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- Officials from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and State Teachers’ Retirement System shared their priorities during an exclusive briefing Thursday.
- Both agencies are working to modernize and perfect critical systems, while keeping an eye on where new technologies can be integrated.
- Officials say they need vendor partners who understand the mission and the security sensitivity surrounding their work.
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It's important for IT professionals to stay ahead of the curve and to anticipate ways to use technology, says Roseville Chief Information Officer Hong Sae, who's also vice president of the Municipal Information Systems Association of California.
The position calls for someone versed in automation, data collection and interpretation, and information technology issues. Desired experience includes dealing with federal and state agencies, the state Legislature, lobbyists, financial institutions, attorneys, county governments, media organizations and vendors.
The position became available when the former CIO, Brian Wong, joined the Office of Systems Integration as its chief deputy director and CIO last month.
The $5 billion-a-year media and business-intelligence corporation acquired the Folsom-based startup last month. Among the changes was Greg Loos' new role. In a Techwire Q&A, he explains what California state and local CIOs should expect.
The website, which deployed in March, is still in its early stages amid a pivot from focusing on support for governments during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to support during their recovery. It's free for state, county and local governments to join.
Among the recruiting entities are the California Department of Technology, the Office of Systems Integration and the Franchise Tax Board.
The state Department of Finance will deliver its regularly scheduled May Revision of the proposed 2020-2021 Fiscal Year state budget, but in remarks Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom called the current document "no longer operable" in the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The finish line for full implementation of the Financial Information System for California is in sight, the department’s director announced Thursday.
The deputy director would advise the director, the chief deputy director and the state fire marshal on programs and policies related to technology and would directly manage the chief of telecommunications, the chief information officer and the chief over research and development.
Google will help California make "distance learning" a reality as state and education officials confront the monumental task of teaching millions of students remotely during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a call to completely close the digital divide.
Problem-solving and change management are among the desirable qualifications for this position in the Sacramento area.
Planet, a San Francisco startup, is "refreshing" its satellites, de-orbiting existing ones and replacing them with improved models in an approach the company calls "agile aerospace," reflecting the iterative nature of software development.
The city is working with a plethora of vendors and other county and local governments to create a platform capable of near-real-time data analysis to guide responses to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and offer residents better access to resources.
The experts offered some tips for the short term and for the longer term, and featured audio as well as a slide deck.
School districts in the Sacramento area are ramping up the distribution of essential technology to households as formal "distance learning" programs are close to launching for tens of thousands of students.
The department's new CIO/CTO has been with the state since 1994 and is a graduate of the Information Technology Leadership Academy, one of several career-development programs offered by the California Department of Technology.
The state Legislature's return from recess remains "fluid," Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday, but two bills from Assemblymember Ed Chau, D-Monterey Park, would scrutinize automated decision systems and cybersecurity for IT systems and connected devices.
The Blockchain Working Group altered timelines for two recent meetings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The group will hear from tech officials at two major state agencies next week and consider a definition for the electronic ledger technology.
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As the coronavirus social isolation net tightens, college professors and students face an unprecedented challenge. How do they continue teaching and learning when school buildings have closed?
The technology directives are sweeping: Superior courts can use available video, audio and telephone for remote appearances, court reporting and interpreting in proceedings.
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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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