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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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The California Department of Technology announced this week that it has created a program to test and assess state government departments’ cybersecurity defenses and then grade them periodically — the first state in the nation to devise such a matrix.
Pondera Solutions continues its growth with the hiring of Arizona's former inspector general for health-care programs to the newly created position of vice president for strategic accounts.
The California Highway Patrol provided Techwire members with an overview of the agency's IT footprint at the Member Briefing this week.
The California Department of Technology (CDT) and the California State Fair have announced the winners of the 2018 Champion of Technology Awards.
As the chief information officer of the California Highway Patrol, Chief Scott Howland is in charge of planning and implementing technology to improve the effectiveness of all CHP staff. He also finds funding for those needs — all while writing tickets and ensuring highway safety.
The new requirement proposed in AB 2157 comes after the state auditor last year found that the state Department of General Services and the California Department of Technology had failed to adequately oversee billions of dollars in noncompetitive state contracts. Among the auditor’s recommendations: DGS should submit an annual report to the Legislature that details noncompetitive bids, which are allowed under state law but only under certain circumstances.
Los Angeles and San Francisco lead the state in the number of government enterprise systems, according to a Techwire analysis. We also learned which vendors get the biggest bite of the procurement apple.
User experience design, or UX, is becoming a big part of how apps and software are built, especially with more public sector programs relying on agile development. Involving users in the design of a regularly used software before it is fully developed can avoid problems later on. But what exactly does it entail?
ForeScout Technologies names a new VP for SLED, while a state IT infrastructure veteran moves up the ladder.
California officials say they plan to review the cause of an Arizona pedestrian fatality Sunday night involving an autonomous Uber vehicle, but indicated they have no plans as of now to delay next month's planned testing of robot cars in the state.
The California Natural Resources Agency launched a new website this week to house more than 1,300 maps and data sets.
As Chief Information Officer and Agency Information Officer for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Russ Nichols supervises technology across over 30 prisons, encompassing about 130,000 inmates. He was among the winners of a CIO of the Year Award for 2017-18 from the California Public Sector CIO Academy.
A sales and management veteran from Oracle Corp. has been named deputy director of broadband and digital literacy for the California Department of Technology (CDT).
The money, if approved, would go above what Caltrans' IT department already does.
e.Republic, Techwire’s parent company, is looking to hire a government market ninja.
San Francisco Chief Innovation Officer Jay Nath, a key architect of its groundbreaking Startup in Residence (STiR) program, has left City Hall to focus more exclusively on leading the fast-growing civic-tech sector collaboration, now in its fourth year.
Two state government departments are accepting applications for IT leadership positions.
State Sen. Scott Wiener has introduced legislation that looks to maintain net neutrality rules recently scuttled by the Federal Communications Commission, setting up a likely showdown with influential Internet companies and, if his bill passes, with the Trump administration in court.
The Judicial Council is setting an example for all of California's courts by adopting FI$Cal instead of updating its legacy accounting system.
Craig Russell is joining Nutanix as the account executive for state government departments and agencies, and local government and education customers in Northern and Central California.
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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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