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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 Geoportal, built on Esri's ArcGIS platform, already includes more than 1,200 data sets from more than 30 state government departments, including data on water quality, public transportation and wildfires.
In his second State of the State Address, Gov. Gavin Newsom focused Wednesday on combating homelessness and said California is committed to deploying a new data system to track its progress. Agency officials told Techwire about that initiative, already underway.
He cites "technology, finance, internal politics, company structure, and company direction” as among the areas where he brings experience and understanding to his clients.
Ring, the Amazon-owned home security company known for its so-called "video doorbells," has watchdogs worried those cameras are intruding on residents' privacy without their knowledge or consent.
UC San Diego's student government has joined those pushing back against the city's use of camera-equipped streetlights, and has submitted a list of demands its members hope will increase transparency about the technology's impact on privacy and public safety.
Auditor Elaine Howle has found that the police departments in Los Angeles and Fresno and sheriff's offices in Marin and Sacramento counties have not fully implemented a 2016 state law designed to protect privacy.
The state’s chief technology innovation officer, Scott Gregory, also served as GIO, but the responsibilities of that position have increased dramatically as the state has embraced GIS technology in recent months.
The newest earthquake early warning app, QuakeAlertUSA by Early Warning Labs, provides users in California the opportunity to set their preferred thresholds for when the app goes off. And when it does go off, it provides the user with a vibrating countdown to the real shaking.
Acknowledging the need for younger IT leaders, three state and local technology officials offered advice for those considering executive-level career moves.
Word, who's been in his current position for more than four years, will be shifting from CDT to the state Judicial Branch next month.
The California Department of Technology, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California Department of Aging are recruiting.
The San Jose Digital Inclusion Fund is expected to generate $24 million over 10 years by collecting lease revenue from telecommunications firms. The first round of grants is about to hook thousands up to the Internet.
Techwire will not publish a newsletter Monday in observance of the Presidents Day holiday. The newsletter will resume Tuesday morning.
Chief information officers from four Southern California communities offered their experiences rolling out smart city efforts. While some offered an optimistic view, others tempered their comments with caution.
City officials were right to suspend the company's permit to rent out scooters and electric bicycles in the city because the company refused to share real-time data on its riders’ trips, a hearing officer has found.
The twice-a-year gatherings — one in spring and one in fall, alternating between Northern and Southern California — offer county IT directors, chief information officers, network managers and other IT professionals a chance to share insights and success stories, and it provides a venue for vendors and sponsors.
Leonardo most recently was an account executive at DialSource. Prior to that role, he was the director of business development for Techwire as well as an enterprise application sales representative for Oracle.
The project leader for Alpha, the sprint to transform the state website, discussed helping residents find what they need.
The new CDO has been with the San Francisco city and county government for the better part of a decade and has been in charge of data operations since his predecessor stepped down over a year ago.
The CTO will have full management responsibility for “planning, organizing, directing and coordinating critical and often highly sensitive information technology projects, infrastructure, and applications" within the department.
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