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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 state Department of Financial Protection and Innovation is looking for candidates with the ability to communicate effectively; compile data; and analyze, summarize and present findings to stakeholders including vendors as well as management teams.
The Office of Problem Gambling, which is under the California Department of Public Health, is in the early stages of a data management system replacement project.
State Chief Information Officer Liana Bailey-Crimmins provided point-by-point rebuttals to the new report by the California State Auditor.
Government entities in the early stages of technology projects include the state General Services and Social Services departments, the city of Fresno and the consolidated city-county of San Francisco.
“We need great team members to join our technical experts at the forefront of the department’s cybersecurity efforts,” the job posting says.
“In my opinion, procurement officials stand out as underpaid, given the skill level required for success, and they are often underappreciated, considering the impact — for better or worse — their decisions have on government operations,” says Daniel C. Kim, former director of the California Department of General Services.
The California Department of Technology has released a request for information from companies that can provide it with a tool to assist its Office of Statewide Project Delivery in estimating and budgeting tech projects.
The CTO will work closely with the chief information officer and the commander of the Technology Infrastructure Section to execute the IT strategic plans and road maps to support the department’s business needs.
The California Housing Finance Agency is seeking a CTO to also serve as infrastructure manager, and the Department of Motor Vehicles is seeking a manager for its Digital Transformation Matrix Team.
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.
Because the AI’s training is based on a yes-no binary, each time a CAL FIRE official confirms that what the system has identified is indeed a fire, it gets that much smarter.
By comparison, the state board spent nearly $19 million on its five largest purchases of IT services in the first quarter of the year.
The California Department of State Hospitals wants to hear from vendors capable of providing it with the ability to have a significant level of business continuity and disaster recovery services via mobile command centers and support.
So far this year alone, tech companies have revealed intentions for nearly 16,600 Bay Area layoffs, which is well ahead of the roughly 10,500 job cuts by the tech sector in this region in 2022.
The research is part of a broader study of whether police language sometimes unnecessarily escalates public encounters.
California Correctional Health Care Services, the California Department of Human Resources and the State Compensation Insurance Fund are all looking for candidates in IT.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s portion of California’s $310.8 billion budget includes millions for new IT systems in medical billing claims and electronically stored information management, the migration of an existing system and other technology work.
The California Department of Child Support Services’ five largest transactions for IT goods during the year’s first six months topped $10 million and included laptops, computers and databases.
Government entities in the early stages of technology projects include the Los Angeles County Aging and Disabilities Department, the San Diego County District Attorney’s office and the consolidated city-county of San Francisco.
Oroville Police Chief Bill LaGrone said the 25 police car cameras the City Council recently approved, a complement to existing body-worn cameras, will serve as proof of what officers encounter inside and outside their vehicles.
The state’s spending transparency project has been supported mainly by OpenGov, but that contract ends in September. As the deadline approaches, the department is moving more of its tech in-house.
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