The largest purchase was for data center services through the California Department of Technology; other buys included consulting services, notebook computers and maintenance and operations.
Departments seeking to fill vacancies include the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Employment Development Department and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The key roles in recruitment include deputy chief information officer, chief support executive, applications manager, and IT strategy manager.
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control recently hired its first chief data officer. A host of changes, including new technology to better enable data use among employees, has followed in short order.
The annual awards, bestowed Tuesday at the California Government Innovation Summit in Sacramento, recognize projects and technologies devised and implemented within state government in the past year.
The recruitments are being conducted by the California Secretary of State’s Office and the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is seeking a procurement and customer service manager, and the Department of Toxic Substances Control is seeking a principal data architect.
“We used human-centered design principles in the webpage layout and content development. We tested our prototype with Californians to make sure it was easy to use. Our goal was to make the information easy to find and understand.”
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.
Agencies in state government are recruiting for a chief information officer, a deputy CIO, and officers to oversee programs dealing with applications and privacy.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control’s new technology executive has worked in a series of increasingly responsible roles in state government before his appointment this month to his CTO role.
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 entities are seeking an enterprise architect, an IT manager, a chief of operations and a senior network security engineer.
The roles are with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
“I believe that FI$Cal will continue to push the envelope and lead the way for California government entities in the adoption and use of modern technologies, systems and practices,” says Miriam Ingenito, director of the Financial Information System for California.
The Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services are seeking specialists for key roles.
One of the positions is in information security, and the other is in business technology and project management.
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control has named a new chief information officer, several months after its previous tech leader joined the California State University system.
The position was most recently held by Jennifer Benson, who had served as CIO and deputy director for the department for almost four years. This month, Benson took a new position: associate director of Enterprise Support Services and IT Project Management for California State University at Monterey Bay.
Jennifer Benson, deputy director and chief information officer at the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, discusses the department's ongoing modernization and how the COVID-19 pandemic offers IT an opportunity to change the conversation.
The solutions created by more than a dozen collaborating departments addressed everything from emergency response to hiring to the advent of cannabis regulation.
Jennifer Benson, CIO of the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, outlines for Techwire her department's goals and priorities for the coming year.
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