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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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Harry Sharp spent most of the last weekend of June sitting in front of his computer, trying resolutely to register his four newly banned guns on the California Department of Justice’s website.
Capital is primed to set itself apart as a national leader in electric-car adoption by vastly building out charging infrastructure and unleashing more than 250 new electric vehicles available for rent for only a couple of bucks a mile.
Van Williams is the new vice chancellor of information technology at the University of California at Santa Cruz. He began his position on July 2, replacing retiring VC Mary Doyle.
A bicycle sharing program along the SMART train corridor is coming into focus as Marin and Sonoma counties work toward developing a plan. The program might employ GPS-enabled "smart-bikes" without traditional docking stations; the rider would not need to return the bike to a fixed location.
The Los Angeles County Community Development Commission — a single entity that handles housing, community development and redevelopment — has upgraded the workflow structure that allows its staff to digitize documents.
Los Angeles County has put out a Request for Information for vendors on a data analytics program to identify fraud in workers’ compensation and liability claims processes and monitor the county’s risk management programs.
The Little Hoover Commission is researching voting equipment security. The commission will hold a public hearing July 26 to gather information on the topic.
Tiffany Martin is the newest project manager with Pondera Solutions, the Folsom-based firm whose specialty is predicting, targeting and preventing fraud, waste and abuse in government. But her credentials include more than a master's degree and industry experience. Martin was a Fed.
California counties fared well across categories in the prestigious Digital Counties Survey, with Sonoma and Nevada counties taking first-place honors and others placing in the top 10.
The State Water Board has adopted a data resolution that would make the data behind local, regional and statewide management decisions available.
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla says California's voting system wasn't compromised by Russia's attempt to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election. But the issue is in the back of his mind as he looks to safeguard the integrity of the vote. With increased attention to cybersecurity lately, California is making a sizable investment in its election infrastructure.
Application deadlines are looming for several key IT leadership jobs with the state, with opportunities for those seeking Chief Information Officer or Chief Technology Officer positions.
The California Department of Technology recently released a Request for Information, gathering a list of vendors to help state agencies comply with requirements on assisstive technology. The state Department of Education is among those working toward that goal.
Facebook has created three Bay Area work hubs that each total at least 1 million square feet, following big leases with two legendary developers that widen its Silicon Valley footprint. The tech titan could employ as many as 19,000 in the expansion sites, located in Fremont, Sunnyvale and Menlo Park.
California has a number of open requests across state departments, several of them for software services.
Techwire has just made it even easier to stay abreast of California gov tech news: We’ve added an Amazon Alexa audio option to our daily digital briefing.
Ending a dispute over a proposed net neutrality bill, California Democratic legislators said Thursday that they agreed on a proposal that would provide the strongest protections of open access to the Internet in the country in response to last month's federal repeal of similar rules.
How different is being a government Chief Information Security Officer from having the same role in the private sector? A CISO with experience in both worlds offers seven insights.
The California Department of Technology has awarded two contracts.
Public-sector entities have faced controversy over how large IT projects are built and deployed.
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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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