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Three state departments are looking for high-level technical talent to run their IT operations.
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Billboards from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and speed camera warning signs on freeway off-ramps and in bus shelters are intended to caution drivers as more than 50 of the devices arrive in March.
The roles include senior data policy analyst, IT supervisor and deputy chief information officer.
“You can almost look at it like a software subscription,” said Eric Matthews, the county deputy CIO. “It’s very common for organizations that don’t do leasing to hang onto equipment well past their end of life because of the huge expense it costs to replace it.”
The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation purchased services related to cybersecurity, enterprise data management and software, among other things.
San Francisco has launched a revamped SF.gov, with new content management for better flexibility and in-house management. A new design system is intended to improve access and visual consistency.
The Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (OTSI) is recruiting for a chief to work on the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention System (CalHEERS) Project and a manager to ensure alignment with the agency’s IT and Data Strategic Plan.
A state IT data dashboard shows that the California Department of Technology’s spend last year on those items was $67 million; in the current fiscal year to date the total is $6.2 million.
“This position works on the most highly complex, high-risk, politically sensitive and high-cost IT procurements and IT contracts that may or may not be because of an IT project,” reads the job posting from the California Air Resources Board.
“What I learned most from this event is that Mother Nature continues to outpace us. Just when you think you've got it figured out, Mother Nature kicks you in the face and says, ‘No, you don’t.’”
“We were just mind-blown that something like this existed,” said Police Chief Nick Borges. “This is going to help us have better interactions with our community members with disabilities.”
Those purchases included technical assistance, environment optimization, research materials and digital video production services.
“It’s crucial that we find a balance between innovation and safeguards,” writes state Sen. Thomas Umberg. “California will continue to emphasize targeted, case-specific regulations rather than sweeping measures.”
The program is part of an initiative that also updated the null, which makes telecom and information services more affordable for eligible schools, in order to support Wi-Fi hot spots, Wi-Fi on school buses and libraries in tribal communities.
The Employment Development Department and the Department of Industrial Relations are seeking expertise in business applications, test automation and cybersecurity.
The department has agreed on an annual contract of $70,000 with Zencity, a global technology company with which BPD created the resident survey.
Tech-heavy cities like San Jose and Seattle saw significant declines in remote work last year and the traffic to show for it, the INRIX 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard found. Elsewhere, other trends drove roadway congestion up.
The technology leadership role within the CCC entails management, budget oversight and planning. The role is classified as IT Manager II.
The provider of live AI translation for public agencies is adding users and services, with its tools assisting wildfire communications in California. The company’s recent experiences help illustrate how AI might develop.
FTB’s request, the second-largest IT-related ask among state agencies, would fund ongoing work on Enterprise Data to Revenue, a modernization of the state’s tax-collection technology.
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One position in the Employment Development Department focuses on access and identity management, and the other calls for expertise in network engineering.
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