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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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By refreshing key online resources, the state department hopes to enhance its work with related "shops," and deliver crucial information to residents in a more timely fashion.
IT leaders in the nation's most populous county have decided to get on board with new office protocols and technology. "It's been great," says the chief information officer's communications manager.
In recent years, Accela has been expanding from its traditional identity as a platform company, releasing several applications that have focused on emerging regulatory areas such as short-term rentals and cannabis and hemp licensing.
The global cloud security firm has selected a former security director with considerable technology experience and nearly 30 years in the field.
Heavy-duty vehicles produce more particulate matter than all of California's power plants combined and can cause or worsen asthma and other health problems.
The university and nonprofit monies arrive with a statewide earthquake early warning app still on target for an impending debut.
The openings include a chief information officer, an IT specialist and a section chief. Application deadlines for all three positions are within two weeks.
Silicon Valley's largest city is adding a deputy chief information officer with a special focus, and is still seeking to fill a similar C-level position.
An independent tech company north of Sacramento has been busily revamping and overhauling state and local governments' websites, and it recently notched its 11th rollout of the year. Its founder explains to Techwire how multimillion-dollar success has flowed from following a template and keeping users' needs in mind.
The department's award-winning former CIO will be succeeded by a longtime top administrator with a pedigree that includes a role in the Obama administration.
The state's largest county will use technology to offer voters an array of choices when they head to the polls in next year's early presidential primary.
Officials at one of the state's larger counties by land area discussed a cyberattack their government suffered about four months ago, and how the agency will strengthen its security.
While the race to make autonomous vehicles feasible is proceeding full speed — with technology giants, capital-loaded startups and veteran automotive partners working incessantly to get miles under their belt — a subtle but influential enemy is jamming their wheels: public distrust.
The application deadlines are this month for three key positions in state government.
The co-chairs of a state Assembly committee that scrutinized a cybersecurity audit agreed that so-called "non-reporting entities," 21 of which were found to have "high-risk" deficiencies, would benefit from increased oversight.
The San Jose company — which does millions of dollars in business annually with the state — said in a July 30 filing with the state's Employment Development Department that it would cut 397 jobs at its corporate headquarters, as well as 91 jobs in Milpitas.
"Fire season is here again, and while the state has scrutinized other utilities for their reliability during increasingly devastating disasters, it’s not doing the same for communications companies — even though wildfire and other disaster preparedness, response, evacuation, and recovery hinges on a reliable communications grid."
The days of the Business Requirements Document and waterfall methodologies are gone now. Agile development is becoming increasingly popular, especially in small organizations where development tasks are iterative, providing faster success rates.
The position includes responsibility for design solutions, discovery, visual solutions and customer service. It's in a department that's part of the California Health and Human Services Agency.
San Jose CIO Rob Lloyd and Steve Wozniak, the iconic co-founder of Apple, schmoozed Tuesday in the run-up to Silicon Valley Comic Con, one of many cultural ventures that Wozniak supports.
A Northern California city and the tech fund with which it collaborates have chosen the director of an organization aimed at helping bridge the digital divide.
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