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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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“Edgar brings deep experience in information technology to the role, having built numerous industry-leading customer success teams, which will be invaluable for supporting our growing list of customers nationwide,” SimpliGov CEO Gary Leikin told Techwire.
Andrew Armani, who retired in June as the agency's first and only AIO, has some advice for potential applicants -- and for the tech vendors who will come calling once the position is filled.
“While I have been on board since September, the promotion is a new one,” Buytenhuys told Techwire. “It has been an incredibly exciting time for Unqork and an amazing experience for me personally since coming on board.”
The recruitments are being conducted by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and the Department of General Services. Application deadlines for both positions are next week.
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services’ most expensive purchases of IT goods in January included software-as-a-service and analytics buys.
Kimberly Bailey has previously been an account executive for D&B Software, a senior sales consulting manager for Oracle, and a senior account executive for SAP America. In addition, she has experience as an entrepreneur.
An “allocation algorithm” and vaccine provider databases are among the elements of the contract, which will run through the end of the year.
The manager should be able to “collaborate across all city departments as well as with teams managing other service channels (website, chatbot, virtual agent, mobile application),” the job posting notes.
The position is a Career Executive Assignment, with the project director being the agency’s point of contact with the Governor’s Office as well as other state and federal agencies.
EDD employees have told lawmakers the workload is overwhelming, leaving them working nights and weekends and feeling stressed to the breaking point. Some talked of not getting enough training and having to take breaks to cry after fielding calls and hearing desperate stories from Californians thrown out of work.
The Project Management Leadership Academy is one of four professional training programs offered by the California Department of Technology for public-sector employees.
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The California Department of Technology’s most expensive purchases of IT goods in January included a hardware and services purchase that is similar to one made a year ago.
“There may be another major evolution like the agricultural or industrial or informational ages, but I think in general, transformation is a forever process. That’s a part of my role to act as the counselor and try to help people accommodate change in their work lives,” says Brent Coe, chief information officer at the California Tahoe Conservancy.
Bill Kehoe told a Techwire audience that those seeking to do business with the nation’s largest county should know that “data is the differentiator” between a vendor’s success and failure.
The California Department of Transportation is requesting proposals for a new solution that would serve as its “primary information system” to manage data, do the calculations to make state highways safer and comply with federal requirements.
The funding -- almost $60 million for Sacramento County alone -- will support COVID-19-related efforts in testing, case investigation, contact tracing, surveillance, containment and mitigation from a grant through the California Department of Public Health.
California’s capital city worked with an existing technology provider, using its platform to underpin a central connection point online where workforce providers could document how funds were used and leaders could monitor their progress. A city official offered takeaways from that process.
The Legislative Analyst’s Office said plans to change how California Department of Technology funds aspects of information security and cybersecurity audits, as well as certain programming and staffing needs, to be paid from the General Fund have merit – but would be costly.
Al Pangelinan has worked with more than a dozen state government agencies, including the Office of Systems Integration, the Secretary of State’s Office, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Employment Development Department.
Richard Rogers, who’s been a technologist and ground-breaking IT executive in state government for decades, is leaving the California Department of Technology but plans to work as a retired annuitant.
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