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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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IT leaders from the state’s urban and rural counties agreed Monday that despite their size differences, they share some of the same challenges and interests, among them recruiting and retaining talented IT staffers, and increasing citizen engagement with county governments.
The University of California (UC) maintains IT tools for nine campuses across the state.
Two landmark tech firms, ForeScout Technologies and KPMG, have agreed to work together on systems integration and digital transformations.
The California Earthquake Authority has an annual budget of $487 million, but it's privately funded, and it's not an agency or department of state government. Its mission: To insure as many California homes as possible against earthquake damage.
Q&A: Todd Coombes, California Earthquake Authority
In case you missed it: When the CIOs of California’s county governments gather this week with dozens of vendors for their biannual conference, they'll be joined by top IT leaders from state government. It represents a redefined relationship between the counties and the state.
Sonoma and Lake counties are among California jurisdictions that are considering multimillion-dollar investments in new voting technology.
A planned 25-acre technology and innovation campus in Sacramento would take years to complete and cost "tens of millions, if not hundreds."
San Francisco's new chief innovation officer stepped up from within the team and says she's ready to lead.
Pondera's new vice presidency for product innovation is the third VP position created by the firm in recent months.
A software package that helps cities, counties and special districts with sustainable urban planning has been embraced by California leaders as a way to deal with transportation gridlock, housing affordability, stresses on public budgets and public health issues.
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The city of Sacramento is prepared to make big financial grants toward IT and civic innovation.
The Oceanside Police Department recently acquired San Diego County’s first drone killer, an electronic device that can disable a drone in the sky and force it back to the ground. Other area law enforcement agencies also are considering the technology as a way to rein in unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs.
San Francisco is looking to spend $386 million on more than 150 projects in many departments.
State senators blocked legislation Tuesday that would have required California agencies to post basic budget information on their websites — a blow to one lawmaker’s efforts to improve transparency about how government spends taxpayer dollars.
Gov. Jerry Brown has named a new deputy director of legislative and intergovernmental affairs for GO-Biz, the state's business and economic development office.
Heather Geyer, a 17-year veteran of operations and technology, has joined the 24/7 service desk at Child Welfare Services — California Automated Response and Engagement System, a project of California Health and Human Services’ Office of Systems Integration.
San Francisco collected as much as $241 million in property tax revenue in less than two weeks during December -- 11 times what was collected during the same period the previous year. So what changed? The city opened a portal that allowed users to do most, if not all, of their tax business online.
In the fall the city went live with a new portal that allowed users to do most, if not all, of their tax business online.
The state is preparing to spend tens of millions of dollars on security for the mid-term elections, including money from the federal government. Some vendors' products have been certified; others are being vetted.
State investigators are probing a recent burglary at the Department of Developmental Services that has prompted a warning about a potential data breach.
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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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