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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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The new chief information officer is a 20-year state employee with IT leadership experience of more than a decade. She was most recently at the California State Treasurer’s Office.
The new system should be in place before the November 2024 general election, and the contract could last more than 10 years. The registration deadline for a mandatory proposers conference is Monday.
“We are very excited to have Sophia join our leadership team,” Gartner Area Vice President Susan Buytenhuysnulltold Techwire. “With her extensive background in technology and finance, Sophia will be a great asset to her clients and supporting the state of California Gov Ops team for Gartner.”
In a Request for Information, the public health department at the consolidated city-county of San Francisco wants to learn more about an electronic contract management system.
The California Conservation Corps’ top IT goods buys during the first half of calendar 2021 included laptops, switches, licenses and vehicle telematics.
The Office of Systems Integration and the California Department of Technology are seeking candidates for key positions in these specialized areas.
The California Highway Patrol debuted the new online solution late last year. It’s designed to improve efficiency and users’ experience in the field, and is being refined in the current fiscal year.
“In the last few years, both our companies have been growing quite a bit, both from a revenue and a people perspective and offerings, and this just helps us inject capital, inject corporate experience from other folks, both here locally in this market as well as to grow across the U.S.,” Taborda’s president and founder, Jeff Smith, told Techwire.
“I got a text right away with the link to my record. I clicked on it, entered the PIN I had chosen and got my record, just as easily as it had worked for my mom and roommates the first time around. All the information on the record was correct.”
The Vallejo Police Department’s Tech Team is now equipped with five pilots who are trained and certified by the Federal Aviation Administration as unmanned-aircraft pilots.
The Oct. 5-6 summit, according to the organizers, is designed “to gather and educate the entire spectrum of California’s cybersecurity professionals, whose job functions and expertise range from highly technical to executive.”
In a request for proposals, the operating entity for the airport seeks a contractor capable of wielding technology, data and analysis to enhance and expand its longtime shuttle service.
Both Eddie Kim and Ying Chan have decades of experience in both the public and private sectors. The appointments fill out Lloyd’s executive IT team.
Those employed in the public sector will hear from about 40 speakers and insiders at this landmark event, for which sponsorship opportunities are available.
“We ... see digital transformation as a continuous process of improvement. Importantly, we take a human-centered-design perspective. It focuses on accessibility and takes many forms of customer feedback to direct our improvements. In this way, all new city digital services are built for and by city residents,” says Linda Gerull, chief information officer and executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Technology.
Under the mandatory statewide contracts, the California Department of General Services designates where state entities will buy tablets and convertible “2-in-1” devices.
Many provisions from the proposed legislation – which centered on creating more efficient and transparent IT projects and systems – were included in a budget trailer bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law.
One department is seeking a chief enterprise architect, and the other is seeking a manager for application and service delivery.
“We are thrilled to have Melissa join the Health and Human Services team,” Gartner area Vice President Susan Buytenhuys told Techwire. “With her professionalism and passion, and her background here in Sacramento, she’s going to be a fabulous addition.”
A traffic signal upgrade project will involve 26 intersections around the University of California, San Diego. The project will use adaptive software to enhance mobility across the region.
The responsibilities of the assistant chief information officer include recommending sourcing and vendor management strategies and participating in negotiations for software and hardware purchases and other equipment, supplies and services.
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