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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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Years ago, Gonzales couldn't get a good broadband deal for its residents. After aggressively taking initiative in a variety of ways, the city can now connect any household to high-speed Internet.
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State lawmakers are back to work, but with less than a month to approve a state budget and provide some financial resolution to the economic crisis brought on by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, cybersecurity bills from several legislators will not advance.
Both positions report to chief information officers and have wide-ranging management responsibility for overall agency cybersecurity.
Some state IT shops report that replacing in-person job interviews with video meetings has been fairly seamless, and in some cases is less stressful for candidates.
Devin Becker’s background is as an independent penetration tester and e-sports commentator, and he has “solid experience in desktop, web, VR, and mobile development,” he says in his LinkedIn profile.
The Judicial Council of California, the policymaker for California’s courts, is seeking new tools and technology to make more than 1,400 forms "more intelligent, adaptive and user-friendly."
The position requires knowledge of scripting and programming (PowerShell/Visual Basic), remote administration, desktop services, workstation configuration, security, image management, endpoint detect and response solutions and software configuration.
The state seeks to hire two IT staffers whose positions, while temporary, will help inform officials on the progress of the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
"As classes and student services are transitioned online, colleges are in need of a cohesive online infrastructure that supports students, faculty and staff. California needs to continue to invest in community colleges and students ... ."
Joe Schwartz has been in technology sales and management for decades, most recently affiliated with Automation Anywhere. His previous affiliations include Imanis Data, Rubrik and Symantec.
The California Department of Technology is seeking someone skilled in infrastructure, cloud services and sustainability. The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is recruiting for a network security engineer.
Louie Meletlidis most recently was the senior services executive for Dell EMC. His previous affiliations include VMware, Red Hat and Microsoft.
Marin County government and most of its 11 cities and towns have fallen victim to financial fraud and network breaches — most of which were not reported to the public, the report says.
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is still evolving as it wreaks economic havoc and scatters state and local government workforces, but it is also bringing fundamental change to IT and putting CIOs in the spotlight.
"The need to understand what is the safest way to make policy in Los Angeles is really set by data," Jeanne Holm told Techwire. "If you tune in to the mayor’s nightly news conferences, every news conference starts the same way: 'Tonight, we’re going to talk about the data.'"
"As elected officials focus on economic recovery, they should consider the tectonic shifts that have occurred over the last three months and assign greater value to policies that promote the good use of data along with appropriate considerations for personal privacy," writes Gary Mangiofico.
As California slams the brakes on government spending amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the business of digital government takes on an even bigger role. Techwire looked at the seven largest state emergency IT procurements since the shelter-in-place began in March.
The May Revision of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget, released Thursday, preserves key tech initiatives but IT will share some of the financial pain from a projected $53.4 billion budget shortfall.
Glydways, a South San Francisco-based company, is in talks with Richmond, San Jose and other cities to develop transportation systems, and pathways are envisioned in Alameda, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties.
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