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The California State Treasurer’s Office and the California Health and Human Services Agency are both recruiting for executive-level technology expertise.
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What to Know:
- Santa Clara County’s 10-year Capital Improvement Plan outlines $8.6 billion in planned projects through 2035.
- The upcoming fiscal year includes $1.2 million for data center improvements.
- Despite a $70 million deficit, the county is investing heavily in tech, infrastructure and sustainability in the coming years.
The Environmental Protection Agency seeks an agency information security officer, and the Employment Development Department is recruiting for a system engineer specializing in Customer Information Control System (CICS) technology.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has issued a solicitation for technology, digital and data consulting related to its computer-aided dispatch system.
The San Francisco-based firm will use the technology to help the Department of Finance sift through reams of legislation and other documents to determine the financial impact of bills on the state budget.
During a tight budget year, lawmakers are reckoning with the need to improve the technology that government uses, which largely involves IT projects developed by contractors, while having to save dollars elsewhere.
The state insurance exchange is seeking a deputy chief information officer, and the fire agency is recruiting for an assistant information security officer.
Options for city-managed cloud infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service environments include Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud. The RFI was issued May 16, and responses are due by 5 p.m. June 5.
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The Riverside County Board of Supervisors recently approved new funding for several IT projects throughout the jurisdiction. Unrelated to that action, an RFP has also been issued for a new infrastructure management platform.
While ISLA will continue to have a strong technical focus, this year’s program includes more courses that will help state IT leaders better understand how to lead from a business perspective.
The department is taking on new initiatives, including tracking wolves, but faces cuts in its budget and staffing in the coming fiscal year.
Candidates should have expertise in managing large-scale IT asset management systems and configuration management databases and an understanding of IT Service Management principles and practices.
Cities across the state are tightening belts and measuring their options going into the next fiscal year. San Francisco is one jurisdiction facing significant financial headwinds.
Proposals should include the necessary software, implementation and maintenance services, as well as the tools to meet the business and technical needs of the DA’s office, its staff and its criminal justice stakeholders.
“Vaishali brings a vast amount of experience navigating the SLED market in California,” said Halcyon's senior director of SLED, Jason Willadsen. “She is 100 percent customer-centric and laser-focused to ensure her clients are taken care of by vendors and partners. Halcyon could not be more pleased to have Vaishali leading our California SLED campaigns.”
Criminals using stolen identities and web crawlers gain admission through the state's online system, CCCApply, and then fraudulently apply for financial aid.
The company's Axyom Assist tool is designed to make huge quantities of information readily available to customer service representatives at the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration’s call center, streamlining service to the public.
The moratorium would render AI measures implemented by states — such as California’s law to take effect in 2026 requiring generative AI developers to post documentation of the data used to train their models online — impossible to enforce.
The layoffs include 82 software engineers, technical program management workers, product management engineers and one product marketing manager in Mountain View as well as three software engineering workers in Santa Clara.
Early estimates about a state budget surplus have fallen flat, and officials now predict they'll have to contend with a $12 billion deficit. The good news is that some tech projects could see a fiscal boost under Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget.
Next steps include upgrading the city’s MyWaterSD web portal, making it easier for customers to change their address and giving delinquent customers a chance to pay their debt off slowly.
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