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- The Department of Cannabis Control is asking the Legislature for money to support IT enhancements and comply with recently signed legislation.
- Assembly Bill 8 created new oversight and enforcement mandates for the department that will require funding and resources.
- The department has also issued an RFP for a new Laboratory Information Management System Replacement project, with bids due in March.
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The California Department of Technology’s Office of Professional Development will accept applications until 5 p.m. Oct. 28 for the popular career training program for those working in the public sector.
The Department of Motor Vehicles, the California State University system and San Bernardino County have all put out recent IT solicitations that are worth a look for the right vendors.
The majority of the cuts would be made by the end of 2024. The layoffs in Folsom and San Jose will take effect in late November. The company offered voluntary buyouts earlier this year.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said it plans to roll out the cameras in February, more than a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation allowing San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and three other cities to pilot the program for five years.
The county is opting to freeze new positions funded through the General Fund as a $20 million deficit looms. The move will likely increase department workloads and could increase reliance on IT solutions.
Amit Biswas brings 25 years of IT experience to the department and is an experienced technology manager, architect and engineer. Prior to joining FI$Cal, Amit worked in the private sector in the San Francisco Bay Area, Texas, Canada and India. During that time, he managed profit and cost centers, technology businesses and large teams.
Notable openings include deputy agency information security officer, geospatial engineer, and senior cybersecurity and fraud engineer.
The Bay Area city is making high-speed Internet more accessible with projects focused on affordability and service delivery and aimed at closing the digital divide. A California Public Utilities Commission grant is among the funding sources.
Law enforcement agencies throughout the state are looking for new tools to support their public safety missions. Recent solicitations include calls for camera systems and surveillance and communications technology.
Positions for which candidates are sought include branch chief, senior application engineer, supervisor, IT specialist and risk analyst.
In addition to creating an IT inventory, the legislation would require an assessment of the city’s AI programs with the goal of determining their potential to displace workers, make biased decisions, create security risks and intrude on privacy.
CIO John Roussel, CTO Tony Tran and CTIO Vivek Kaushal will discuss CDPH’s IT organization, key priorities, current projects and future plans in the Nov. 14 briefing.
The Office of Legislative Counsel and the California Department of Public Health are recruiting to fill these IT Specialist II positions.
Researchers at Stanford University are designing Clinical Mind AI to be a customizable chatbot that can function as a virtual patient with which medical students can interact and practice forming diagnoses.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that Hayley Figeroid has been appointed as the deputy director of the Office of Data and Innovation's Strategic Initiatives division.
Candidates are being sought by Covered California, the Department of Health Care Services, the California State Lottery and the California Public Employees Retirement System.
Chan, who has been with the California State Lottery since 2021, will be serving as the assistant chief to the Department of Justice's California Justice Information Services.
Law enforcement is assessing the source and scope of the breach, which was discovered Monday afternoon. Officials haven’t identified which documents or software were involved in the breach.
The Department of Cannabis Control spent $6.7 million on its five largest buys of IT goods and $1.3 million for its five largest purchases of IT services in the first half of 2024.
The Employment Development Department is looking for IT talent to help manage its core systems.
California State University has issued a solicitation for temporary IT personnel to handle infrastructure, web development and application work.
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