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Industry representatives talked through some of the considerations surrounding government adoption of artificial intelligence during the recent GovAI Coalition Summit in San Jose.
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The Department of Financial Protection and Innovation purchased services related to cybersecurity, enterprise data management and software, among other things.
San Francisco has launched a revamped SF.gov, with new content management for better flexibility and in-house management. A new design system is intended to improve access and visual consistency.
The Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (OTSI) is recruiting for a chief to work on the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention System (CalHEERS) Project and a manager to ensure alignment with the agency’s IT and Data Strategic Plan.
A state IT data dashboard shows that the California Department of Technology’s spend last year on those items was $67 million; in the current fiscal year to date the total is $6.2 million.
“This position works on the most highly complex, high-risk, politically sensitive and high-cost IT procurements and IT contracts that may or may not be because of an IT project,” reads the job posting from the California Air Resources Board.
“What I learned most from this event is that Mother Nature continues to outpace us. Just when you think you've got it figured out, Mother Nature kicks you in the face and says, ‘No, you don’t.’”
“We were just mind-blown that something like this existed,” said Police Chief Nick Borges. “This is going to help us have better interactions with our community members with disabilities.”
Those purchases included technical assistance, environment optimization, research materials and digital video production services.
“It’s crucial that we find a balance between innovation and safeguards,” writes state Sen. Thomas Umberg. “California will continue to emphasize targeted, case-specific regulations rather than sweeping measures.”
The program is part of an initiative that also updated the null, which makes telecom and information services more affordable for eligible schools, in order to support Wi-Fi hot spots, Wi-Fi on school buses and libraries in tribal communities.
The Employment Development Department and the Department of Industrial Relations are seeking expertise in business applications, test automation and cybersecurity.
The department has agreed on an annual contract of $70,000 with Zencity, a global technology company with which BPD created the resident survey.
Tech-heavy cities like San Jose and Seattle saw significant declines in remote work last year and the traffic to show for it, the INRIX 2024 Global Traffic Scorecard found. Elsewhere, other trends drove roadway congestion up.
The technology leadership role within the CCC entails management, budget oversight and planning. The role is classified as IT Manager II.
The provider of live AI translation for public agencies is adding users and services, with its tools assisting wildfire communications in California. The company’s recent experiences help illustrate how AI might develop.
FTB’s request, the second-largest IT-related ask among state agencies, would fund ongoing work on Enterprise Data to Revenue, a modernization of the state’s tax-collection technology.
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One position in the Employment Development Department focuses on access and identity management, and the other calls for expertise in network engineering.
In December, professor Jeff Hancock admitted in a court filing that he had used ChatGPT, blamed the bot for an error and two other AI “hallucinations” he had subsequently discovered in his submission, and apologized to the court.
The Employment Development Department’s budget change proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1, the largest IT-related request filed by a state agency, is intended to continue the EDDNext system modernization initiative.
“We revamped the Open Source Portal and made it more user-friendly and easier to share and reuse open-source code,” said Blaine Wasylkiw, the state deputy chief technology innovation officer. “Government entities, businesses and the public can use this collaborative tool to develop digital solutions quickly.”
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