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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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“These companies know more about us than we know about ourselves, and they’re the ones in control of our personal information, not us,” said Justin Kloczko of the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog.
Other departments seeking management candidates include the California Department of Technology and the California State Lottery.
Others in the early stage of technology projects include Santa Clara County, the city of San Diego and the University of California, San Francisco.
While community groups that monitor airplane noise welcome the new technology, called a Ground-Based Augmentation System, they say it has many shortcomings.
Regular winner Nevada County was recognized in this year’s Digital Counties 2023 survey by the Center for Digital Government.
The city of Long Beach has released a new tool for the police department to help connect at-risk individuals with resources to keep them from becoming unnecessarily involved within the criminal justice system.
The California departments of Human Resources and Tax and Fee Administration received millions in funding with the approval of the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year state budget to continue vital IT initiatives.
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 five largest purchases of IT goods by the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services in the second quarter of 2023 totaled just over $4 million — less than half the corresponding spend in the first quarter of 2023.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture is planning a multiyear, multimillion-dollar replacement of its Emerging Threats information management system, and it wants vendors’ feedback on a pre-solicitation package.
Members of the Middle-Mile Advisory Committee learned recently that state efforts to increase the availability of high-speed Internet have received additional federal funding, and construction should get underway this year in several counties.
“School districts are dealing with enough in their budgets. They shouldn’t have to throw away laptops that are in perfectly good condition. We expect expiration dates for milk, but not for laptops.”
San Francisco has issued a request for qualifications to create a vendor pool of companies capable of providing digital accessibility and inclusion services.
Placer, Sonoma and Marin counties received honors from the Center for Digital Government for their work in public engagement, cybersecurity and transparency.
The automated BurnBot RX1 tool is being watched by state and federal agencies for potential use in prescribed burns, a pre-emptive practice designed to hamper the spread of wildfires by pre-burning swaths of combustible land.
The department is seeking candidates for chief information security officer, section manager and senior adviser to leadership.
The daylong event, which is open to the public sector, will feature speakers and breakout sessions, networking opportunities and lunch.
The draft language was presented this month by the California Privacy Protection Agency, but tech industry lobbyists are protesting, saying the proposed regulations could end up limiting technology as ordinary as Excel spreadsheets.
The California Department of Justice is seeking a bureau director, and the California Air Resources Board is seeking to fill two bureau chief positions.
This ongoing series examines new state and local government technology work that is contemplated, likely or in early stages.
The Department of Motor Vehicles expects that its California DMV Wallet and mobile driver’s license will become available in late summer to Californians who carry smartphones.
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