Ajit Girn, chief information officer for the Employment Development Department, talks about his department's modernization journey and what lies ahead in the next few years.
All told, tech companies have revealed plans to cut 266 Bay Area jobs in their most recent reports with the state Employment Development Department.
The setbacks for the tech industry suggest that this powerful engine of the Bay Area economy has become a drag on a regional employment sector whose hiring used to hum at a robust pace.
DOJ is seeking a project director, and the Employment Development Department is recruiting for a programmer analyst.
The Employment Development Department is seeking a division chief, and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration is seeking a bureau chief. Both roles are Career Executive Assignments.
The annual event, open to the public sector and private sponsors, will feature a wide range of California IT leaders from the departments of Employment Development, Technology, Food and Agriculture and elsewhere.
The Employment Development Department is seeking a senior cybersecurity and fraud engineer and an IT procurement specialist.
At an Industry Insider — California Member Briefing this week, CIO Ajit Girn and his team from the Employment Development Department told a roomful of vendors about the progress it's made in the five years since the pandemic struck — and what it needs going forward.
“Silicon Valley has entered a state of uncertainty and flux,” said Russell Hancock, president of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a San Jose-based think tank. “It’s driven employers to focus on efficiency and sustainable profits.”
The California Department of Technology is seeking a system administrator, and EDD is seeking a lead developer for the Product Development Division of EDD’s IT Branch.
The tech leader for the Employment Development Department and two colleagues from EDD will address vendors and other attendees at the event Tuesday.
The Legislative Analyst's Office says the Employment Development Department “continues to make progress on EDDNext,” the sweeping modernization initiative, but it advises tighter legislative and technological oversight.
The Employment Development Department’s chief information officer, Ajit Girn, will be among the speakers at a March 11 Industry Insider — California Member Briefing in Sacramento.
The sum was higher than the corresponding spend in 2023, which totaled about $75 million. The department has been ramping up its sweeping modernization project, EDDNext.
“A lot of vendors don’t really understand government — the culture side of government. You can do all these big transformation technology projects, but you know, can it sustain itself?" Jablonsky said.
The Employment Development Department is seeking to fill leadership and managerial roles, while the Department of Motor Vehicles needs an enterprise architect.
The tech leader for the Employment Development Department and Loree Levy, deputy director of public affairs for the department, will address vendors and other attendees at the March 11 event.
The 2,086 layoffs of Bay Area tech workers that have been disclosed over the first five weeks of 2025 are already approaching the totals for each of the last two quarters.
The roles include senior data policy analyst, IT supervisor and deputy chief information officer.
The Employment Development Department and the Department of Industrial Relations are seeking expertise in business applications, test automation and cybersecurity.
FTB’s request, the second-largest IT-related ask among state agencies, would fund ongoing work on Enterprise Data to Revenue, a modernization of the state’s tax-collection technology.
One position in the Employment Development Department focuses on access and identity management, and the other calls for expertise in network engineering.
The Employment Development Department’s budget change proposal for the fiscal year that begins July 1, the largest IT-related request filed by a state agency, is intended to continue the EDDNext system modernization initiative.
Recruitments in information security and data engineering are being conducted by the Office of Tax Appeals, the California Lottery, the Department of Finance, California Correctional Health Care Services and the Employment Development Department.
Vendors and other innovators have opportunities to pitch and possibly demonstrate their proposals in the areas of housing, workforce planning and state finance. The window of opportunity for these Requests for Innovative Ideas is six weeks.
Positions include chief, cloud application architect, project financial analyst and IT manager.
Despite the latest job cuts, the tech industry’s massive Bay Area layoffs are starting to slow noticeably. During the first six months of 2024, tech companies disclosed plans to slash more than 13,000 jobs in the Bay Area, an average of about 500 a week.
The process to apply for unemployment benefits has been streamlined, according to a recent announcement from the Employment Development Department.
During the first six months of 2024, tech companies disclosed plans to slash more than 13,000 jobs in the Bay Area, or an average of about 500 a week. So far, during the final six months of 2024, tech companies have revealed decisions to cut about 3,600 jobs in the region, an average of 210 a week.
The positions include Azure administrator, IT specialist and test automation specialist.
