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John Roussel, the driving force behind the California Department of Public Health’s IT operations, is retiring at the end of April. His departure punctuates a more than two-decade career in state IT.
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Techwire has made several predictions about what vendors can expect in 2019.
As our readers, our sources, our families and our friends celebrate the long holiday weekend, Techwire will do the same, with publication of the daily newsletter to resume Thursday, Dec. 27. In the meantime, here is some recommended reading designed to keep your interest in all things tech stoked over the hiatus.
Los Angeles County's Office of the Chief Information Officer has gone through an innovative transformation in 2018.
2019 should be exciting for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which has extended the proposal due date two weeks in its RFP for a next-gen customer information system. The agency, which includes buses, cable cars and bike sharing, is also eyeing a pilot of all-electric buses.
The group will meet in May in Oakland, and it's seeking proposals for presentations and speakers on GovOps, Digital Delivery and Civic Innovation. The application deadline is Jan. 11.
The department warns state users that using the end-of-life servers beyond Jan. 4, 2020, poses "significant business and security risks for programs and applications running on those servers."
He started in IT 10 years ago, and has a background with cloud management and file-sharing firms.
The state Legislative Analyst’s Office has issued a report on California’s efforts to ensure a complete count for the national 2020 Census, and it has some interesting takeaways
San Joaquin County is recruiting for “an innovative and dynamic” chief information officer to take the reins of IT operations in the county, which has won numerous prestigious tech awards in recent years.
A Sacramento-area sales executive with more than 20 years' experience in IT joins ServiceNow as director of Government, Healthcare and Education.
Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, who will take office in early January, is filling out his command staff with experienced political operatives from older gubernatorial administrations and former associates from his mayoral days — any of whom could wield considerable transformative power on state IT or innovation policy or design.
The system reports data at a school, district or state level, including test scores and graduation rates through 2018. It is also fully accessible on mobile devices.
The Innovative Clean Transit rule, three years in the making, is designed to spur adoption of electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles while not placing too great a burden on transit agencies.
The California Judicial Council chose an IT leader with more than 20 years' commercial and government experience to serve as its new CIO. And she has a mandate in the form of a new strategic plan.
The Department of Motor Vehicles confirmed Monday that its director, Jean Shiomoto, will retire after three decades with the department and a tumultuous final year.
In Sacramento for two days, Verizon’s Tactical Mobile Command Vehicle promoted awareness of its satellite connections and offered local testing. It bristles with tech and has seen duty in various disasters including Hurricane Michael.
Sacramento County's ERP system, from SAP, which is "the biggest ERP system out in the market," is moving toward an entirely cloud-based system.
Technology intended to warn Butte County residents about the rampaging Camp Fire failed in several ways, an analysis shows, revealing the fragility of electronic notification systems.
California is poised to reap as much as $2 billion a year in new sales taxes from out of state, and its tax agency says its technology and staffing should be sufficient to handle the anticipated crush of new filings — and revenue.
New routers and a modem from in-cloud 4G LTE solutions provider Cradlepoint offer FirstNet members exclusive access to 5G network speeds as those continue to come online — and should empower robust mobile connectivity in the field.
A report in Thursday's Techwire about a Code California forum incorrectly identified the state agency that created the group and held the forum. The project was spearheaded by the state Government Operations Agency.
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The public workforce system stands at a crossroads. Career services professionals are increasingly tasked with serving harder-to-reach jobseekers under programs like Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment (RESEA). These front-line staff must juggle verifying unemployment benefits eligibility and providing personalized reemployment coaching, often with limited time and resources. It’s a daunting challenge that raises a critical question: How can we scale support for those who need it most? The answer may lie in Agentic AI and AI-powered agents designed to work autonomously alongside humans which could be a game-changer for workforce development.
AI is helping governments and enterprises modernize aging systems faster while strengthening cybersecurity — an approach reflected in initiatives like Kosmic Eye supporting California’s digital infrastructure.
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