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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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Techwire is pleased to welcome Tek Yantra to the Techwire family. Folsom-based Tek Yantra is an IT consulting and software development company that focuses on leveraging open source software development and implementation. It offers consulting services on open source software, enabling clients to reduce their costs while collaborating. Tek Yantra’s offerings include software-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service solutions in the cloud. Last year, the company began working with the California Department of Technology, providing services including site reliability engineering. For information, visit tekyantra.com.
The director’s responsibilities include project oversight, leadership and coordination, collaboration and team building, project documentation and deliverables, training and staff development. The application deadline is March 8.
“The roadblock to getting money to massive amounts of people who need it desperately is the same old problem — dinosaur technology,” said Assembly Member Jim Patterson, a Fresno Republican.
The longtime IT industry exec said she’s “excited to continue mentoring and advocating for inclusion and diversity in the workplace.”
The retiring technology official is a longtime state employee, as is his temporary successor. An “open, competitive recruitment” is on the way.
The San Diego County city of more than 100,000 recently debuted its “El Cajon 2.0” strategic plan, which should lean on technology; and its City Council indicated priorities, several of which involve tech and innovation. In a survey, a majority of residents supported the city adding cameras or sensors in public spaces if that information would only be used to enhance public safety.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Delphix to the Techwire family. Delphix is an industry leader in programmable data infrastructure and automates what can be the biggest constraint in digital transformation programs — the data. Its multi-cloud data platform enables state and local government to modernize legacy apps 20 percent faster and migrate to the cloud 30 percent faster, while still complying with national and international privacy, health and economic standards. The Delphix Data Platform offers advantages including maximum coverage for high change rates, data immutability, open box data testing and validation, and air gap data isolation. For more information visit delphix.com or contact Jenny Lee.
A major state agency and a department are seeking to fill two key positions — one, an agency information officer; the other, a temporary information security post that could become permanent.
Since the pandemic took hold, a Silicon Valley County, its school districts and a technology provider have used data to better understand where broadband is needed and focus their deployment.
In a recent Budget and Policy Post, the state Legislative Analyst’s Office assessed the California State Payroll System modernization and offered several recommendations.
“The role of the CIO has moved from being primarily technical to one that requires an understanding of the business requirements of the department and prioritizes our customer needs. Therefore, we are constantly adapting to meet their needs and developing forward-looking technology solutions,” says Scott Capulong, chief information officer at the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.
The California Department of Education’s most expensive IT goods purchases last year included subscriptions to college and career resources and a purchase of laptops.
On its blog, the California Department of Technology notes registration has opened for CyberStart America, formerly Girls Go CyberStart but now expanded to include high school boys and members of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. CDT Director Amy Tong, the state CIO, will serve as a sponsor for the state.
The Judicial Council of California has released two requests for proposals seeking IT vendors to provide integration support for a key system that provides payroll and benefits services used by 58 superior courts; and employment recruitment software application and maintenance services.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Altair Knowledge Works to the Techwire family. Altair works with more than 35 state departments and delivers the tools government needs to optimize operations. It offers automated self-service data preparation solutions capable of extracting data from unstructured, legacy-generated formats like PDF or txt. Altair also creates predictive and prescriptive analytic models that don’t require coding or advanced Excel skills. School districts in San Bernardino, Del Norte, Humboldt, Inyo, Mono and San Mateo counties use its solutions in areas including payroll and human resources, enabling employees to focus on higher-value tasks. For more information visit altair.com or contact Dave Lewis.
A new state Senate bill would stand up a new technology office within an existing agency, to look more closely at technologies that could aid in fighting wildfires.
A longtime executive and former chief information officer at another state department has joined the entity as its new CIO. His hiring caps a period of change for the board, the new CIO said.
The California Secretary of State’s Office and the California Department of Technology are seeking candidates for two IT positions, one of which is a C-level assignment.
The Financial Information System for California’s five most expensive purchases of IT goods last year accounted for more than $3 million in spend, and three were made with the same vendor.
The Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority will spend $108,000 initially and $72,000 annually to employ an app used during storms this week to evacuate 5,000 people in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles’ work last year with two IT vendors that quickly enabled it to deploy the Virtual Field Office is the subject of a recent white paper.
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