In 2022, 2023 and 2024 — covering the period when tech companies began to elevate their job cutting in the Bay Area — the technology industry has slashed well over 47,800 jobs.
The positions are in the Department of Child Support Services, the Employment Development Department and the Department of Social Services.
Notable openings include deputy agency information security officer, geospatial engineer, and senior cybersecurity and fraud engineer.
Positions for which candidates are sought include branch chief, senior application engineer, supervisor, IT specialist and risk analyst.
Chan, who has been with the California State Lottery since 2021, will be serving as the assistant chief to the Department of Justice's California Justice Information Services.
The Employment Development Department is looking for IT talent to help manage its core systems.
Five of the 10 largest expenditures were made by two entities: the Office of Systems Integration, part of the California Health and Human Services Agency; and the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
Positions are in recruitment by the Department of Justice, the Employment Development Department, the California Department of State Hospitals and the Department of General Services.
Candidates are being sought by the California Department of Aging, the Department of Health Care Services, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the Financial Information System for California and the Employment Development Department.
Key state departments are doing market research into what tools utilizing generative AI might be used to help the state with several key challenges including homelessness, data use, legislative research and financial efficiency.
CHP invested in the development and implementation of a document management system (DMS) and paid for consulting in conjunction with the Employment Development Department’s EDDNext modernization initiative.
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.
It’s been roughly two weeks since the Employment Development Department released its call to vendors for a new case management system. Monday, the department held a two-hour walkthrough of what it expects from interested bidders.
The recruitments are being conducted by the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Transportation.
Departments in state government are seeking candidates for an IT Manager I position as well as an IT strategic initiatives manager, a senior cybersecurity and fraud engineer, and a Project Delivery Group manager.
The much-anticipated request for proposals calls on a qualified vendor to replace the department’s 45-year-old mainframe-based claims management system.
The positions are cybersecurity and engineering manager, enterprise quality assurance systems architect and enterprise storage engineer, respectively.
The open roles are division chief, project and procurement manager, information security officer, senior network engineer and senior physical security engineer.
The Employment Development Department’s modernization effort is on the cusp of releasing a massive solicitation to replace its aging claims management system.
The open positions are in the Employment Development Department, the Department of State Hospitals and the Department of General Services.
The department is recruiting for a cloud application architect and a senior cloud engineer.
The position will supervise the Employment Development Department’s enterprise IT operations, including all associated hardware/software/service components and the confidential and sensitive data used at the EDD.
That’s one of the main ideas driving a deal between Geographic Solutions and California prison authorities. The company’s software is helping give soon-to-be-released inmates a chance to apply for jobs.
The positions are in the Department of Child Support Services, the California State Lottery, the Office of Technology and Solutions Integration and the Employment Development Department.
The positions are with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the California State Lottery and the Employment Development Department.
The sum — significantly less than the unemployment department’s corresponding spend in the first quarter of 2023 — was for such services as CIO executive counseling, claims batch reviews, staffing and research.
The Employment Development Department announced a new direct-deposit option for benefits recipients.
The award-winning veteran of state service outlined for Industry Insider — California his goals, his priorities and his expectations as he takes over as agency information officer for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Both positions work with the State Disability Insurance section of the Employment Development Department.
The Employment Development Department is asking for industry feedback on a planned request for proposals for a sweeping overhaul of its claims management system, which uses decades-old technology.
The cybersecurity manager will oversee the Security Policy Compliance Unit and be responsible for managing daily policy, standards and compliance operations.
The positions are with the California Housing Finance Agency and the Employment Development Department.
The pressure cooker that was the pandemic stress-tested almost every aspect of the Employment Development Department. Those painful lessons are being used as the fuel for modernization.
The leadership and specialty positions are among recruitments by the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Transportation.
Applicants should have experience in Microsoft SQL Server database administration, as well as database design and modeling and knowledge of APIs and gateways.
Positions are open within the Financial Information System for California, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, the Department of Community Services and Development and the Employment Development Department.
The latest layoffs from companies such as Tesla, Apple and Google, along with other disclosures, have helped to shove the total number of officially disclosed layoffs past the grim milestone of 40,000 for the first time in the Bay Area.
The Employment Development Department is looking for someone to oversee the Financial and Strategy Management Office within its Technology Governance Division.
