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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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Among the key roles in play are chief information officer/deputy director; head of strategy and procurement; division chief; and data manager.
“Subbarao has successfully led several technology improvement initiatives, and his efforts resulted in transforming FI$Cal ITD into one of the most efficient and capable IT teams in the state of California,” said FI$Cal Director Miriam Barcellona Ingenito. “He has positioned our IT division to support the system operations and enhancements, technology operations and upgrades, and continuous improvements to FI$Cal’s posture for years to come.”
“My role acts as oversight of the department’s internal IT governance process and I also coordinate with the AIO, other CIOs within CalEPA and CDT as needed,” says Michael Wanser, CIO and assistant director at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
In the 19th annual Digital Counties Survey from the Center for Digital Government, leading jurisdictions have moved on from immediate emergency response and are now looking at lessons learned as well as at what work should turn permanent. Today, Techwire looks at one county that garnered first-place honors in its population category.
Federal investigators began to take notice after the Employment Development Department began to crack down on multiple claims from the same address, something that occurred just before California prosecutors revealed that EDD had become the target of a multibillion-dollar fraud.
“I’m getting ready to write at least a mid-five-figure check,” said board CIO Bill Glaholt. “I said, ‘Hold on. You’re telling me that for less than $1,000, I’m going to be able to ... build the thing that I want to, using your tool?’ Sign me up!”
The document, which summarizes the Legislature’s version of the new state budget, offers considerable detail on IT and innovation projects that lawmakers approved or denied.
“The IT Spec III will work with the Windows Service Areas to develop continuous integration/continuous delivery solutions, containerization, use of open-source solutions, and database optimization,” the job posting says. “The ITS III possesses extensive lT technical knowledge, which includes emerging ‘cutting-edge’ technologies.”
The California Student Aid Commission was a small department with a big problem: It needed a new grant management system, but didn’t have the money for a high-dollar “waterfall” venture. So its chief information officer broke the project into pieces and served as his own general contractor.
California still doesn’t have a complete 2021-2022 fiscal year state budget. But Gov. Gavin Newsom made much of it official Monday by signing a package of legislation – and also reached accord with lawmakers on a broadband budget trailer bill.
Responsibilities of the position include advising and acting for the chief information officer and developing and implementing IT policies and best practices in commission offices statewide.
“By the time I got my second dose towards the end of [April],” writes state Chief Technology Innovation Officer Rick Klau, “my team ... was looking into how we could give Californians the option of having a digital vaccination record — one that is harder to misplace, and won’t get ripped, dog-eared or disappear in the wash.”
Techwire is pleased to welcome Workato to the Techwire family. Workato offers a broad portfolio of workplace management tools, including automations for hiring and onboarding, lead management and routing, and a network operations center. The company’s offerings handle functions including human resources, sales, marketing, finance, higher education, IT and support; and it works well with Jira, Marketo, NetSuite, Oracle EBS and Oracle Database, SAP ERP, Salesforce and ServiceNow. Its products include robotic process automation and bots designed for a variety of platforms and tools. For more information, visit Workato.com or contact Bharath Yadla or Alessio Lisi.
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services’ five most expensive purchases of IT goods through June included three buys with the same vendor, representing more than half the total cost of those expenditures.
Officials in Rialto are using funding from the state’s Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program to launch electric bike-share hubs around the city. The bikes are a preferred means of travel among residents.
The chief plans, directs, evaluates and sets policy for staff projects, including IT audits, financial audits, performance audits, program evaluations, special and/or confidential studies, and technical assistance projects, including applied research services.
The California State Lottery and the departments of Health Care Services and Technology are recruiting for IT manager and procurement staffers.
The editorial team at Techwire has rescheduled the Members Briefing on the state budget, which had been scheduled for Tuesday.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Hyperscience to the Techwire family. New York-based Hyperscience helps governments and organizations worldwide modernize vital processes and operations, in part by redefining enterprise-level automation. For government, its cloud-based platform enables process automation and data extraction across a variety of formats and disparate systems, streamlining everything from health-care claims to background checks, unemployment verifications to voter registrations. The results shrink workflow steps and citizen response times by managing volume and backlog. Hyperscience minimizes risk by letting clients set accuracy targets and maintain complete control of their data. For more information, visit hyperscience.com or contact Bradley Fischer.
Anticipated needs include system development, implementation and programming; database management and optimization; systems analysis and integration; GIS data and document capture, conversion and loading; and general IT consulting.
“A CIO’s role is to ensure that the appropriate technology is being delivered to meet the needs of not just the department but the customer who’s relying on those services. I think it’s important that you’re in tune with what’s going on with the business,” says Steve Nash, chief information officer for the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
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