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Liana Bailey-Crimmins, CIO and director of the California Department of Technology, announced late Friday afternoon that she is leaving the role.
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California and its capital are testing out new digital license plates that use the same computer technology as Kindle eBook readers.
The California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC), built out under the Office of Emergency Services over the last three years, protects California cybersecurity interests across all state entities. Lately, the focus has been on intelligence sharing and incident response.
San Jose's recent agreement with AT&T on small cell deployments could bridge the city's digital divide and enhance the provider's FirstNet rollout, while serving as a signpost for other municipalities.
California's Department of Technology wants to simplify contract management and acquisition.
ELIX Wireless, a maker of electric and autonomous vehicle technologies, will be testing its wireless car-charging units at GoMentum Station in Concord, in Contra Costa County.
Here's a look at some of the companies that drew attention at last week's Bridge SF conference in San Francisco. They're doing business with, among others, cities in the Golden State.
Here are some of the technology bills that passed legislative appropriations committees.
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Sacramento County government is planning an event for those who do business with the county procurement system — and those who aspire to do so.
A bill that's on pause in the state Assembly, calling for creation of a dedicated state office within the California Department of Technology to help local governments with cloud migration and data storage, would be a good thing, according to some county officials polled by Techwire.
The Little Hoover Commission held the second informational meeting behind its research into the artificial intelligence in the workforce discussion Thursday.
As Code for America prepares for its annual summit, scheduled to take place May 30-June 1 in Oakland, the group’s executive director, Jennifer Pahlka, said the event would give the entire civic tech community a chance to reflect on recent successes, as well as to set the bar for the coming year.
The Tech Caucus releases a priority list of legislation it is backing each session. Today, we take a look at the most recent list.
Gov. Jerry Brown has reappointed the chief information officer for the California Highway Patrol to the State 9-1-1 Advisory Board for a two-year term. He also appointed three other Californians with law enforcement backgrounds to their first terms on the advisory board.
The state Senate Appropriations Committee may pass a bill to the Assembly requiring technology to support an emergency notification system.
After working across five decades in IT, the privacy officer for the California Public Employees Retirement System is calling it a career and heading off to retirement — sort of.
A veteran of state IT leadership who joined Taborda Solutions last year has been promoted to the newly created position of vice president of operations.
Are you a fan of a particular public-sector IT professional, project or department in California? Nominations are being accepted for another few weeks for the prestigious "Best of California" award, a project of the Center for Digital Government.
The U.S. National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) recently released Version 1.1 of the Cybersecurity Framework, and the security industry response is stronger than ever. Here are the facts — along with a front-line expert interview on what public- and private-sector organizations are doing now to plan and implement the new guidance.
The Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee of the state Little Hoover Commission will meet with government agencies and labor representatives Thursday to discuss the data that the state needs in order to prepare for the impacts of AI and automation.
The Startup in Residence program, which matches tech companies with local government workers to help them solve public-sector problems, wants to grow a lot bigger. Today, some California success stories were showcased at a conference.
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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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