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Technologists are in demand at the California Student Aid Commission, the Department of Transportation and the State Compensation Insurance Fund, as each agency looks to strengthen its team.
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Michael Sylvester II, bureau director and chief information officer for Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Social Services, recapped some takeaways for vendors from a recent Industry Insider — California Member Briefing in Southern California.
The California Department of Public Health’s five largest transactions for IT goods during the year’s first two months topped $15 million and included servers and notebook computers.
The Clerk-Recorder’s office is the first in California to issue electronic marriage certificates and the first in the nation to issue electronic birth and death certificates via blockchain technology, officials said.
Deploying a standalone IT department that is distinct from the General Services division will enable the coastal local government to “be more strategic and innovative in how it operates and serves its constituents,” Chief Information Officer Chris Chirgwin said.
Entities seeking candidates include the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the Secretary of State’s Office, the Department of Child Support Services and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles made more than 70 purchases of IT services during the year’s first six months and spent in the low eight figures on its five top buys, which included contracts related to mobile driver’s licenses and virtual field office endeavors.
The self-taught 14-year-old coder works with publicly available data to make government information easier to find and use.
Details are being resolved, but the state’s approved budget has more than $250 million for projects at the Employment Development Department, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System and elsewhere.
The California Department of Technology has made more than 200 purchases of IT goods so far this year and spent in the mid eight figures on its five top buys, which included spend in the area of government community cloud.
The department’s five largest purchases of IT goods included desktop and notebook computers and related hardware, weather station and enclosure equipment and other goods.
“We couldn’t be more excited to have Matt joining Bludot,” company founder and CEO Sophia Zheng told Industry Insider — California. “We are at a critical stage of growth, and Matt brings the exact kind of experience and passion required to lead our marketing and sales efforts.”
The Health and Human Services Agency solution would need to match more than 60 million personal records in different databases across 13 departments.
In addition to three “fireside chats” with CIOs from state government, the event will include a briefing on the new state budget as well as networking breaks.
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As part of Industry Insider — California’s ongoing efforts to educate readers on state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT leaders.
The California Privacy Protection Agency is recruiting for a deputy executive director, who will also serve as the agency’s chief deputy director.
California continues to be the outlying leader in the transition to EVs. Some 21 percent of new car sales were electric this year. Forty percent of zero-emission vehicles sold in the United States are sold in the state.
Positions in recruitment include cybersecurity compliance officer, network and security architect, section chief and senior project manager.
In the just-ended second quarter, CHP’s five largest buys of IT goods included radios, stereo microscope equipment, an Internet phone system and other hardware.
Information from roughly 16 million users has been stolen by the CL0P Ransomware Gang, according to technology experts tracking the cyber attack. The group has exploited a vulnerability with the MOVEit Transfer tool.
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Nina D’Amato had been named acting CIO in February for the Silicon Valley county, where she had previously served as IT director for the Office of the CIO.
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