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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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Assistant City Manager Courtney Padgett will oversee the city IT department as the search for Gray’s successor proceeds. He is taking the role of chief technology officer for Metrolink.
Matthew Thompson has been named chief revenue officer, and Jordan Burris will succeed him as vice president and general manager for public sector.
CHP invested in the development and implementation of a document management system (DMS) and paid for consulting in conjunction with the Employment Development Department’s EDDNext modernization initiative.
The East Bay county has issued a request for information for a low-code, cloud-based system that can accommodate thousands of users and handle a variety of functions including dashboards and self-service functions.
“With AI solutions now entering the scene, the pressure to switch to the latest tech will only increase. However, sticking with your current system and maximizing its potential is often the best course of action unless there’s a compelling reason to change.”
“The CSIO will also support internal operational improvement throughout the division, developing policies and procedures to recruit and retain a best-in-class team,” the job posting says.
“I have to be honest — this isn’t really me,” said a man who looks like Larkspur-Corte Madera School District Superintendent Brett Geithman in a brief video embedded in a post to parents. “It’s my AI-generated avatar. And I can speak over 20 languages.”
Departments seeking to fill vacancies include the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Employment Development Department and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation had used the Computer Voice Stress Analyzer, or CVSA, for at least two decades despite research indicating the technology was no better at detecting deception than a coin flip.
The San Diego Association of Governments is looking for a vendor to supply a Treasury Management Reporting System.
The challenge-based Request for Innovative Ideas (RFI2) initiative has transformed state government procurement and helped deepen collaboration among departments, according to speakers at the California Government Innovation Summit.
It’s been roughly two weeks since the Employment Development Department released its call to vendors for a new case management system. Monday, the department held a two-hour walkthrough of what it expects from interested bidders.
The codes direct unsuspecting users to fraudulent websites that often attempt to masquerade as sites affiliated with government agencies or banks, according to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
The positions, both classified as IT Specialist III, will work in the state system designed to help Californians navigate the education-to-employment pipeline.
Jeffery Marino, the man leading California’s data and innovation agency, called on technologists to get creative and change the rules that stand in the way of their public service missions.
“In California, where fire weather is a significant concern, this probabilistic model has a lot of promise,” said Peter Harrington, a machine learning engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The chief information officer’s responsibilities include “development of CPPA’s IT strategic direction, technology operations, digital initiatives, and technology recovery plans and programs,” according to the job posting.
Even the most prepared organizations get T-boned by an IT disruption now and again. At the recent Los Angeles Digital Government Summit, experts from the public and private sectors shared how they respond when it all goes sideways.
“How government chooses to make spending reductions is just as important as how it creates new programs. The time to cut budgets is also an opportunity to rethink what the government does, how it does it, and whether it’s working.”
The search giant and state government will each contribute tens of millions of dollars in coming years under the plan, which scuttles two bills that would have called for a data tax.
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