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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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In his new role, he'll oversee Tanium's SLED alliances, partnerships and channels in the US and Canada.
In a letter to the state attorney general, five ad-sector trade groups said businesses need more time to get in compliance.
She covers the region for from Wisconsin to Louisiana and everything west. She’ll remain in the Sacramento area.
The Department of Consumer Affairs is seeking information from vendors before a recently approved bill strengthening private investigator licensing requirements takes effect, as part of a process that may lead to an RFP — and need to be scalable.
The audit will seek to determine whether the law enforcement agencies use Automated License Plate Reader information and, if so, which vendors and products they use. The audit will also address whether the agencies have policies and procedures in place governing the use and sharing of that information.
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Members of the city committee also called for input from the public during the process.
The appointees are women who have served in government leadership positions and who have deep backgrounds in technology and public administration.
The project leader for Alpha, the sprint to transform the state website, talked about what it may accomplish.
The project's cost overruns and shifting scope now pose a "high risk" for the state, the watchdog agency says. FI$Cal responds that it "will continue to focus on our end users and on delivering the final pieces of functionality that will enable FI$Cal to produce the cash book of record when the State Controller’s Office retires their legacy system.”
The chief information officer, whose public-sector years include time at the federal government, will take a strategic role in the private sector that's adjacent to state and local government.
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The Alpha project, a three-month sprint to transform the state’s website into an iterative, responsive platform, is getting assistance from data analytics and other types of user research.
The sales veteran says he has “deep knowledge of telecommunications, Ethernet services, dark fiber, VOIP, collocation, LAN, WAN, hosting, as well as most voice and data services.”
Two of the positions are with the Department of Motor Vehicles, which is working to modernize and upgrade its technology and service.
It's not clear when the job searches, both of which began last year, will conclude — but in one case, the state has modified its process, which could enable other initiatives.
Applicants should also have a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. The position has an annual salary range of $114,511 to $173,322.
Adjusted for the Bay Area’s high cost of living, STEM workers in the San Francisco metro area make $58,100 a year, better only than pricey Honolulu among the 100 biggest metros in the country. In San Jose, they make a cost-adjusted wage of about $65,200, the 88th-worst.
These devices include security systems, cameras, thermostats, sprinklers, voice-activated assistants and speakers, lighting and more.
Members of the Finance Subcommittee of the Blockchain Working Group heard about potential interest from the state and discussed the technology's possible uses in taxation, banking and elsewhere.
Both roles call for product expertise as well as technical and leadership skills, and the pay range for each tops $100,000 per year.
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