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A Bay Area consolidated local government is seeking assistance from vendors in the area of enterprise resource planning.

The California Department of Consumer Affairs, part of the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, awarded seven contracts in the first quarter for IT services. Together, with rounding, those buys totaled $1,334,098.

Krista Canellakis, who was most recently deputy secretary for general services at the California Government Operations Agency and, before that, chief innovation officer at the city and county of San Francisco, will join the nonprofit organization.

Cyd Harrell’s “wealth of experience in government technology and user-centered design will help us strengthen and transform how we connect services directly to people,” said City Administrator Carmen Chu.

Strategic plans can offer a clear perspective on how a state or local government wields IT and innovation. This recurring series examines the strategic plans of state entities as well as counties and municipalities.

The California Department of Public Health has unveiled two new chatbots on WhatsApp that are the first of their type. Created in partnership with two technology companies, the endeavor could lead to similar work.

The IT Division of California Correctional Health Care Services deploys the IT infrastructure and clinical IT systems that support the delivery of medical, dental and mental health-care services at all 34 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation institutions statewide.

San Leandro is seeking a tech leader with an eye for innovation and the skills to work with the city’s economic development agenda. A new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is also planned.

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Inmates now wear standard identification wristbands, and their movements are tracked by a paper system that sheriff officials describe as “time-intensive” and “prone to error.”

Patrick Dennis, a veteran of state IT leadership, has been deputy director and chief information officer for the California Department of Parks and Recreation since 2018. He oversees technology and IT policy for the department, which has an annual budget of about $900 million.

The California Department of Public Health spent more than $7.5 million in March on its costliest buys of IT goods, which included hardware, software and support.

“This is a really dream job for me,” Tony Batalla told Techwire on Friday. “Oakland is a tech center and cultural hub, and I’m excited to explore innovation opportunities — internally within the organization and externally in the community.”

In a new request for proposals, the state Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District is calling for assistance in a Microsoft “SharePoint Server Modernization Build.”

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation estimates the comprehensive solution could be worth $70 million. It seeks one prime contractor for the system.

The Department of Child Support Services and the California Department of Transportation are seeking candidates with leadership skills and tech experience.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced appointments at the Office of Digital Innovation, elevating two people in an office he proposed in 2019 with his first-ever state budget.

Wendy Weaver, chief information officer for the California Department of Conservation, says her team is in the infancy of a sprawling undertaking to transform how data is captured, stored, governed and shared.

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency was able to work from previous successes in creating a tool that would help motorists avoid being towed.

“I am very excited to be at Fortinet,” Lawrence Raynes told Techwire. “Fortinet’s portfolio has the largest offerings in cybersecurity supporting some of the largest agencies in the state.”