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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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Delivery options and latency issues are still under consideration, but a functional statewide earthquake early-warning system is nearing completion.
"We're not ignoring the health concerns, but we can't regulate it; the federal government does that. I think we kind of hit the sweet spot because we've got both sides saying postpone this thing."
A California deputy secretary of state, Lizette Mata, and Cynthia Guerrero of California Strategies will also address the group at next week's free event.
Both are management positions, and both have oversight over IT and functions relating to lines of business within the respective agencies.
For years, the DMV has not charged a fee when customers use Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover to make online payments or at self-serve DMV kiosks. That's apparently about to change.
The Department of State Hospitals has joined other California agencies in deploying robotic process automation. The department will use the technology to modernize the admission process for jail inmates.
The manager will participate in the IT governance process and assist in the preparation of Budget Change Proposals, Project Approval Lifecycle and oversight documents and other documents for control agencies.
Waymo's autonomous vehicle program has won an approval from the state that could accelerate its development.
The city's first chief data officer helped define the position, current and former staffers said, also offering advice to tech vendors seeking to do business with the municipality.
This slide from a recent Techwire Industry Briefing with Los Angeles County, provided by the county's Internal Services Department, explores the service provisions for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
The state is offering one last training session Friday on how agencies should complete Consolidated Annual Reports under the FI$Cal program. The deadline for agencies to file is Aug. 1.
After last week's 6.4 quake, many users were worried the application was not working. People on social media denounced the app as a failure — but in fact, ShakeAlert was functioning normally, as city officials and the United States Geological Survey soon pointed out.
The executive positions include involve oversight and management responsibilities, as well as input on policy and IT governance.
The ordinance requires dealers to notify their customers that the federal government sets radiation standards for cellphones, and that “may exceed the federal guidelines” if users carry their phone in a pants or shirt pocket or tucked into a bra while connected to a wireless network.
The C-level executive took a newly created data position nearly five years ago and has helped shape how his Southern California city handles information.
Vendors are encouraged to submit questions in advance of the event, which is designed to brief and update them on the best ways to do business with the Department of Technology.
Techwire finds a lot of interesting reading material in its quest to bring you the latest on the California government IT market. Here are several articles of interest that we thought you might find interesting.
This slide from a recent Techwire Industry Briefing with Los Angeles County, provided by the county's Internal Services Department, highlights the agency's strategic plan alignment and its ITS focus areas.
The department just ended a record-setting year in terms of the number of Californians it helped. The new deputy is expected to provide strategic and tactical direction to continue that trend.
Faced with a federal deadline next year to implement Real ID, the California Department of Motor Vehicles is moving forward on several fronts to create awareness of the identification card and make getting it easier.
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