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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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Departments and agencies are seeking to fill positions including information systems engineer, product owner, application architect and developer, and technical lead.
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Chris Cruz, a Folsom resident, is a familiar name to those in the California gov tech sector. Before starting his role in San Joaquin County in April 2019, Cruz had spent the bulk of his career in top leadership roles in state government including, most recently, as deputy state CIO and chief deputy director of the California Department of Technology.
The Emergency Connectivity Fund, capitalized by nearly $7.2 billion as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, could help school districts improve connectivity and distance learning by paying for devices and Internet access.
Ideal candidates are public-sector employees with a vision for enterprise-wide thinking, strong potential for career advancement into executive or senior management positions, or aspiring information security officers with experience carrying out their organizations’ missions and visions.
In a Request for Quotation, the California Department of Motor Vehicles looks to contractors to help it do a better job of understanding customer feedback.
In a virtual Techwire Member Briefing, state Chief Information Security Officer Vitaliy Panych reviewed how cybersecurity has changed in the past year — and how it must continue adapting to new and expanded threats.
Amy Hess first joined the Roseville-based company in 2002. “Amy was instrumental in the design of our platforms, including many of our earliest projects,” said Daniel Konieczny, chief executive officer for Direct Technology.
In two Budget and Policy posts, the state Legislative Analyst’s Office examines how a health-care eligibility dashboard has performed and considers funding for a new data system in the governor’s proposed budget.
Chief information officers and chief information security officers should work together closely, panelists agreed during a breakout session at last week’s California Virtual Public Sector CIO Academy.
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Among the desirable qualifications for the role are "managerial experience in the planning, administration, execution and monitoring of IT-related enterprisewide projects and programs."
“While there are important discussions to be had about privacy, data ownership, social media and corporate citizenship, private-sector partners have stepped up to play a crucial role in pandemic response,” writes Rob Lloyd, San Jose’s chief information officer.
During a discussion at the California Virtual Public Sector CIO Academy 2021, three leaders in emergency response and technology shared their thoughts on where staff will be working when the pandemic eases.
“It’s not just the challenges of remote work – it’s also the challenges of fast and furious things, developments moving so, so fast,” said Loree Levy, deputy director of public affairs for the state Employment Development Department.
Following are the public-sector awardees from this week’s California Virtual Public Sector CIO Academy, the annual industry gathering of public- and private-sector technology stakeholders.
“I think from a transformational standpoint, the role of the CIO in probably any organization, but especially in government, is to find the right balance between maintaining the status quo and not chasing every new shiny object that comes along ... but at the same time, be very aware of how things are changing,” says Jon Walton, chief information officer for San Mateo County.
“Long gone are the days when I was writing scripts to process IDS alert output files, or running NMAP scans for unauthorized telnet services, or uploading samples from compromised workstations to virustotal,” writes UC Berkeley CISO Allison Henry. “I thought a bit about my daily work and then answered honestly, ‘Well, I go to meetings and I write emails.’”
A new Statewide Survey on Broadband Adoption will probe how the pandemic may inform residents’ use of and need for high-speed Internet going forward.
Ki Kim, who joined Cambria Solutions in 2005, has been named chief financial officer for the company. Diana Lee, who has been account lead for Southern California and deputy director for the company’s portfolio in the state, now has responsibility for California state and local government.
The California State Controller’s Office has notified more than 9,000 people with unclaimed property whose information could have been improperly accessed by a hacker, and is taking additional security measures following the breach last week.
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