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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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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 and cybersecurity leaders.
The main responsibility of the role is managing the provision of public safety and IT services including computing infrastructure and security, voice, data, radio, and video communications on a 24/7 basis, according to the job posting.
In a Request for Information, the Northern California local government wants to hear from vendors ahead of a possible Request for Proposals on a comprehensive solution.
Responsibilities of the position include setting objectives and goals and establishing workload priorities; securing equipment and training as needed by staff; and establishing performance metrics, workload tracking and other measures to inform the decision-making process.
“I’m very excited to join the Oracle Cloud Platform team,” John Shafer told Techwire, “and look forward to helping our customers in their digital transformation journeys while leveraging the power of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform.”
“My goal is to build automation of the infrastructure,” Shamal Siwan says, “to create the DevSecOps culture that is taking security requirements and putting that into a DevOps mindset where automation is the key to unite people, so that everybody follows the same process … so we can ship faster, better, and avoid outages.”
An official from the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Office discussed the entity’s ongoing Assessor Modernization Project and a proof of concept during a recent webinar.
“When one of our government agencies fails this badly ... it erodes people’s faith in government,” said Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach, chair of the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee.
“DMV is looking for a new CIO,” DMV Director Steve Gordon announced Monday on LinkedIn. “Join us in transforming the DMV into a digital powerhouse. Make a difference for California!”
In a Request for Proposals, the California Office of Digital Innovation indicates it is seeking to hire additional personnel.
Elaine Howle, 63, the state auditor for more than 21 years, has been the state’s independent voice, leading examinations of state agencies and winning both sharp anger and lavish praise from the Assembly and Senate members.
“I’ve always aligned with Microsoft’s culture (without even knowing it),” Ayineh told Techwire. “For example, the growth mindset, one of our principles here, has been one of my biggest personal mantras for years now.”
“I am hopeful this approach of condensing and aligning these prior efforts into Cal-Secure can succeed in maturing the state’s cybersecurity posture,” said Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, the Ventura County Democrat who chairs the Assembly’s Select Committee on Cybersecurity.
“It’s an emerging technology and an emerging company, and there’s a lot of growth,” Joseph Schwartz told Techwire. “I do know there are quite a few positions that are opening all across the board (sales, technical and support) and there’s a lot of growth. That’s something I will help with as part of my role here.”
The California State Lottery and the California Department of Technology are looking to fill gaming application support supervisor and IT manager I positions, respectively.
Candidates are sought by the California Employment Development Department, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the California Department of Public Health, the state Department of Justice and the California Department of Technology.
The state’s chief information officer, Amy Tong, took cover Thursday morning, along with cat Jelly, for the annual earthquake safety drill. This year, more than 7.5 million Californians took part in the preparedness exercise.
The county’s chief information officer, Liza Massey, discusses the intersection of digital and racial equity, and the importance of getting the community involved to push efforts forward.
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 and cybersecurity leaders.
“Over the course of more than six years, Neeraj has been the face of the FI$Cal project,” Director Miriam Ingenito told Techwire. “He has spent countless hours working on developing and implementing the right solutions for the FI$Cal system; his accomplishments and contributions are innumerable.”
The city's Department of Building and Safety seeks a company to design, implement, maintain and support “an ecosystem of software and database solutions” that can handle permitting, inspection, code enforcement and licensing.
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