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For vendors interested in Southern California, Industry Insider — California will host two leaders from the IT department of the city of Long Beach in December.
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The California Department of Technology and one of its frequent state collaborators are convening conversations on broadband deployment, digital equity planning and related activities later this month.
The bill, signed recently by the governor, offers considerable formalization and clarification on the roles and responsibilities of a state office and a state department.
“You get a chance to implement newer technologies such as chatbot and artificial intelligence to simplify IVR call flows and reduce wait times to improve customer satisfaction.”
The department’s five largest transactions in this area last month reached the low seven figures.
The cyber criminal group that is reportedly behind the attack has made public 500GB of files containing Social Security numbers, student psychological assessments and other information.
The California Employment Development Department is underway on a “comprehensive modernization initiative” that will transform a key area of service.
The state of California has been recognized for its technology work by the biennial 2022 Digital States Survey from the Center for Digital Government.
The IT leader at a North Bay city talked to Industry Insider — California about strategic planning and technology projects.
The shift to electric buses is part of the city’s work to make public transportation zero-emission by 2030. Sonoma County, where Santa Rosa is the county seat, currently has three in service.
Chief Information Officer Liana Bailey-Crimmins, who is also director of the California Department of Technology, updated IT officials on several initiatives at the California Digital Government Summit.
At last week’s California Digital Government Summit, attendees were given an opportunity to weigh in on six questions related to work, the workplace culture in IT, data and modernization. The results, listed in descending order from most to least popular, are in.
The "Best of California" awards, announced during last week’s California Digital Government Summit, acknowledged high-achieving state IT officials and significant recent IT projects.
A new law signed last week by Gov. Gavin Newsom forbids California-based businesses from giving up geolocation data, search histories and other personal information in response to out-of-state search warrants, unless those warrants are accompanied by a statement that the evidence sought isn’t connected to an abortion investigation.
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As part of Industry Insider — California’s ongoing efforts to educate readers on state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
The Industry Insider — California team will cover the trends, people and technologies driving the California market. They’ll offer key editorial insights from the stories that shaped Q3 in California government IT, and they’ll break down how you can streamline your sales and marketing efforts with Industry Insider — California.
“The equipment will be newer, more agile, more reliable, but covers the same area,” said Daniel Milei, chief information officer for the San Luis Obispo County Information Technology Department. “People will be able to respond to incidents much quicker than before.”
The department’s five largest transactions in this area during the year’s first and second quarters nearly reached $2 million.
The California Department of Technology and the Office of Data and Innovation are working on the California Design System, which aims to give the state’s web developers and designers the tools they need to make it easier for residents to access and use digital information.
Procurement leaders advise that before seeking to do business with state government, read the fine print of solicitations, understand the different types of contract vehicles, and take every opportunity to ask questions.
The state department is calling for responses from firms that can help it on a sizeable build in two inland counties.
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