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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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5G wireless networks could accelerate the smart city revolution. But the technology's hefty price tag has meant few takers so far.
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is assessing what mechanisms — and possibly new legislation — it needs in order to collect sales taxes as per a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling covering online sales.
San Diego has created a new division within its municipal government — the Smart and Sustainable Communities branch.
The role of data gatekeeper, chief data officer (CDO), has been gaining steam in the public sector over the last few years. Handfuls of states, cities and counties are bringing on their own chiefs to help agencies position themselves to utilize data in service of their constituents. Here are a few of the key CDOs in California.
The California Department of Technology (CDT) released a request for information.
The CEO was only on board for a little more than a year, but a lot happened in that time. Now, as he leaves, the company is taking on a major cloud computing partnership.
Cloud migration and a single-sign-on update are proceeding apace for a couple of key state agencies, and those involved are reporting favorably on the progress — and the process.
California's State Auditor released a letter Tuesday highlighting concerns over the design and implementation of the new California Medicaid Management Information System (CA‑MMIS).
California passed a sweeping privacy bill Thursday, averting a potentially bloody privacy ballot battle that would have pitted privacy proponents against tech titans and other companies that benefit from collecting and selling personal information.
The chief information officer for the Los Angeles Police Department has been hired away to oversee information technology for the Ventura County government.
State government, the city of Sacramento and Los Angeles County government are looking to fill significant IT positions.
A bill to provide sweeping Internet privacy protections for consumers is being rushed through the Legislature, with a vote scheduled for today despite supporters' "grave concerns" about the measure. The bill would allow consumers to insist that companies not sell their personal information and would require parents to give their approval before a company sells data about a minor, among other protections.
The company said transparency, among other functionalities, can help reduce the amount of time it takes for a city to approve development.
Cloudian, a Silicon Valley firm that specializes in enterprise object storage systems, has announced that its HyperStore products have been deployed by Enterprise Networking Solutions Inc. of Rancho Cordova as part of ENS’ storage-as-a-service (STaaS) offering for the state of California.
It should come as no surprise that California has more electric/hybrid vehicles, as a percentage of all vehicles on the road statewide, than any other state. The state — which has the highest average gas price in the nation — offers rebates and other credits for owners of hybrid or electric vehicles.
The public sector has debated the agile methodology's merits since it came on the scene, but one thing is agreed on — there is room for improvement.
Eight years ago, when the city of Oxnard was laying the fiber-optic infrastructure for smart traffic lights, IT Director Keith Brooks had a thought: “I suggested that since we were already trenching, we triple the amount of fiber we put in.” Now, that decision holds promise for businesses, residents — and vendors.
The city of Los Angeles has won recognition in the "Dream Big" category of Amazon Web Services' City on a Cloud competition for an earthquake early warning system.
The San Francisco-based City Innovate is recruiting for a program director for its Startup in Residence (STiR) program — someone who will be based in San Francisco and who can help grow the program nationally and internationally to 100 cities in the next five years.
Ed Daihl, chief executive officer of the gov tech company Accela, is stepping down after a little more than a year at the helm and will shift to an advisory role.
From their vantage point in the cradle of high tech, Bay Area voters deeply distrust social media companies with their personal and financial information and favor government regulation of Internet privacy and security more than the rest of the country, according to a new poll.
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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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