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The California Department of Technology, the Franchise Tax Board and the Superior Court of Santa Clara County are all looking for high-tech help.
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- San Diego faces a $258 million deficit in the coming fiscal year, driving tough and programmatic shifts.
- The IT department’s proposed $139.4 million budget appears to be a slight increase over the previous fiscal year.
- Guided by its FY25–FY29 strategic plan, city IT is focusing on resilience, security, digital equity and service modernization.
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- The instrument that makes it possible, known as an interrogator, enables seismic researchers to effectively hijack fiber-optic cables for use as thousands of seismometers.
- The interrogator’s level of detail could also help seismologists identify smaller, “hidden” fault lines and fractures in buildings and bridges that might be at risk during a large quake.
What to Know:
- LinkedIn, Chegg and Hewlett Packard Enterprise have disclosed their intentions to reduce staffing in the Bay Area.
- Employers added 1,600 tech jobs in the South Bay but slashed 1,200 tech positions in the East Bay and chopped 400 tech jobs in the San Francisco-San Mateo metro area.
- The puny increase in net tech hiring in the Bay Area was a reminder that rather than being the primary engine for Bay Area employment, the tech industry has become a drag on the region's job market.
The California Student Aid Commission is seeking a chief information officer, and the Department of Health Care Services is seeking a modern development branch chief.
What to know:
- Veritone signed an agreement with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office to provide its AI redaction software.
- The software, Redact, will help the sheriff’s office automatically blur or hide sensitive details in digital evidence.
What to Know:
- Santa Clara County’s 10-year Capital Improvement Plan outlines $8.6 billion in planned projects through 2035.
- The upcoming fiscal year includes $1.2 million for data center improvements.
- Despite a $70 million deficit, the county is investing heavily in tech, infrastructure and sustainability in the coming years.
The Environmental Protection Agency seeks an agency information security officer, and the Employment Development Department is recruiting for a system engineer specializing in Customer Information Control System (CICS) technology.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has issued a solicitation for technology, digital and data consulting related to its computer-aided dispatch system.
The San Francisco-based firm will use the technology to help the Department of Finance sift through reams of legislation and other documents to determine the financial impact of bills on the state budget.
During a tight budget year, lawmakers are reckoning with the need to improve the technology that government uses, which largely involves IT projects developed by contractors, while having to save dollars elsewhere.
The state insurance exchange is seeking a deputy chief information officer, and the fire agency is recruiting for an assistant information security officer.
Options for city-managed cloud infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service environments include Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud. The RFI was issued May 16, and responses are due by 5 p.m. June 5.
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While ISLA will continue to have a strong technical focus, this year’s program includes more courses that will help state IT leaders better understand how to lead from a business perspective.
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors recently approved new funding for several IT projects throughout the jurisdiction. Unrelated to that action, an RFP has also been issued for a new infrastructure management platform.
The department is taking on new initiatives, including tracking wolves, but faces cuts in its budget and staffing in the coming fiscal year.
Candidates should have expertise in managing large-scale IT asset management systems and configuration management databases and an understanding of IT Service Management principles and practices.
Cities across the state are tightening belts and measuring their options going into the next fiscal year. San Francisco is one jurisdiction facing significant financial headwinds.
Proposals should include the necessary software, implementation and maintenance services, as well as the tools to meet the business and technical needs of the DA’s office, its staff and its criminal justice stakeholders.
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Criminals using stolen identities and web crawlers gain admission through the state's online system, CCCApply, and then fraudulently apply for financial aid.
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