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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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Four members of Mayor Eric Garcetti's IT leadership team discuss the growing importance of data-driven city government and the projects that make the city a tech innovator.
The Information Technology Leadership Academy, popularly known as ITLA, is planning an all-years reunion as part of the celebration of the program’s 25th class.
The CDTFA is updating, even after seeing technical difficulties in tax season.
The Los Angeles County Public Works Department wants to harness streetlights for smart city tools.
Statewide procurement modernization, cloud migration and the Cal.net strategy are on the agenda for the Vendor/Partner Forum scheduled for next week in Sacramento.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled a website this week on which city employees, commissioners and those who do business with the city can file discrimination and sexual harassment reports, one of several initiatives meant to make it easier to address mistreatment in the workplace.
California tech companies from San Diego to Silicon Valley are hosting about 30 senior information technology officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week to highlight the region's latest work in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, big data analytics and other technologies.
The state’s new Digital Services Innovation Academy kicks off its first class this month. It's modeled after the successful Information Technology Leadership Academy.
The California Independent System Operator takes part in the energy imbalance market, a real-time trading market that allows power to be moved from grid to grid depending on need and surplus.
Two weeks ago, I attended the Community Information Exchange Summit, presented by 2–1–1 San Diego. Over 350 people from across North America gathered to discuss citizen-centric service delivery and bridging health and social services to build strong, thriving communities.
San Diego has won admiration from Techwire's sister publication Governing and philanthropic group Living Cities for its work in data-based decisions.
Vendors are also asked whether the county’s procurement process is open, fair and equitable — with multiple-choice answers ranging from “Always” to “Never” — and whether members of the procurement staff conduct themselves in a professional manner.
Entities working together to help bidders, small businesses win government contracts.
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California upgrades its emergency response systems at the state and local levels.
The Municipal Information Systems Association of California has published results of a survey showing members’ interest in tech-related state legislation, as well as some interesting bits of data trivia.
Attention, job-seekers: Filing deadlines for several well-paying IT leadership positions with the state are looming. Among them are CIO-level positions and directorships.
Several California cities have been acknowledged for harnessing digital tools and positioning themselves for innovative solutions.
The new software will monitor a cannabis plant's every move, assuring officials it isn't leaving state borders.
Three Sacramento-area institutions are hosting an afternoon of entrepreneurship.
Change is afoot in the state Office of Systems Integration and its Child Welfare Digital Services project, which has had a number of high-profile leadership changes in recent months:
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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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