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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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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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After the police department suffered a ransomware attack, it took the city five weeks to recover. Now it’s looking at a hefty bill for that recovery, as well as preventative measures against future incidents.
Technology veteran Ken Ketsdever has held a series of leadership positions in state government, including chief information officer and chief information security officer.
Those with active recruitments include the California Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Franchise Tax Board and the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
The California Department of Technology worked with an executive-level emergency office on updating a key system and made well-received changes to one of its training academies, it said recently.
Since last month’s low-speed crash, which resulted in no injuries, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said the company chose to conduct a voluntary recall, and the software update assured such a rare incident “would not recur.”
The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services has made 15 purchases of IT services so far this year and spent in the low eight figures on its five top buys, which included 911 services and HR modernization.
City Manager Joe Lopez has said the personal information that may have been accessed was limited mainly to city employees and almost entirely to Police Department employees. He said a small number of people who don’t work for the city may have been affected.
The IT leader at one of the state’s bulwark departments talked to Industry Insider — California about planning for the future of public health, and the budget process.
Attendees at the recent Los Angeles IT Leadership Forum offered insights into what they need and what they want as 2023 unfolds.
Both “fast-paced and challenging” roles require, among other things, hands-on experience in the respective disciplines.
“For me,” said Steve Monaghan, “I get to take off the CIO hat, focusing my full time now on being the director over the nine lines of business that make up our Information and General Services Agency.” The new CIO is Landon Beard, a veteran of county government.
“We’re shifting to a hybrid environment, which will provide opportunities to meet with our customers and collaborate on new technologies,” writes Scott MacDonald, the deputy state chief technology officer.
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.
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.
Aman Bhullar was named the Chief Information Officer of the Year for his accomplishments as Los Angeles County’s assistant registrar-recorder/county clerk and CIO for that department.
The Northern California local government is exploring pushing high-speed Internet out into more than a dozen unserved or underserved areas.
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