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Lloyd, who has served in technology leadership positions in San Jose, Seattle and beyond, will be joining the Center for Digital Government as its executive director.
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Industry Insider — California is pleased to welcome Box to the Industry Insider family. Box is the Content Cloud, a single platform empowering organizations to manage the entire content life cycle, work securely from anywhere, and integrate across best-of-breed apps. Its products comprise security and compliance, workflow, e-signature, integrations, developer tools and APIs, and other offerings. Founded in 2005, Box is trusted by more than 10,000 government agencies, including the city and county of Los Angeles, Orange County, the city and county of San Francisco, the state of California and many others. For more information, contact Gary Bluhm or visit box.com/industries/government.
The state Franchise Tax Board is seeking a new leader, and the Department of Motor Vehicles is hiring architects with specialties in cloud and product architecture.
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 Transportation and the Department of Health Care Services are accepting applications for key leadership roles.
Once launched in about six months, the app can be used by outreach workers, paramedics and others who interact with homeless people. Caravan Studios will be contracted to develop the new app.
The California Victim Compensation Board is seeking about $1.6 million and eight staff positions over the next two fiscal years to help in meeting capabilities set out in Cal-Secure, the state’s multiyear cybersecurity road map.
The California Civil Rights Department, the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Technology are looking to hire IT and cybersecurity staffers.
The University of California, Davis has released a request for information to look at possibly updating a solution in its Financial Aid and Scholarships Department.
A ransomware attack against Oakland that has affected city services and exposed reams of sensitive personnel data is creating a nightmare for city officials who aren’t sure what it will take to resolve the crisis.
The IT leader at this unique state entity talked to Industry Insider — California about ongoing technology work, enterprise-level topics that are likely central for many technology executives, and the budgetary process.
“AC Transit was running a traditional security email gateway. I do not want to mention the vendor, but it was not effective; there were a lot of challenges with it,” said Tas Jalali, head of cybersecurity for AC Transit.
The briefing will run from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento, followed by a members’ mixer at the hotel. The event is open to members of Industry Insider — California.
State CIO Liana Bailey-Crimmins and HiPER Solutions CEO David Morris agree that the keys to success in managing change and projects include vision, planning, leadership, trust and teamwork.
Four tech companies, two biotech firms and a real estate ally of Google that’s been jolted by the search giant’s development slowdown are among the most recent firms to reveal layoff plans to the Employment Development Department.
“Planned enhancements include electronic fund transfer, a vendor portal, bond accounting and other enhancements to process common transactions,” Director Jennifer Maguire writes.
In a new request for information, the California Department of Health Care Services wants to learn more about potentially updating processes around data and reporting.
The California Housing Finance Agency is seeking a CTO, and the California Department of Technology is recruiting for a project director.
Rita Gass, chief information officer for the California Employment Development Department, counted some 200 IT projects over the last 18 months in her department — a good indication of all the work underway.
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 Employment Development Department is seeking ideas from vendors on “online identity proofing,” including ways to streamline the public’s transactions with the department while enhancing security. The deadline is March 21.
Proposed legislation this session would further refine state laws on privacy and personal information, on emergency response and on body-worn cameras. That is, if it passes.
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