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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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"I look forward to defining our IT project completion and success based on what functions are in operation. We are focusing on what remains — the final build-out of the system, departments successfully transitioning, and the ongoing maintenance of the system by the Department of FI$Cal."
California, being the most populous state, also has a gargantuan economy — and a massive workforce in local government, which includes cities, counties and special districts. Here’s a look:
The California Department of General Services seeks vendors to update and modernize the system and processes that handle purchases and payments for fuel, fluids, parts, repairs and maintenance for thousands of state fleet vehicles.
Departments include Employment Development, Corrections and Rehabilitation, and Social Services.
The public- and private-sector technology veteran, whose experience includes time at Red River and Salesforce, has worked with a variety of state of California IT executives during three decades in the industry.
With a new, dynamic digital services plan and a floating data center just over the horizon, the county is looking at a host of challenges and innovations — from expansion of 5G to a way to effectively use technology to combat homelessness.
C-suites aren’t just for chief information, technology, information security and data officers anymore. State and local governments have expanded to include chief algorithm officers, chief strategy officers and chief analytics officers. Here are a few recent additions in California.
A new bill authored by Assemblymember Vince Fong would charge state and local partners with creating a "state homeless integrated data warehouse" similar to the "unified homelessness data system" that Gov. Gavin Newsom called for in his recent State of the State address.
The positions include a chief technology officer who'll also serve as a deputy chief information officer; a lead security specialist; and an enterprise project and procurement governance architect.
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Ardent Cyber Solutions alleges that Mayor Eric Garcetti personally ordered its contract canceled as a "retaliatory measure" after Ardent alerted officials to the physical and cybersecurity problems within the Department of Water and Power.
A new service geared toward closing first- and last-mile gaps for commuters, announced in Sacramento and Davis, will also collect vehicle data for autonomous advancements.
With the DMV’s new offering, customers may upload their documentation to the DMV in advance and then use the “Express Experience” to expedite the time spent in the DMV office.
Some of California's largest local governments worked with Google to establish a National 311 Day, to help drive non-emergency calls to that number instead of 911 and to further educate residents on its correct usage.
The awards celebrate achievements and best practices from U.S. states, counties, cities and federal agencies and departments. They recognize communities that have gone beyond simply using the Web to radically improve upon the experience of government and are pushing the boundaries of how services are delivered.
All three directorships report to the department's Chief Information Officer, and all three are classified as Career Executive Assignments, with monthly salary ranges as high as $17,513.
The Veloz electric vehicle forum, titled "Electric Transportation 2030: Policy, Power and Plugs"' brought together attendees from private, public and nonprofit sectors.
Wong has been chief information officer and deputy director of the Information Systems Division of the Department of Social Services (DSS) since August 2017 — his first CIO role.
They're currently in committee, but if the Legislature approves them later this year, two state Assembly bills would offer residents electronic alternatives to license plates and registrations, and clarify their rights in the area of facial recognition.
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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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