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Industry representatives talked through some of the considerations surrounding government adoption of artificial intelligence during the recent GovAI Coalition Summit in San Jose.
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“There’s so much happening at ODI, and I think we’re now at a point where we can start to really tell those stories, and I’m excited,” Lally told Industry Insider — California.
The city and county of San Francisco is looking for a vendor to provide data and evaluation services for its Department of Early Childhood, and an ongoing request for qualifications seeks tech and other vendors for its Urban Area Security Initiatives.
PG&E officials could not be reached for more detailed comment on why the company is funding the AI center in San Jose or what benefits it might gain from the emerging technologies.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced the appointment of Edward Bómbita as commander of the state’s Cybersecurity Integration Center within the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
“We took immediate action to address this mistake, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that customers have experienced as a result of this issue,” said Jonathan Behnke, the city IT director.
The award-winning veteran of state service outlined for Industry Insider — California his goals, his priorities and his expectations as he takes over as agency information officer for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The California State Lottery is seeking candidates for senior product manager and business solutions architect.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency got the OK this week to pursue its plan for automated speed enforcement in 33 locations throughout the city — and vendors got a new bidding opportunity.
The five largest purchases of IT goods by the Financial Information System of California were with the same five vendors as in the first quarter of 2023: Mythics VIII LLC, HF Tech Services Inc., OPTM West, Allied Network Solutions Inc. and Dynamic Systems Inc.
Both positions work with the State Disability Insurance section of the Employment Development Department.
As the conversation around girding state workers from the impacts of generative AI heats up, one advancing bill could establish new rules for state and local government call centers.
Watch Duty, a wildfire-tracking app manned by volunteers monitoring fire scanners, provides emergency information to the public. As the app expands, so does debate about fire department scanner traffic encryption.
The Little Hoover Commission has been looking into artificial intelligence and its potential uses in state government since 2018.
Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department has several open solicitations for IT goods and services that are set to close later this month.
The recruitments are being done by the California Department of Justice, the California Highway Patrol and the Office of Data and Innovation.
Elon Musk has taken issue with Apple’s partnership with OpenAI, threatening to ban Apple devices at his companies. He has called the collaboration an “unacceptable security violation.”
The chief information officer must have working knowledge of the following IT domains: business technology management, client services, information security, IT project management, software engineering, and systems/network engineering.
The California departments of Technology and General Services held one of two annual vendor forums late last week. The online event was awash in upcoming opportunities and developing procurement policies.
A costly scam perpetrated against the city of Fresno in 2020 could have been halted, a Fresno County Civil Grand Jury found. In a report released last week, the jury noted that city practices have since been improved.
“One of my goals will be to support the delivery of tailored, relevant and efficient experiences to citizens,” Brian Chidester told Industry Insider — California. “In doing so, governments can not only meet the rising expectations of their citizens but also drive greater engagement, trust and satisfaction.”
“So now, we at CDT will have to go through the process of deciding, well, given the funding that we currently have, how will we best proceed?” said Mark Monroe, deputy director of California’s Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative.
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