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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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Los Angeles County’s CEO has unveiled an RFI containing a host of significant technological opportunities as part of a major Homeless Initiative designed to help the estimated 52,000 homeless people in the county of 10 million.
As of this week, Sacramento is one of only a handful of cities worldwide to offer 5G residential wireless broadband service from a major internet provider.
Gov. Jerry Brown closed out his bill-signing frenzy over the weekend with the following approvals and rejections of tech-related legislation that Techwire has been tracking. Here’s an update on what he signed into law (or allowed to become law), and what he rejected.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed two bills that could make manufacturers of Internet-connected devices more responsible for ensuring the privacy and security of California residents.
California has placed in the top tier nationwide in the prestigious Digital States Survey, conducted biannually by the Center for Digital Government. The center is a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed California’s “net neutrality” law Sunday, and the U.S. Department of Justice responded almost immediately by filing a lawsuit to block the measure.
With Election Day nearing, the topic of cybersecurity and cyberthreats is of growing interest. Techwire solicited brand-agnostic perspectives of industry figures who deal with these security threats, and their views are offered here.
Gov. Jerry Brown has until midnight Sunday to sign all legislation he wants to approve. With his signature, these technology-related bills would become law.
California's Broadband Council held its first meeting aimed at allowing stakeholders to identify key communications corridors across the state. This will roll into the plan to develop the state's broadband infrastructure, delivering services to 98 percent of households, which is one of the council's legislative goals.
Keith Tresh, commander of the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC) in the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, is retiring from state service at the end of October. Mario Garcia, his deputy, will serve as acting commander of Cal-CSIC.
Roseville will rely on smart city initiatives to improve technology outcomes, according to its recently released FY 2018-19 Strategic Work Plan.
A San Francisco startup is advancing technology that combines a camera and a GPS unit, and allows municipalities and private companies to remotely monitor large trash bins and recycling receptacles as an efficient way of saving on collection costs. Some California cities and special districts are intrigued.
The Port of San Diego has confirmed that it is investigating a highly sophisticated cybersecurity threat to its technology systems that is affecting the public agency's ability to process park permits and records requests and perform other business services. The San Diego Harbor Police Department, the law enforcement arm of the Port, is also affected by the attack and is said to be using alternative technology systems.
Four state government agencies and California State University, Sacramento, are teaming up to present a Cybersecurity Education Summit on Oct. 9. The event will gather experts and leaders from government, industry and academia to spread awareness of cyberthreats and to "engage, inform, train and empower" Californians to avoid cyberthreats.
Government offices across the country are hiring dedicated staff to ensure that policies and systems put in place to do the people's business aren't unnecessarily jeopardizing the information of private citizens. The role is most often called chief privacy officer. In California, three counties — Santa Clara, San Diego and Ventura — have designated chief privacy officers. Who are they?
California's blockchain legislation, which would create a working group around the electronic ledger technology, is still waiting for Gov. Jerry Brown's signature.
Jason Piccione, CIO for the California Department of Consumer Affairs, oversees just under 40 boards and commissions that license and regulate consumer service providers, and his department is moving toward containerization.
A new algorithm toolkit could help local government guarantee that their automated decision-making processes are free of bias.
Snowflake, a Folsom-based computing firm, has named a new sales director for Public Sector West. Zach Oxman said his charge is to grow the firm's public-sector practice in California and beyond.
California state IT leaders found common ground last week with California's county CIOs at a tech conference. Shared interests include innovation, cybersecurity and maximizing how state tax dollars are spent.
California's Franchise Tax Board spent about $115 million in IT goods, services and telecoms during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 fiscal years.
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