highway Patrol together made up almost half of the state government’s $156,660,946 total IT goods spending during Fiscal Year 2023-24.
FTB Seeks ‘Restart Control’ Software Maintenance Contractor: The Franchise Tax Board, the state’s tax collection agency, is seeking a vendor to manage “application restart control software maintenance.”
State Treasurer’s Office Raises Local Agency Cybersecurity Alarms: A thwarted cyber attack against the Local Agency Investment Fund has the State Treasurer’s Office warning local governments to review their security protocols.
Gone Phishing: L.A. County DPSS Takes Out Suspicious Emails: Parsing through hundreds of suspicious daily emails used to be a human problem for the Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Social Services. Now a bot does the heavy lifting.
Tracking the Spend: $17.8M for State Controller’s 5 Top IT Service Buys in H1 2024: Those expenditures included a property management system, software services and IT services related to the California State Payroll System project.
CALFIRE, UC San Diego Get $10.4M Boost for Wildfire System: The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the University of California, San Diego will see $10.4 million in general fund investment in the fire-mapping camera system ALERTCalifornia.
Ports to See $27M Investment in Data Interoperability, Sustainability: The state launched the grant program to fund 10 data interoperability projects across five major containerized ports with the goal of enhancing supply chain efficiency.
