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The California Department of Technology and the Franchise Tax Board are both looking for leadership for critical technology programs.
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Candidates should be prepared to document programs developed and/or managed including an operation budget, any contract procurement and administration, and scope of work; contribution to strategic plan development; ability to manage technology teams and concurrent technology projects, including the complete upgrade life cycle, and overseeing new technology implementations.
The Little Hoover Commission’s report on geographic information systems technology, called “Mapping a Strategy for GIS,” follows a study of whether the state government is using GIS to its full capacity and in a cost-efficient manner. The report concludes that overall, the state’s use of GIS is “inconsistent and lacks centralization and coordination.”
The city initiated its partnership with Verizon in 2017. In addition to free Wi-Fi in parks, it facilitates the deployment of 5G for homes and businesses, and provides tools to better manage traffic and make streets safer for cyclists, pedestrians and drivers.
She's a veteran of the public and private sectors in IT, and she's also consulted in the oil and pharmaceutical industries and worked in the Office of the Chief Information Officer.
Typically, presidential candidates tread cautiously into local issues. But in this case, the political calendar is hyping their interest. California is home to roughly 1 in 5 delegates needed to capture the nomination, and early voting here begins the same day as the Feb. 3 Iowa caucuses.
Documents are disappearing from public view as state departments work to comply with a 2017 law aimed at improving compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The law was meant to ensure all Californians could apply for jobs and find vital information on the state sites. Some departments are choosing to permanently take down documents rather than pay to make them machine-readable or otherwise accessible.
The CIO runs the Information Technology Services Office, which consists of 112 IT professionals who support the department’s programs, strategic goals and business objectives.
The transportation provider's job listing calls for an individual with experience in big data, cybersecurity and web development.
The power company continues this week to shut off electricity to millions in an effort to avoid contributing to wildfires, but the outages have negatively affected cellphone alerts at a time when residents really need them.
In the state’s new landscape of more frequent and more ferocious fires, it takes a village to combat the menace: private technology, state and local fire agencies and computing know-how at California’s universities.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new state websites, portals, online tools and new leaders in key positions as he continues grappling with the continual "public safety power shutoffs" imposed by state utilities.
A report by the International Council on Clean Transportation looked at the growth of the electric vehicle market across the U.S. It found that adoption is strongest in urban centers and along the East and West coasts.
He has been selling into IT for the past 23 years, 16 of which were focused on IT security. Before joining McAfee in January 2017, he held various sales management roles with Veritas Technologies, Symantec, IBM and Candle Corp. (which has been purchased by IBM).
Three state departments and one office seek to fill a variety of tech positions, from chief and managerial level jobs to others with more technical focuses.
The University of California, Berkeley, and Pepperdine University are among California schools receiving thousands of dollars to develop curriculum and foster discussion around the still formative field of public interest technology.
The devices allow members, several of whom live far from Sacramento, to access confidential closed-meeting materials through portals using personal logins. Closed-session materials can include investment strategies and personnel matters. They are not downloaded onto the devices, and documents cannot be printed from them.
Students operating the university’s CubeSat Lab, which monitors and downloads data from satellites passing overhead, will now share that data with the Air Force Space Command’s 18th Space Control Squadron, based at Vandenberg Air Force Base. "These invaluable experiences will prepare our graduates for successful careers in the space and technology industries," said President Jeffrey Armstrong.
Service to residents remains a top priority, but the agency has also taken steps to clearly define IT enterprise strategic goals and streamline the work on business problems that can lead to solicitations.
The assignment will last 12 to 14 weeks, and those chosen will work to improve the state's main website, ca.gov. Applicants across state government agencies are invited to submit an online expression of interest.
In this pilot program, two county employees who want to learn IT will be sent to school — tuition-free — and then be offered a chance at a full-time, entry-level technology position in government. It's a new solution to the ongoing recruitment problem faced by the public sector.
The agency now uses several interfaces and systems to perform the complicated cost allocation routines for each of its contractors. The goal is to have a new, single system to handle these calculations and assessments.
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