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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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"The technology has gone from fourth-grade technology to graduate school-level technology," said election law professor Richard L. Hasen of UC Irvine.
The rideshare company is among entities that have joined Communities Against Rider Surveillance (CARS) and are opposing Mobility Data Specification, a technology used by Los Angeles and other government entities.
The team behind alpha.ca.gov, the three-month sprint to reinvent ca.gov, the state's website, marked the end of its first phase at an open house in Sacramento with a discussion of the roughly 17 processes across nine categories that it worked to reimagine.
The city's shift from in-house mainframes to the State Data Center, which officially happened last week, was the seamless culmination of a three-year, $10.5 million contract, with an option to renew.
The San Francisco tech company has created an interactive mapping tool to show where and how accessory dwelling units can be built.
The agencies are the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, the State Compensation Insurance Fund and the California Department of Public Health.
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A simplified log-in process and the availability of more 24-hour-a-day online services are the newest additions, announced Wednesday by Director Steve Gordon.
Collecting more data about student outcomes would — and should — be a precursor to more accountability for everyone involved in education. On this issue, fortunately, Gov. Gavin Newsom deviates from his predecessor.
FI$Cal rolled out its open-data website, Open FI$Cal, a couple of years ago. This is an opportunity for professionals and hobbyists alike to delve into the numbers and see what they can do with them.
The Southern California coastal giant intends to update aspects of its infrastructure that include cybersecurity and endpoint security, cloud services and a data center modernization.
The Data Hub will house classrooms and offices and also may include robotics and artificial intelligence laboratories, research centers, public gathering areas and a large auditorium.
Michelle Thong, digital services lead at San Jose, the so-called capital of Silicon Valley, is heading to the private sector. She was a founder of the city’s Office of Civic Innovation.
California's chief information officer talked about the state’s ongoing use of technology to make agencies digitally accessible and about ensuring Internet access for all.
Techwire is pleased to welcome LightBox to the Techwire family. LightBox provides location intelligence, due diligence, risk management and workflow solutions to local, state and federal governments across North America. It makes location technology accessible and easy to use, and has embedded that intelligence into the business workflows of more than 350,000 North American users. LightBox’s technologies and brands enable access to property records, commercial real estate buyers, due diligence and procurement services, and flood zone mapping. For more information, visit https://www.lightboxre.com/ or contact Will O’Keefe.
In a procurement it said could support all agency platforms and their customers, the California Department of Technology is seeking data center infrastructure materials.
Enforcement of the landmark California Consumer Privacy Act isn't expected to begin until this summer, and the state Attorney General's Office continues to refine standards for how personal information may be collected.
The company, which offers consulting across a range of disciplines, has added two managers for State and Local Government sales in the West Coast Region.
San Jose is looking for a Digital Transformation Lead, while three state agencies are recruiting for expertise in procurement, project management and cloud.
It's being used in increasingly powerful ways to enhance communications in hundreds of communities, helping to create trust and transparency.
Ian Calderon discussed two pieces of legislation he's sponsoring on blockchain and cryptocurrency, and a new Financial Technology Innovation Office proposed within the state Department of Business Oversight.
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