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The Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino, aims to replace its 20-year-old in-house system with a modern, paperless-capable Jury Management System.
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While ISLA will continue to have a strong technical focus, this year’s program includes more courses that will help state IT leaders better understand how to lead from a business perspective.
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors recently approved new funding for several IT projects throughout the jurisdiction. Unrelated to that action, an RFP has also been issued for a new infrastructure management platform.
The department is taking on new initiatives, including tracking wolves, but faces cuts in its budget and staffing in the coming fiscal year.
Candidates should have expertise in managing large-scale IT asset management systems and configuration management databases and an understanding of IT Service Management principles and practices.
Cities across the state are tightening belts and measuring their options going into the next fiscal year. San Francisco is one jurisdiction facing significant financial headwinds.
Proposals should include the necessary software, implementation and maintenance services, as well as the tools to meet the business and technical needs of the DA’s office, its staff and its criminal justice stakeholders.
“Vaishali brings a vast amount of experience navigating the SLED market in California,” said Halcyon's senior director of SLED, Jason Willadsen. “She is 100 percent customer-centric and laser-focused to ensure her clients are taken care of by vendors and partners. Halcyon could not be more pleased to have Vaishali leading our California SLED campaigns.”
Criminals using stolen identities and web crawlers gain admission through the state's online system, CCCApply, and then fraudulently apply for financial aid.
The company's Axyom Assist tool is designed to make huge quantities of information readily available to customer service representatives at the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration’s call center, streamlining service to the public.
The moratorium would render AI measures implemented by states — such as California’s law to take effect in 2026 requiring generative AI developers to post documentation of the data used to train their models online — impossible to enforce.
The layoffs include 82 software engineers, technical program management workers, product management engineers and one product marketing manager in Mountain View as well as three software engineering workers in Santa Clara.
Early estimates about a state budget surplus have fallen flat, and officials now predict they'll have to contend with a $12 billion deficit. The good news is that some tech projects could see a fiscal boost under Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget.
Next steps include upgrading the city’s MyWaterSD web portal, making it easier for customers to change their address and giving delinquent customers a chance to pay their debt off slowly.
The Trump administration's decision to end funding for the digital grants, announced Friday, prompted the California Department of Technology to immediately cease accepting applications.
The assistant deputy director of Enterprise Technology Services will work under the general direction of the deputy director and chief information officer and is a member of DHCS executive staff.
Ajit Girn, chief information officer for the Employment Development Department, talks about his department's modernization journey and what lies ahead in the next few years.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has unveiled a new AI-powered chatbot, Ask CAL FIRE, to provide users with streamlined access to wildfire information and frequently asked questions.
California could further strengthen the Project Delivery Lifecycle's success by considering a few additional strategies, writes Daniel C. Kim.
Technology Letter 25-02 was issued May 9, clarifying recent changes to the State Information Management Manual.
New systems for missing persons, phone scams, automated employment tech and school mapping are on the menu at the state Capitol.
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