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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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Two former California chief information officers and two former agency IT leaders joined an e.Republic research expert in discussing a state Budget Letter warning officials of “significant economic impacts from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.”
The utility does aerial inspections that cause little disruption to residents and are intended to protect its system against fire ignitions.
The application deadlines for these IT positions are all within the next two weeks. Some have special requirements.
Through partnerships with a startup accelerator, transportation agencies and tech companies, California's capital city is working to address needs driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
Chief Scott Howland told a Techwire audience that while speeders are speeding faster than ever, the CHP's technology is proceeding apace to the cloud.
As the state begins to emerge from its March 19 stay-at-home order, officials will be making a data management platform available to local public health departments statewide for free, California Department of Public Health Director Sonia Angell said Monday.
CfA's board chair, John Lilly, said that over the last 25 years, Renteria has "risen to the highest levels of government and politics. She will be a game-changer for Code for America.”
Working on behalf of the California Department of Transportation, the California Department of Technology has released an RFP seeking bidders to replace Caltrans' Transportation System Network, which was developed in the 1990s and needs to comply with federal mandates, and do more toward highway safety and managing data.
The California Homeless Data Integration System, under the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, is among the state government departments that are looking to hire tech talent.
In a letter to the acting executive director of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, California Secretary of State Alex Padilla revealed high-level plans for how the state could spend new CARES Act emergency funding on IT to assist in the 2020 elections, and discussed priorities.
The roles that the state is seeking to fill relate to IT procurement, design, security, governance or operations.
The state is putting out a call for innovative technology solutions that help support the COVID-19 response.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Workday to the Techwire family. Workday offers enterprise cloud applications centered on finance and human resources, including a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system targeting medium and large companies. Its services include business planning, financial management, human capital management, analytics, professional services, automation, cloud platform, and data as a service. The company serves many industries and sectors, including technology, government, health care, manufacturing, K-12 and higher education, financial services and hospitality. To partner with Workday, information is available online.
CalPERS’ Chief Information Security Officer Liana Bailey-Crimmins and Chief Information Officer Christian Farland discussed how it connects with IT vendors and shared top tech priorities during a recent Techwire Member Virtual Briefing.
Techwire is pleased to welcome EasyVote Solutions to the Techwire family. EasyVote produces software applications including its Election Management Platform, which streamline elections for state, county and local governments in 18 states. Its solutions improve internal communication, and offer state-of-the-art technology and the data officials need to make informed decisions. In January, EasyVote was featured for the third consecutive year in the 2020 GovTech 100, a list of 100 companies focused on, making a difference in, and selling to state and local governments nationally that’s published by Techwire sister publication Government Technology magazine. For more information, visit easyvotesolutions.com or contact sales@easyvotesolutions.com.
Joined by California Department of Social Services Director Kim Johnson at his daily novel coronavirus (COVID-19) press briefing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the deployment of a new portal that offers an interactive, statewide map of qualified, licensed child care providers. It was, he said, "years and years in the making, weeks and weeks in its creation."
Even as we work and learn remotely and try to flatten the curve of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Internet providers and telecom carriers must look ahead to the looming threat of summertime power shutoffs. Planning is the key.
State Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, this month called for the state to stand up a webpage that would track what personal protective equipment California has procured and where it is being sent for use. In response, the state has updated a website with some of that data.
Among the agencies seeking candidates are the California Department of Technology, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the State Controller's Office.
Kathy Lang had been city IT manager for almost 34 years, beginning in September 1986, and was active in the leadership of numerous workplace programs and professional associations.
The Little Hoover Commission pointedly called for creation of the state GIO position in a report last fall. This week's announcement that Carlos Isaac Cabrera had been named to the new position "could not have been more timely," the commission chairman said Tuesday.
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