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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 unrelenting rise of SaaS is catapulting local government IT spending toward an imminent fiscal precipice,” writes Steve Monaghan, director of Nevada County’s Information and General Services Agency.
“I realized my students have to have something to talk about in interviews with companies, and be able to talk about AI,” said San Jose State professor Ahmed Banafa.
The university will hire seven faculty members in the Department of Computer Science, focusing on AI and quantum computing as part of the new initiative.
The county of Los Angeles and the California State University system are among the state and local entities in the early stages of technology projects.
In light of anticipated deficits in the state budget over the next two years, the California Department of Technology is among entities that are looking for ways to economize without affecting their mission.
As part of Industry Insider — California’s ongoing efforts to inform readers about state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
The duties include gathering analytics or reporting customer requirements and providing technical guidance for the design, development, test, implementation and maintenance of enterprise-wide business intelligence initiatives.
“Having worked with state agencies for almost a decade, it gives me great honor to continue to partner within California and bring forward the departments’ visions for workflow models post-COVID,” Jennifer Acevedo told Industry Insider — California.
The event Friday morning will explain how residents and stakeholders may submit comments on the plan, which allows the state to apply for federal funding to expand Internet service.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has issued a request for quotations around electronic fingerprinting tech. If the procurement yields a contract, work would likely begin in early 2024.
“The person in this role will provide leadership and direct teams across multiple disciplines and has full management responsibility for organizing, planning, directing, coordinating, and managing all IT operations,” according to the job posting and duty statement.
The California Department of Health Care Services has issued an RFI seeking information on potential modernization to aspects of the California 988 network.
Duties of the role include managing staff capacity, assigning resources, ensuring staff succession planning, developing staff, directing current projects, completing special studies and completing required personnel activities.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is seeking proposals for a new system to replace its Emerging Threats legacy information management system.
The positions are in the California Secretary of State’s Office and the California Department of Technology, respectively. Application deadlines for both roles are this month.
The longtime chief information officer spearheaded the city’s lauded Fiber to Housing program, which has connected more than 15,000 units at more than 100 affordable housing sites.
Assembly Bill 205 has rural Shasta County in a dust-up with the state, which was cemented last month with a lawsuit filed by county officials that challenges the California Energy Commission’s jurisdiction over the Fountain Wind Project, a nearly $500 million proposal that calls for 48 wind turbines to be built.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority spent $1,846,350, with rounding, on its five largest awards for services including configuration, optimization, business analysis, and integrations and customizations.
California’s Privacy Protection Agency has shared draft rules on how companies using automated decision-making tools — including those powered by artificial intelligence — can use consumers’ information.
Several state entities are already underway on technology modernizations and cybersecurity hardening and may seek additional funding during the 2024-2025 fiscal year budget cycle, which begins next month.
As part of Industry Insider — California’s ongoing efforts to inform readers about state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
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