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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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A number of pieces of legislation making their way through the statehouse seek to modernize or improve upon processes and IT at the Employment Development Department — and at least one more example is in the works.
Kumar Rachuri has won numerous accolades including designation as a Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver from Government Technology magazine, a sister publication of Techwire.
The Department of General Services and the California High-Speed Rail Authority are seeking executives to oversee critical entities and operations relating to technology.
The California Public Utilities Commission is seeking IT vendors to help “replicate and expand” its Renewables Portfolio Standard Database system.
“I’m very excited to have joined the Tableau (a Salesforce Company) family as an enterprise account executive,” Hartter told Techwire. “I’ll be working with our state and local entities in Northern California, Idaho and Montana.”
“When we look back at this time a few years from now, I think we will understand that we are in the midst of an unprecedented leap forward in technological innovation in government,” says Gary Leikin, chief executive officer of SimpliGov.
State agencies are seeking to fill some key IT positions, including one with the state employee retirement system and one with the California Department of Technology.
“I love our segment, I really do,” Paul Maunder told Techwire. “Nine years at HP in SLED, two years at Palo, three years at Red Hat – all helping public-sector people be successful at technology. It gets me up in the morning.”
Rob Peterson, who worked in the private sector before joining state government in 2014, had been the chief information officer for the California Department of Food and Agriculture for almost five years before being named agency information officer this month.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $6.6 billion COVID-19 relief and school reopening bill will send funding to classrooms – and, possibly, yield work for IT companies at the state and local levels.
“Tech has not been in free fall,” economist Jerry Nickelsburg writes. “Indeed, its profitability has grown, and tech equities are the star performers.”
“Going forward, our highest goal is for every Californian to feel like they can easily access and understand the government information and resources they need. To achieve this, we will work with program and policy teams to ensure tools and information are accessible, transparent, user-centric, secure, and continually improving.”
Wade Williams, a longtime leader in public-sector IT, has joined the private sector, taking on the role of regional sales director for Alma, a school software company based in Portland, Ore.
The Board of State and Community Corrections is seeking a chief information officer, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System is seeking an information security executive and the California Prison Industry Authority is recruiting for a network architect.
The California Department of Technology’s costliest IT goods purchases in February included hardware, software and devices, purchased in a series of one-year contracts.
Only one of California’s 58 counties, Kern County, has signed contracts to participate in the Blue Shield agreement, marking another potential hiccup in a vaccination rollout that has frustrated many Californians.
The California Department of Technology, on behalf of the Department of Motor Vehicles, seeks IT vendors to respond to a three-phase solicitation that will focus, for now, on occupational licensing – but is part of a larger project that will later include vehicle registration and driver licensing.
California’s Chief Information Security Officer Vitaliy Panych discussed some of the state’s IT and cybersecurity issues and goals during a recent virtual event.
The California Judicial Branch, which encompasses the California Supreme Court and the state’s appellate and superior courts, spent nearly $17.5 million in calendar 2020 on its five most expensive contracts for IT services, according to a state database.
In his LinkedIn profile, Louie Meletlidis describes his role as “establishing and building the Microsoft Azure & IBM partnership” in life sciences, health care and SLED nationwide.
A state entity is seeking expertise in geospatial information technology, including architecture. The municipal recruitment is for multiple product/project managers.
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