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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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Lawmakers said the state's new landmark California Consumer Privacy Act would likely be refined when they passed it last year. Not too surprisingly, tech companies, like other members of the private sector, have ideas on how to do that.
Recognizing the value in avoiding "day-to-day fires" while providing around-the-clock service to public safety, one Northern California city is contemplating a new service model as officials also prepare a draft strategic framework for their work in digital service and open government.
Gavin Newsom once said that any governor who couldn't fix the Department of Motor Vehicles should be recalled. Those words may come back to haunt him now that he's governor.
Agency officials with the California Department of Food and Agriculture said cultural and infrastructure modernizations are being contemplated as they work to update and de-silo enterprise architecture, and help IT keep pace with program development.
The responsibilities include leading the ongoing effort to drastically improve access to data analytical capacity by modernizing products, tools and workflows within the Land Use Information System.
“This is a drill. Assume a major earthquake has happened and the building is uninhabitable. You may not come to work.”
“ … The state’s latest results are painting a very positive picture of how rapidly public agencies migrated to the cloud over the past two fiscal years,” CDT said. “The statistics prove that public entities are realizing the benefits of cloud adoption, including security, efficiency, flexibility and cost.”
A state Assembly bill making its way through the Legislature would, if approved, establish a commission to look at artificial intelligence in government.
City officials touted the new rules as among the strongest in the nation, predicting they will protect neighborhoods from poorly designed cell antenna installations that damage community character and aesthetics. Industry leaders expressed unenthusiastic acceptance of the city's decision to take an aggressive approach.
With less than six months until the California Consumer Privacy Act takes effect Jan. 1, 2020, lawmakers are still considering legislation that would expand and modify the landmark law — if passed.
The state has contracted with several vendors to address some of the Department of Motor Vehicles' longstanding technology and Real ID shortcomings.
He's an award-winning professional who's worked on numerous projects for state government agencies, including the California Legislative Data Center, the State Controller's Office and the California Public Utilities Commission.
Mindful of modernization's potential pitfalls, Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state is trying to "go small and build on successes" as it updates technology, initiates culture change and brings in new executive staff at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
In remarks announcing the release of a report on the Department of Motor Vehicles by the state Strike Team, Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced DMV's new director and chief deputy director and said the agency will shortly begin piloting the ability to accept credit card payments.
The Stockton Police Department's newest tool weighs more than 3,600 pounds, can reach speeds up to 155 mph and comes with an equally cool-sounding name: Falcon One-Zero.
Non-reporting entities found by the State Auditor's Office to have security weaknesses will need to look more closely at their processes, but external oversight is needed too, according to a technology leader in the Legislature.
The IT chief and her management team will give vendors a look at the playbook for 2020-2025, and vendors will have a chance to ask questions of a department that touches every Californian's life.
California's Office of Emergency Services said 341 cell sites were offline during the October 2017 wildfires and 489 cell sites were down during the Camp and Woolsey fires last year, preventing wireless users in those areas from being able to call 911, receive an emergency alert or use their cellphones to find the safest evacuation route.
The tech industry veteran spent the last 14 years with Xerox in Southern California, specializing in state, local, education and commercial accounts.
The senior IT professional will also serve as technical manager for the ClearBest/IFG CalSAWS Quality Assurance team.
Community leaders are praising the city for striving to limit visual impacts and keeping the new antennas as unobtrusive as possible, despite the industry needing significantly more antennas to support the new 5G network.
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