News
Top Story
Liana Bailey-Crimmins, CIO and director of the California Department of Technology, announced late Friday afternoon that she is leaving the role.
News
Six leaders from the public and nonprofit sectors gathered Wednesday to discuss “collaboration instead of competition.”
Driving tech innovation in state government while keeping legacy systems operating through the transition is a tightrope, and that balancing act can be particularly vexing for CIOs.
The state has 100 full-time employees dedicated to determining subsidy eligibility. One CIO thinks they could be freed up to do other things.
When it comes to standing up IT systems, collaboration is the name of the game. Whether a partnership will result in a system being up and running in under 18 months or a disaster recovery effort, partnerships make it possible.
California may join other states, such as Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii and New York, in considering blockchain to help manage state records.
An IT business veteran has joined Taborda Solutions as an owner and executive vice president.
Experts from government, academia and industry gathered last week in Sacramento to discuss technology’s role in reducing residential damage caused by earthquakes.
Pondera Solutions, the Gold River-based firm specializing in preventing, detecting and resolving government waste, fraud and abuse, is adding to its IT, data science and sales teams.
California officials charged with securing state IT systems and combating cybersecurity threats will face lawmakers Wednesday at a hearing intended to show successful collaboration across state government.
These are the purchase orders for calendar year 2017 — in all, there were almost 18,000 such orders for IT goods, IT services and telecom.
In our search for tech news, we come across stories that don’t make the cut to appear in Techwire but that are worth mentioning. Herewith, some recent finds that may have escaped your radar.
Silicon Valley remains the nation's leader in tech job creation, but its innovation economy is imperiled by inadequate levels of housing construction, skyrocketing home prices and a migration of residents to other states, a new study has found.
Nominations are being accepted for Government Technology and AT&T's nationwide platform for special districts, a regional and national awards program that recognizes IT innovation and leadership.
In an interview with Techwire, Lori Ajax, who heads the state Cannabis Control Bureau, talks about what is next after being involved in every step of the implementation of the industry’s new business licensing software.
After an intensive software rollout with an aggressive timeline, the state's licensing entity for cannabis businesses has some lofty goals.
With driverless cars set to hit California roads for testing this spring, the state is now exploring how autonomous semi-trucks, trailers and other commercial vehicles can be added to roadways, the head of the state Department of Motor Vehicles told lawmakers this week.
Some senior-level IT positions are open in the public sector, and particularly noteworthy are one with the state, two with the California State University system and two with the city of Sacramento:
"Chip," the city of Los Angeles’ new chatbot, has been off probation only since July — but, impressed by “his” performance, innovation officials have deputized him to deliver answers to potential police department recruits.
The chief financial officer of CalSTRS is retiring, the State Teachers’ Retirement System announced on Wednesday.
The California Public Employees Retirement System has a new CIO.
Computer science students are helping California's largest county government save time and trees through the use of affordable technology.
Contributed
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
Upcoming Events
A curated event built for State of California employees!
Through demos, discussions and customer stories, the series shows how IBM can help enterprises achieve faster outcomes, reduce complexity and innovate responsibly at scale.
