In this year's Digital Cities Survey, nearly one in four awardees hailed from the Golden State. In this series, we take a closer look at how technology is being leveraged to better serve constituents across the state.
The $4.2 million budgeting and forecasting system contract between the city and Sherpa Government Solutions has been formally approved by the City Council.
An audit last spring recommended that the city use mapping software to reduce the distances between pothole jobs; the city will explore it.
The city’s new police chief is leaning on his emergency authority to get more surveillance cameras installed amid an increase in hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community.
Several local open solicitations — with deadlines fast approaching — could be worth a look for the right vendors.
The event next week will feature speakers including San Diego Chief Information Officer Jonathan Behnke; Chief Information Security Officer Brendan Daly; Dennis Gakunga, chief sustainability officer for the city of Chula Vista; and Nathan Short, IT director for the Encinitas Union School District.
Jonathan Behnke participated in a concise but comprehensive video overview of the role that he and his department play in managing the digital infrastructure for the nation’s eighth-largest city.
“We took immediate action to address this mistake, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that customers have experienced as a result of this issue,” said Jonathan Behnke, the city IT director.
The city and county of San Diego are looking for vendors for networking services and software contracts.
The city’s budget is still in the works, but so far the Department of Information Technology is on track to get slightly more funding than it did last year.
Several significant technology projects are out for bid with deadlines set for later this month. The projects include a new budgeting and forecasting system and a department-wide hardware replacement.
The city of San Diego and the Santa Clara Valley Water District are among the local entities in the early stages of technology projects.
The city will spend about $3.5 million in fiscal 2024 on hardware, software and connectivity; $1.5 million for installation and maintenance over the life of the contract; and $100,000 to replace LED lights. The network will cost about $2 million annually over the remaining fiscal years.
Mayor Todd Gloria said his office will be proposing amendments to San Diego’s hard-fought surveillance ordinance next month, a law that has continued to cause controversy and confusion since its passage.
The City Council agreed this week to pay 35 percent more per year for citywide usage of Dell computers as well as Microsoft programs such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and OneDrive.
Others in the early stage of technology projects include Santa Clara County, the city of San Diego and the University of California, San Francisco.
The state’s second most populous city gave itself 12 months to evaluate the use of its many surveillance technologies or put them on pause — and with about nine months gone, not a single tool has been fully evaluated.
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With calendar 2024 coming to a close, it’s a natural time to reflect on the cybersecurity mandates, policies, and strategies that have shaped the last few years in government. One of the most impactful strategies has been Zero Trust.
As cybersecurity threats become increasingly sophisticated, government agencies at all levels are facing a difficult task of securing their networks. Just look at these facts about ransomware attacks on state and local government:
