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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 Chronicle was able to view the published files using a link that was published on the dark web and found that nearly 600 gigabytes of new files were released. The release comes as the city struggles to get a handle on a ransomware attack that has disrupted city systems for nearly two months.
The legal filing, which asks for monetary damages of up to $25,000 per affected employee, argues that the city failed to implement “reasonable, industry-standard security protocols for its information systems” and that as a result, employees’ personal information was released.
In a budget change proposal, the California Department of Veterans Affairs seeks funding to complete its deployment of a standardized electronic health record system across eight homes for veterans and spouses statewide.
The California County Information Services Directors Association and the Municipal Information Systems Association of California have gatherings planned for the spring and fall.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has made nearly 20 purchases of IT services so far this year and spent in the low eight figures on its five top buys, which included services related to both mobile driver’s licenses and Real ID.
The devices are designed to flag suspicious or stolen vehicles. City officials say it’s already helped them find several stolen vehicles.
Government Technology magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers for 2023, released last week, celebrated no fewer than four California government leaders. Each year, the magazine honors those government and IT leaders with “an unwavering commitment to the often unglamorous work of making sure the systems that run government nationwide are accessible, reliable and fit for the 21st century.”
The California Highway Patrol spent $14,615,388 on its five largest purchases of IT goods in the first quarter of 2023. That is more than the combined corresponding spend in the previous two quarters.
In a new report, “Nonreporting Entities’ Information Security Compliance,” the Legislative Analyst’s Office scrutinizes and offers potential options to improve cybersecurity among the agencies, departments, offices and others that aren’t under the direct authority of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The Los Angeles Unified School District will release a pre-request for proposals next week related to data center patch management services. Interested vendors must register with the district to find out more.
Agencies seeking candidates for these openings include the California Department of Justice, the Department of Community Services and Development, and the Financial Information System for California.
A statewide ban blocking use of facial recognition on body cam footage has expired. Now several assemblymembers say they don’t want a new ban — instead, they’d rather create restrictions to curtail inaccurate arrests.
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 Department of Technology has made more than 70 purchases of IT goods so far this year and spent in the low eight figures on its five top buys, which included government community cloud.
A recent cyber attack on the police department may have compromised data and come earlier than city officials previously thought.
A budget ask from the California Department of Social Services would enable it and partners to continue implementing and supporting the Statewide Automated Welfare System, meant to bring all 58 counties together.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is focused on streamlining and digitizing processes, consolidating its many tech tools, using more cloud services, and finding new ways to bolster security in state prisons.
In a request for information, the California Highway Patrol wants to learn more about computer-aided dispatch solutions now available.
As part of the attack, 10 gigabytes of data in compressed files — a mother lode of IDs, employee forms, passports, home addresses and other sensitive information — were released last month to the dark web, an Internet network where criminal activity is rampant.
The agency information officer works with the chief information officers and IT offices within the agency, which encompasses the Employment Development Department, the Department of Industrial Relations, and the Public Employment Relations Board, among others.
A new post from the Legislative Analyst’s Office examines a variety of budget change proposals in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2023-2024 Fiscal Year budget that center on information security.
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