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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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Vitals Aware Services, which contracts with the Folsom Police Department and more than 70 other public safety agencies and school districts in five states, is announcing a new partnership Wednesday with other law enforcement agencies and schools in the Sacramento area,
In two separate pilots, the California Health and Human Services Agency and the Judicial Council of California are looking at how they can do more to unify data, make it securely available and use it in a more timely fashion.
Networking with and trusting others, understanding the system and rising above the nuts-and-bolts mindset are important for the modern-day CIO, according to panelists at the 2020 Public Sector CIO Academy.
At the 2020 Public Sector CIO Academy in Sacramento, IT leaders from across the state gathered to learn how to mitigate the intrinsic risk of innovation. Experts advised identifying small solutions that, over time, result in big wins.
"We are very concerned. We are doing everything in our power to drive awareness. We have pivoted from awareness to give a nudge, trying to get people to take action," says the department's director, Steve Gordon.
The “Center for Data Insight and Innovation” and the “Department of Cannabis Control” would be the result of consolidation of other offices and functions.
"The CIO will assess and anticipate technology projects, recommending appropriate action and resourcing, and provide roadmaps that allow the IT system to integrate and interface with future systems."
Data may be everywhere, but that doesn't make it any easier for governments to utilize, state officials said, offering ideas and suggestions on how to do more with information.
The CTO (IT Manager II) is responsible for the oversight of the Technology Services Division's IT staff at Metropolitan, Patton, Atascadero, Coalinga and Napa State Hospitals.
CIO of the Year Awards went to Chad Crowe of the Department of Human Resources and Jon Kirkham of the Department of Rehabilitation.
When the computers of the city of Lodi got hit by a ransomware attack last April, the strike disabled phone lines, forced police officers to write reports by hand and prevented workers from sending out utility bills.
Technology initiatives begun last year are beginning to yield significant results in areas including wildfire response, accessibility and blockchain, the state chief information officer said at the California Public Sector CIO Academy 2020 in Sacramento.
The federal-county joint effort supplements a big effort by Gov. Gavin Newsom to use new IT procurement methods to address the state’s chronic vulnerability to wildfires.
Transparency, trust and communication are essential, they agree. Vendors shouldn't go in looking to make a quick sale and then move on, and the state side should take its share of responsibility when things go south.
Seeing the potential to save its staff many hours on the road and reduce their carbon footprint, the nation's most populous county is in the midst of a one-year pilot to let employees work remotely.
The cloud-storage firm has also named Ted Girard the new vice president for public sector, a national role based in the Washington, D.C., area.
The positions are with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the California Department of Public Health, and the state Department of Justice.
DMV lines grew unbearably long — and appointments tougher to get — as wait times soared past six hours. Lawmakers demanded reform at the DMV, which increased staffing, opened earlier and added Saturday hours. Despite those efforts, the earliest appointment is typically three months away.
San Jose has used partnerships with telecom companies to not just enable the rise of 5G, but also to simultaneously help bridge its serious digital divide.
A California counties group supports AB 992, but a state journalism group opposes it on a number of grounds. It's been approved in the Assembly and sent to the state Senate.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed Fiscal Year 2020-2021 state budget would put millions toward creation of a new wildfire threat intelligence center, an idea approved last year, and toward statewide earthquake early warning.
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