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According to sources inside and outside of state government, departments are being asked to identify cuts of 10 percent or more. While the veil of secrecy raises alarm bells for some, the practice is nothing new during budget crunches.
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Autonomous vehicles have Silicon Valley buzzing again. A pilot is coming to a Bay Area city but no one will say which one.
The public sector and nonprofits are typically slow with technology implementation. But increasingly, there are good reasons why nonprofits and public-sector organizations must adopt — and in some cases are leading the way toward — a citizen-friendly mobile strategy. There are real-world consequences for not doing so.
The California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System gives police access to national databases maintained by the FBI and the state of Oregon. But sometimes law enforcement workers tap into the vast trove of information improperly, breaking the rules about when the detailed information can be properly accessed.
Data privacy, once a second-order subject in Silicon Valley, has rocketed to the fore thanks to a battery of new laws. Among the big winners in the scramble to comply: Lawyers and corporate information technology firms.
San Jose wants to be the smartest Smart City and its inaugural CISO wants to make it the most secure. An upcoming RFP will make that happen by building out the city's cyber toolbox.
Upgrades to traffic control systems in Los Angeles could make that city’s streets safer for more than just the folks behind the wheel. New control cabinets — the behind-the-scenes nerve center for traffic signals — will include new technology to control features such as the guide-lighting in crosswalks, or signals directing bicycle traffic.
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The San Francisco Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation is seeking two Innovation Fellows to join city government for one year to help government "become more collaborative, inventive and responsive" to residents. Mid-career professionals with a year or two of innovation experience are invited to apply.
The California Department of Technology's Digital Services Innovation Academy, one of several IT-related training programs that the state runs, graduates its first class Friday.
For those aspiring to be a Chief Information Security Officer, IT industry veteran Gary Hayslip offers some specific advice.
As CIO for the California Department of Veterans Affairs, Isaiah Mall is overseeing modernization of the department's Electronic Health Records system while preparing for a cloud-based system to improve clinical, financial and administrative operations as they relate to CalVet Homes.
The University of California at Santa Barbara is working to improve farming, using technology. Computer science professors have begun using data analytics and cloud computing to solve some of agriculture's challenges.
Emails that California utility regulators withheld for years — and recently released under a court order — show that political appointees of Gov. Jerry Brown met privately to discuss state energy policy.
The city of San Jose hired its first chief information security officer. He began his position in April, after a run of almost three years as San Diego County's contract CISO through DXC Technology.
The League of California Cities, in an effort to preclude state or federal action or undue influence from the drone industry, has crafted a statewide policy on the use and regulation of unmanned aircraft.
In the 16th Annual Digital Counties Survey, a national ranking conducted by the Center for Digital Government, some California counties come out shining — and two in particular, Sonoma and Nevada counties, were rated the tops in their population categories. Today, we take a closer look at some of the numbers behind the success stories.
As Silicon Valley considers taxing its tech companies to help fight the downsides of its tech boom — from clogged roadways to skyrocketing housing costs — local leaders are looking north for a lesson on how not to go about it.
The Marin County Sheriff's Department plans to join more than 50 other California police and fire agencies by using drones as part of its operations — but the plan has critics.
Raelyn Sweebe has joined Visionary Integration Professionals as proposal manager, working in the Folsom office of the California-based firm. She held a similar position with Trinity Technology Group for almost seven years.
Uber’s experiments with self-driving cars are taking a backseat for now, and one result is layoffs in the Bay Area. Last week, the ride-share giant laid off approximately 100 autonomous-vehicle operators in the aftermath of an accident in March in which an Uber self-driving car fatally struck a pedestrian in Tempe, Ariz.
Emergencies like fires and floods are often confusing times. They usually occur in areas that do not have Internet access or digital capabilities. Because of that, records of who is where and what equipment is in use are pertinent, and kept on paper.
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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.
Insights from A1M Solutions on low-cost, low-risk ways to implement AI today
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