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Dean Gialamas, a familiar face in Southern California IT circles, has been tapped as the next IT bureau chief and CIO for the Los Angeles Police Department.
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State IT officials talked about their departments’ challenges in moving to telework during the COVID-19 pandemic and offered advice on clearing those hurdles.
Having spent half his life — and his whole career — in state government, Michael Wilkening is going to take some time to think about what comes next. Friday was his last day on the job.
While the study did not pinpoint a specific number of AI jobs in the region, it did highlight industries with above-average employment in AI fields. They include telecommunications, information technology, software and transportation.
Allowing Californians to access online services across state and local government entities remains a pressing need, and the state’s chief information security officer reminded vendors this week that their suggestions and ideas are welcome.
To date this year, the State Lands Commission’s five largest purchases of IT services together totaled less than $700,000 — but the services represent an interesting mix of needs.
“I view digital transformation as a foundational change in how an organization delivers value to its customers by solving business problems through an aggregation of modern processes and technology capabilities,” says Chief Information Officer Subbarao Mupparaju.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing has chosen a longtime state technology leader as its new chief information officer, succeeding an interim CIO named several months ago.
“We are closer to fully realizing the full integration of California’s cash management, procurement, accounting and budget processes. ... Deployed functionality closeout reports, which were accepted by the California Department of Technology, acknowledge that most of the project has been successfully completed.”
The governor’s estimate is significantly smaller than the one made last month by the independent Legislative Analyst’s Office, which put the size of the unexpected cash surplus at $26 billion for the fiscal year that begins in July.
Two state departments — Corrections and Rehabilitation, and Technology — have issued an Invitation for Bid seeking tech companies to refresh vital telecommunications equipment starting next year.
Under Director Daniel C. Kim’s leadership, the Department of General Services recently won its third consecutive “Innovation in State Government Award” from the National Association of State Chief Administrators.
The COVID-19 pandemic, wildfires and the Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) have shaped the state’s priorities and challenged the state to accelerate modernization and digitization efforts. Looking forward, it will be these issues, combined with a challenging budget environment, that will define the IT outlook for 2021.
Working together with key partners including the technology industry, cybersecurity workforce needs and capacity-skill gaps will be met through increased numbers of apprenticeships and training to transition apprentices into the workforce with high-paying cybersecurity positions.
Neither entity has yet begun a recruitment in the wake of the recent departures, which could have considerable impact at each government.
As a member of the senior leadership team, the chief is responsible for managing Web services including the Internet, intranet, collaboration, training and other systems. Emerging technologies in use include robotic process automation, vendor portal and artificial intelligence solutions including chatbots.
The State of California Office of Systems Integration’s five most expensive purchases of IT services in November totaled more than $450,000. Here’s more on what that money purchased.
During Techwire’s annual “State of Technology – CA Industry Forum,” held virtually, state Chief Information Officer Amy Tong updated attendees on progress amid the pandemic -- and previewed priorities, opportunities and initiatives coming in the new year.
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State government departments and the nation's 10th-largest city are among those seeking IT leaders with expertise in key areas.
The webinar will cover tools and practices that an organization may use to defend against cyberattacks and will demonstrate the benefits of cyber-emergency planning and organizing the workforce for a large-scale response.
Using virtual sticky notes, attendees wrote and pasted their ideas and suggestions on a dynamic Miro whiteboard – where they’ll remain for another week before they're compiled and considered for inclusion in the coming statewide technology strategic plan.
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Technological innovation in artificial intelligence has shifted. For the better part of a decade, AI operated within tightly bounded constraints: classifying images, generating text, and using these capabilities to surface recommendations. While these systems were powerful, they were fundamentally passive. They needed to receive a prompt in order to return a result. Once the result was achieved, the system stopped.
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