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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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A thwarted cyber attack against the Local Agency Investment Fund has the State Treasurer’s Office warning local governments to review their security protocols.
“The incumbent is primarily responsible for developing, planning, organizing, and managing the functions of the subordinate groups,” the job posting says.
Parsing through hundreds of suspicious daily emails used to be a human problem for the Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Social Services. Now a bot does the heavy lifting.
Legislative analysts noted that while AI has potential for many benefits — from advances in medicine and climate science to improved wildfire forecasting and clean power development — it also poses significant risks.
Those expenditures included a property management system, software services and IT services related to the California State Payroll System project.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the University of California, San Diego will see $10.4 million in general fund investment in the fire-mapping camera system ALERTCalifornia.
The state launched the grant program to fund 10 data interoperability projects across five major containerized ports with the goal of enhancing supply chain efficiency.
In addition, the California Department of Justice is recruiting for an IT project manager, and the California Department of Technology is seeking a senior enterprise architect.
The California Department of Technology is calling for proposals on an enhanced communications and technology solution for inmates in California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facilities.
The Judicial Council of California says about 177,000 people have filed MyCitations requests to cut their fines by an average of $277, totaling about $49 million in reductions.
“Ed” the chatbot has been unplugged entirely in the wake of the apparent financial collapse of Boston-based AllHere Education, the company that provided the technology.
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The bills, both signed by the governor, allow the California Department of Public Health and the Interagency Council on Homelessness to expand data sharing in their respective areas.
The department is recruiting for a cloud application architect and a senior cloud engineer.
The attack was detected Friday and doesn’t appear to be related to the CrowdStrike software update that paralyzed Windows computers around the world and affected governments, airlines and other agencies last week, court officials said
The California Highway Patrol’s five largest purchases between April 1 and June 30 included switches and other network gear, radio equipment and notebook computers.
The state oversight panel held a virtual hearing on artificial intelligence in May; this is the second such hearing. Speakers at Thursday’s hearing will include representatives of academia and industry.
A new lawsuit says the city has ignored its law that requires elected official approval for facial recognition use for at least four years, allowing officers to use whatever surveillance techniques they choose.
The position will supervise the Employment Development Department’s enterprise IT operations, including all associated hardware/software/service components and the confidential and sensitive data used at the EDD.
The Office of Planning and Research, now known as the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, is set to receive nearly $8 million for IT infrastructure in 2024 and 2025.
A flawed update for cybersecurity software from the company CrowdStrike caused many Windows machines to crash. Around the globe, hospitals, airlines, 911 services, banks and others reported disruptions.
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