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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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Both the bank and the state rake in merchant fees whenever an unemployment debit card is swiped. EDD has pocketed millions in fees amid the pandemic, but Bank of America told state lawmakers it lost hundreds of millions of dollars on the contract last year.
“This is an opportune moment for the state Legislature and the governor to update legislation to expand access to government for many more Californians,” writes Camille Crittenden, executive director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute.
A U.S. House hearing last week took testimony from experts – including a former California state chief information officer – who underlined the disconnect between federal, state and local IT as well as how leadership can stall efforts to improve digital user experience and cybersecurity.
The California Department of Technology has chosen John Cleveland, who’s been serving as manager of the Statewide Security Operations Center for the past two years.
One of the positions in recruitment is for the city’s first director of IT, and the other is for an enterprise technology manager. Application deadlines for both are this month.
Three recent hires will enable Info-Tech Research Group to boost its delivery presence in the state.
“This is a huge moment in FI$Cal’s history, and one in which the state can take great pride,” writes Miriam Barcellona Ingenito, director of FI$Cal. “A look back serves as a reminder of all that we have accomplished.”
The departments with open recruitments include the California Department of Technology, the State Controller’s Office, the California Department of Public Health and the Department of Health Care Services.
The newsletter’s regular series spotlights state and local government IT leaders, their changing roles and their new and ongoing technology projects.
The Sacramento Area Council of Governments has issued a request for proposal seeking a consultant to do a “Project Performance Assessment Tool Update.”
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“The Commission calls on the Legislature and Governor to update the state’s open meetings law — the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act — to reflect new technologies and the experiences of the past year.”
The California Department of Technology’s five most expensive purchases of IT services through Wednesday included COVID-19 and cloud-related offerings.
The California State Library has a relatively small spending footprint for IT goods and services compared with much larger state departments and entities. From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, the State Library’s five largest purchases of IT goods totaled just over $375,000.
The specter of flames devouring communities and smothering the state in smoke is driving innovation, much of it in Silicon Valley, to fight fires with new technology.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has issued a request for offer calling for vendors to help it stand up an IT asset management program.
The Yuba County Board of Supervisors recently approved agreements with three different IT companies to improve the county’s cybersecurity after a ransomware incident in February.
Months in the making, the new contract from the California departments of Technology and Parks and Recreation is expected to give state entities the chance to deploy new connectivity or bolster existing service.
The departments seeking IT expertise deal with the delivery of services related to taxes and health care.
A plan to modernize IT and better enable a work-from-anywhere posture in Santa Monica served the city well when the COVID-19 pandemic reshuffled city services and how they are delivered.
“In the context of cybersecurity, we apply the 3-2-1 rule. 3 backups, in 2 different places, 1 in the cloud,” writes San Mateo IT Director Peter Owen. “But what about the video conferenced presentation you are doing for your board, council, client or team? Same idea.”
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