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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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In addition to comments from department leaders, previous end-of-year forums have included a year in review and a look ahead to the coming year, followed by a question-and-answer session for those in the industry.
The Department of General Services is seeking a data and analytics manager, and the Department of Community Services and Development is recruiting for an information security officer.
The California State Transportation Agency and the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration are seeking candidates.
The California Air Resources Board is working to eliminate legacy systems and migrate to the cloud. It uses tech in ways including tracking enforcement of federal clean air regulations, monitoring air quality and spotting wildfires.
El Dorado Hills resident Craig Russell will be selling Oracle licensing consulting to state and local government and education agencies in Northern California.
The California Department of General Services has released a request for information about potentially replacing several legacy systems with one integrated modern solution.
The positions are in the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration, which is part of California Health and Human Services.
“I would say the cloud migration was huge,” says Catherine Lanzaro, CIO for the California Department of Child Support Services. “We were working with Microsoft and our partners, and Microsoft Azure gave us new life.”
At a recent Bay Area event bringing together public- and private-sector leaders in government technology, many spoke about how hiring struggles are making AI both more appealing and more difficult to adopt.
Amid a “substantial need for my contributions to the Long Beach Utilities Department” following a cyber incident Nov. 15, Paula Crowell, its manager of Information Services, will stay with the city.
The Orange County Transportation Authority, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the city of Fresno are among the local entities in the early stages of technology projects.
The University of California already uses the program on some campuses but a more comprehensive acquisition of licenses is expected to drive value and integration.
One of the recruitments by the California Department of Social Services is for a manager; the other three are for data engineer, technical lead and developer/administrator.
Industry Insider — California members should mark their calendars for the members-only briefing this week by business and IT leaders with the California Department of Health Care Services.
Respondents should offer a general overview of the proposed solution, including how electrification could be done without access to a DMV facility and how it would meet payment and charging needs.
State departments focused on health care, technology, transportation and fire management are recruiting for these key positions.
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.
Having risen steadily last autumn and peaked in January, tech layoffs had declined for eight straight months this year before rising again in October. The factors believed to be responsible could signal more to come.
“Now, in one of our largest policy updates in a decade, CDT has aligned the state’s cloud strategy with the federal government’s Cloud Smart approach,” writes state Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Porat.
“I joined Appian because I want to help California improve the delivery of crucial services by modernizing legacy systems,” Pingel told Industry Insider — California in an email. “I believe the state wants a platform that can meet them where their data is and the applications they have.”
The University of California, Los Angeles is in the early stages of updating four sports venues as a result of joining the Big Ten Conference.
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