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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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Technology and innovation leaders from state and local governments told Techwire the eventual return to their offices as the pandemic eases will almost certainly preserve a significant amount of remote work — and present challenges and opportunities as well.
The Career Executive Assignment position includes duties relating to policy, planning, cost efficiency and vendor and contract management. The new deputy director will also be in charge of improving the Project Approval Lifecycle and codifying post-project vendor assessments.
The municipal agency is looking into configurable, low-code solutions that would work for building permitting, inspection, code enforcement and professional licensing.
The duties of the job entail “developing, maintaining, supporting and optimizing multiple critical and highly complex IT disciplines, particularly network infrastructure, server infrastructure, data communications, telecommunications, and enterprise systems (in) both private cloud and public cloud environments.”
In several RFPs, most of which are “powered by the Startup in Residence program,” Long Beach is seeking assistance from IT vendors on various technology and innovation projects.
The California Department of Parks and Recreation has submitted a budget change proposal for staffing and software license renewal for a recently-acquired records management system that is expected to save time and money and increase safety.
Now that the Google Chromebooks, the personal protective equipment and other special items have been secured with federal funds, California’s K-12 schools stand to gain another $16 billion. It’s coming from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill that President Joe Biden signed in March.
The proposed blueprint indicates potential interest in technologies including a grant management system, a workforce scheduling system and an enterprise performance management software system for the city’s budgeting process.
Keith Tresh, a veteran of California state IT and now the chief information security officer in Idaho, offers tips from his wealth of experience in leadership within federal, state and local governments.
“When we consider that compute translates to data transformation and exchange and better insights to make decisions — information technologies are the fundamental enablers of our present and future, and the end of growth is still not in sight,” says Imre Kabai, chief information officer for Santa Clara County.
Billed as a one-stop shop, California’s $50 million site has instead created nonstop problems, critics say. Only 27 percent of vaccinations booked each day use My Turn.
Christian Romero describes himself as one who’s “passionate about technology and enjoys helping public-sector organizations unlock innovation to solve complex problems with a clear ROI across business and IT functions.”
The solicitation encompasses financial services, hardware and software, electronic learning aids, point-of-sale technology, and service and support. The hardware includes payment acceptance devices (PADs) and “transit processor services.”
Techwire is pleased to welcome Optiv to the Techwire family. Denver-based Optiv is the biggest pure-play provider of cybersecurity solutions in North America. Its diverse staff helps businesses, governments and educational institutions plan, build and run security solutions successfully. The security solutions integrator’s team of former CISOs, security technologists and operations experts brings its years of experience to bear in delivering solutions that help clients maximize the effectiveness of their cybersecurity programs. One such client, a private university in California, worked with Optiv to do an objective third-party security assessment of its IT network that helped identify vulnerabilities related to vendor technologies that were of low to medium criticality. For more information, visit optiv.com.
“California currently relies on a for-profit model of developing election infrastructure, and its limitations leave equipment designers and manufacturers without the financial incentive to create security upgrades for existing models,” the Little Hoover Commission report states. “The commission recommends that the state invest in and adopt an open-source elections system.”
Four pieces of proposed legislation could change the business of IT and create a new secretary-level position – if they’re advanced by Appropriations committees in the state Assembly and Senate.
Just 18 percent of those surveyed by the University of Southern California and the California Emerging Technology Fund said they would prefer to return to the office full time if allowed.
The California Department of Insurance is seeking an IT vendor to provide “Cloud Based Managed eDiscovery Subscription Services” later this year.
Cal OES is partnering with RapidDeploy and General Motors’ OnStar subsidiary to provide dispatchers at the state’s 450 public safety answering points with real-time accident information within seconds of an accident occurring.
The California Department of Veterans Affairs position has an IT manager I classification, and the California Department of Technology vacancy has an IT specialist II designation.
Chris Cruz, who’s spent the last 30 years in government IT leadership and executive roles, is leaving his current position as San Joaquin County’s chief information officer and IT director for a national-level role with a growing cybersecurity company.
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