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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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California's Department of Business Oversight has a new deputy commissioner for policy.
California’s online pot licensing systems are up and running, but a key electronic tracking component mandated by lawmakers has yet to be fully implemented.
Friday is the deadline for nominations for the California Department of Technology's 2018 Champion of Technology Awards.
The Department of General Services worked with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and other public entities to provide state buildings with solar power, with cost savings projected in the millions of dollars.
Procurements across California state and local government departments have almost doubled since 2013.
The CIO position in the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration remains vacant, but the application period has closed.
The California Department of General Services has issued an RFP to pre-qualified agile vendors for a pool of infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service providers with medium FedRAMP standards.
— Thursday’s Techwire included an interview with Scott Christman, deputy director and chief information officer for the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), in which two software solutions used by the department were misspelled due to a reporting error: Accela and ePlanSoft.
Los Angeles has hired its first chief procurement officer, who will focus on streamlining business processes and publicizing contract opportunities to small businesses.
The California Emerging Technology Fund, a nonprofit that advocates for expansion of broadband as a means of closing the “digital divide,” has added six new seats to its board of directors, bringing the total to 14 board members plus the president.
Assemblyman Ed Chau wants Facebook and other social media sites to obtain clear permission from parents before allowing children and teens to use their services, and he's proposing legislation to that end.
The CIO of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development discusses his agency's priorities — and offers some advice for vendors.
The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development has beefed up its data skills and recently migrated hospital financial data from a legacy mainframe to a modern data collection solution.
Californians trust the tech industry more than any other — yet they think it needs to be regulated, and they blame social media for fake news, a new survey says.
These three public health and safety entities have open RFPs for large projects, all of which are closing in March.
Following the sunset of its Information Systems Committee, county officials are exploring formation of an innovation and emerging technologies committee, and the potential for an innovation incubator.
With more than $200 million related to technology in Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, the market is ripe for vendors of hardware, software, services and telecom. Following Tuesday’s budget briefing by e.Republic Vice President of Research Joe Morris, Techwire takes a closer look at some of the biggest budget areas and what opportunities are on the horizon.
As Silicon Valley companies collect an ever-growing amount of data about their users, a Bay Area-based state legislator wants to create a California regulatory agency to protect personal information.
The California Department of Technology has announced an intent to award a contract for GPS tracking of parolees.
Two state senators and an Assembly member have been singled out for their leadership and advocacy on Internet-related issues in the state Legislature by the Internet Association.
Alameda is revising its policy on license plate data gathered by police and ordered the city staff to put a contract for scanners out to bid.
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