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The department has agreed on an annual contract of $70,000 with Zencity, a global technology company with which BPD created the resident survey.
“Unforeseeable business circumstances and other reasons” were cited in layoff notices sent to employees last week. The notices leave unanswered questions about next steps for a business accelerator that has raised more than $150 million in outside capital since its founding about 10 years ago.
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California state agencies are moving quickly on digital transformation, but without the right controls, fraud, waste and abuse can scale just as fast. AI and automation can improve efficiency, but they also introduce new risks when oversight and accountability are missing.
H.R. 1 has significantly reshaped the operating environment for health and human services agencies, increasing both oversight and administrative demands across programs like SNAP and Medicaid. The legislation raises the stakes by tightening expectations around payment accuracy — placing SNAP agencies at risk of financial penalties if error rates exceed 6% by 2028 — while also expanding eligibility verification requirements, such as requiring certain Medicaid recipients to undergo recertification twice a year instead of annually.
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