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Christine Harada, who replaced Sarah Soto-Taylor as Government Operations undersecretary in August, is leaving the role for a position on the California Public Utilities Commission.
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Six key state departments are seeking managers and specialists for oversight roles. Three of these are branch chief recruitments within one department.
The Oceanside Police Department faced a problem: It couldn’t reliably share drone video feeds with the officers who needed them for critical situational awareness. But Zoom quickly changed that.
As part of Techwire’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.
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Nick Saavedra, based in Sacramento, will manage a team selling to state and local government in the Western states. He joins ServiceNow after previous affiliations with Google and Oracle.
Marin County supervisors adopted the county’s strategic plan this week, which details the nature and depth of the county’s digital divide. Chief Information Officer Liza Massey noted that Internet affordability is the biggest hurdle for residents.
In a new invitation for bid, the California Department of Water Resources calls for responses from IT vendors to help it in the area of data.
The former state chief information security officer, who left the public sector in 2019, said he’s enjoying working in the private sector with data, privacy and health-care technology.
The design system is intended to create a consistent look, feel and navigation path, so Californians can more easily find the online information they need across departments and agencies. With a focus on “user experience” (UX), the design system addresses such elements as typography, design style, content and components.
Several of the California Department of Technology’s costliest IT goods and services purchases in January focused on government community cloud.
The event will feature numerous breakout sessions, with leaders from the public and private sectors addressing a gamut of topics relevant to those who work in and serve government in California.
Experience with change management is among the desirable qualifications for this executive role, which includes oversight of applications related to health-care technology and electronic health records.
In a recent budget change proposal, the California Department of Justice seeks money from the General Fund to modify IT systems around the use of “X” as “an individual’s nonbinary descriptor.”
Dr. Scott Howland, who was the California Highway Patrol’s award-winning chief information officer, has been elevated to a new role by Fusus, a Georgia-based company that offers law enforcement agencies an integrated, cloud-based, map-based, “pane of glass” feed of surveillance video from disparate platforms.
The suit stems from a public records request to the California Department of Motor Vehicles from an unidentified individual or entity seeking access to Waymo’s driverless-deployment application — the basic filled-out form, attachments of additional material and responses to follow-up questions from the DMV.
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The guidance from the state Little Hoover Commission follows its 2018 report “Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for California” and, in part, looks at progress since then.
The California Department of Justice, the Department of Technology and the Department of Motor Vehicles are seeking candidates for a variety of leadership roles.
The Little Hoover Commission, a California government watchdog agency, recommends that the state invest in a publicly owned, open source elections system. In this system, expert “white hat” hackers and interested members of the public could review the source code and report potential vulnerabilities to the California Secretary of State’s Office. Only authorized personnel would be allowed to physically modify the code.
As part of Techwire’s ongoing efforts to inform readers about state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT and cybersecurity leaders.
In response to the recent updating of federal standards, one of Southern California’s most populous counties is calling on IT companies to assist it in areas including prioritizing key areas for compliance.
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