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Not every chatbot launch goes to plan, a lesson the city of Long Beach learned with the introduction of its own digital assistant, Ask Elby! Officials shared their experiences with the technology at the recent GovAI Coalition Summit in San Jose.
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The contract between the city and Flock Safety includes installation of the 40 cameras with audio capabilities, maintenance, cloud storage and software updates — plus the ability to capture visual identifiers.
“We are continuing to submit and meet every milestone that has been laid out for us in terms of our legislative milestones” and audit recommendations, said Ajita Talwalker Menon, Calbright president and CEO.
The funding, which is slightly more than $540 million, is part of a series of releases that began last year — and is considered to be “the largest single infusion of broadband funding” of its type to a state.
“Each year, the state of California sets goals to procure goods and services from Small and Micro Businesses and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises. For the ninth year in a row, the Department of FISCal (FI$Cal), has exceeded state procurement goals.”
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s five largest purchases of IT goods in the first quarter of this year totaled about $11,596,726 — a slight increase over the corresponding period in 2022.
Departments seeking expertise include the California Public Utilities Commission, the Department of Transportation, the State Controller’s Office and the Department of Technology.
Sacramento-area resident Jack Batchelor has held a number of increasingly responsible roles with the company since joining in 2015.
The California Natural Resources Agency and numerous affiliated entities worked with Juniper Networks to modernize its architecture across the enterprise.
Using blockchain, verifiable credentials and artificial intelligence, the Sacramento tech company sees the advent of Web 3 technologies as the key to secure, efficient transactions between citizens and government.
The Bureau of Investigation at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has released a request for information seeking a new system to assist in managing evidence.
In a report to be published Thursday, the California State Auditor will look into how CDT handles IT procurement, governance, vendor selection, information security and staffing.
Chief April Baxter, chief information officer for the California Highway Patrol, will give Industry Insider — California members an overview of the department’s technology and plans. CHP has an annual IT budget of about $100 million.
The California Department of Justice has submitted a budget change proposal as part of this year’s state budgetary process that would enable it to do more to “prosecute antitrust violations within the gas and oil, technology, and agricultural sectors.”
The software-and-services contract brings the county into compliance with state legislation requiring the availability of online permitting. The county recently consolidated its services under the Community and Economic Development Department.
Daniel Quach, who has held executive positions in state and local government, is the new chief information officer for the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. Returning to state government is a homecoming of sorts, he told Industry Insider — California.
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.
“It was an actual vendor of ours that got hacked and allowed the penetration of our Police Department to occur,” said Chief Information Officer Scott Conn.
Duties include managing application and system monitoring, incident management, environment support, hardware/software upgrades, and analysis and creation of scripts for manual database corrections for hardship claims.
“Contraband drone deliveries are quickly becoming the bane of prison officials’ existence,” said U.S. Attorney Chad Meacham.
“I am excited to join the AHEAD team that has a long history of supporting California with deep technical expertise to address our clients’ strategic initiatives,” Quinn Tomlin told Industry Insider — California.
The California Franchise Tax Board has issued a request for information to hear from vendors that can offer “best practices for developing surveys” and using the data they provide.
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