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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 recruitments are being conducted by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Transportation.
A little over a month after the city’s project consultant teased a solicitation, the city has published its call for a vendor to replace the Community Development Department’s disparate land management system.
The Best of California Awards, presented during the California Government Innovation Summit, acknowledge high-achieving state IT officials and significant recent IT projects.
Departments in state government are seeking candidates for an IT Manager I position as well as an IT strategic initiatives manager, a senior cybersecurity and fraud engineer, and a Project Delivery Group manager.
The RFP from the California Department of Transportation is worth an estimated $6.3 million and will see camera system improvements at various locations across Los Angeles County.
In a fast-paced webinar this month, vendors were offered a breakdown of big-ticket items in the Fiscal Year 2024-25 state budget — an indication of where opportunities may await.
Officials from the public and private sectors discussed the importance of setting policies for AI that look beyond one-time use cases at the Los Angeles Digital Government Summit last week.
Big changes are afoot at Industry Insider — California: Starting the week of Sept. 2, we will be moving from five newsletters per week to three.
In a rare move, a group of Democratic members of Congress dipped their toes into state politics, urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto the marquee piece of artificial intelligence regulation in California.
Applicants are being sought for organizational change manager, enterprise network architect and business analysis/quality assurance lead.
Erdkamp is no stranger to large and challenging projects. She’s pointing her expertise at building a better welfare system for the state of California.
The California Public Utilities Commission awarded Comcast $13.8 million in grant funding this month to expand broadband Internet access in Sutter County.
Through Apple- and Android-compatible apps, the Department of Motor Vehicles will make it easier for Californians to verify their identity at businesses and airports. Drivers still must carry their physical license, though.
The city seeks proposals for substantial upgrades to its City Hall data center including electrical and specialized design services, data processing and other information services. The estimated bid value is listed as $335,000.
The Northern California local government had to redirect about $1 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding. It will use the money to incentivize Internet service providers to build in the county.
Among the hundreds of bills that were scheduled for funding decisions Thursday by the powerful California State Assembly’s Appropriations Committee was a controversial plan to regulate the AI industry.
DeCicco is one of a group of account managers “solely focused on supporting the (state of California) public-sector organizations,” according to Amy Conrad, Gartner’s area manager for public sector in California.
The much-anticipated request for proposals calls on a qualified vendor to replace the department’s 45-year-old mainframe-based claims management system.
If the Justice Department pushes ahead with a plan to break up the online search giant, the most likely units for divestment are the Android operating system and the Chrome web browser, according to individuals close to the deliberations.
“A modern CMS is required to simplify the application portfolio and streamline business operations within a single solution, to the extent possible and appropriate,” the RFP says.
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