With the state staring down the barrel of a multibillion-dollar deficit, lawmakers have been busy looking for solutions. Here’s a look at some of the changes for IT.
This time around, the vast majority of the layoffs are not in the tech industry, a sector that has been trimming jobs at an elevated pace for more than two years.
Recruitments by state departments include project director, benefit solutions architect, manager and chief.
State and local government and the private sector came together in Sacramento earlier this week for two days of networking and problem-solving. The event highlighted trends and opportunities.
The positions are in the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Transportation.
The recruitments are being conducted by the California State Lottery, the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Human Resources.
Juniper Networks, Lumentum and Catalent have officially notified the state labor agency of upcoming staffing reductions affecting Bay Area workers.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget lacks funding for the Telework Compliance Office. The office’s future, and that of the telework data dashboard — a comprehensive picture of remote work at the state — are uncertain.
The most recent layoffs disclosed by the tech titan will affect Cisco workers in San Jose, Milpitas and San Francisco, according to official notices the company sent to the state Employment Development Department.
Despite the brutal impact of the ongoing regional layoffs, the current staffing reductions are nowhere close to the cataclysm that demolished the region’s tech industry during the dot-com meltdown two decades ago.
The California Environmental Protection Agency is seeking an agency information security officer, and the Employment Development Department is recruiting for specialty positions.
In July 2023, Cisco employed 84,900 workers worldwide, according to an annual report the tech company filed with the SEC. It’s not yet known to what extent the worldwide job cuts would affect Cisco workers in the Bay Area.
The Employment Development Department is seeking a storage, backup and recovery architect, and the California State Lottery is recruiting for a senior mobile application developer.
The tool, called a Benefits Recommender, is among the state IT projects highlighted in the California Department of Technology’s annual report, Realizing the Success of Vision 2023. It was created by the Office of Data and Innovation, part of the California Government Operations Agency.
The impact might have been greater if economic development officials had been more successful in their dream of making the Sacramento region a tech jobs hub, one analyst said.
Database management and networking engineering are the areas for which the Employment Development Department is seeking candidates.
Renesas Electronics, Western Digital, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Talis Biomedical disclosed decisions to conduct employment reductions affecting their workers in the Bay Area.
The incumbent will be the key adviser for policy decisions affecting EDD’s automated service delivery and will serve as a member of the executive staff. The deputy director/CIO also will represent EDD’s IT interests in statewide efforts led by the California Department of Technology and will work collaboratively with other departments’ CIOs on statewide IT initiatives.
The openings are for project controller overseeing the unemployment department’s EDDNext initiative and for a digital solutions architect to work in the California Department of Technology’s Office of Digital Services.
The state health insurance exchange is seeking a chief to oversee client services and asset management, and the Employment Development Department is recruiting for a cybersecurity and fraud architect.
The duties include gathering analytics or reporting customer requirements and providing technical guidance for the design, development, test, implementation and maintenance of enterprise-wide business intelligence initiatives.
Duties of the role include managing staff capacity, assigning resources, ensuring staff succession planning, developing staff, directing current projects, completing special studies and completing required personnel activities.
Funding for technology work in the 2023-2024 fiscal year state budget may offer clues to requests from state entities during the FY 2024-25 state budget cycle.
Catherine Lanzaro, CIO of the California Department of Child Support Services, and Jennifer Chan, CIO of the California State Lottery, will discuss their priorities and goals on Nov. 30 in Sacramento.
The Office of Technology and Solutions Integration spent that sum on its five largest contracts for IT services in the third quarter of the year. One of those contracts was with another entity within state government.
The Employment Development Department is seeking “a highly motivated and qualified” manager, and the Office of the Inspector General is seeking an information security officer.
The California Department of Technology and the Department of General Services will hold the event Dec. 14. Several top IT and procurement executives from state government will speak.
The Employment Development Department paid $30 million in the third quarter of 2023 to the California Department of Technology for data center services. Many agencies and departments in California pay CDT for this through interagency agreements.
Candidates are being sought by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, the California Department of Transportation and the Employment Development Department.
“A quick reversal of this trend appears unlikely with much of the tech sector slowing hiring plans, the service sector experiencing labor force constraints, and manufacturing and construction both facing headwinds from high interest rates,” one analyst said.
The recruitments are being conducted by the Employment Development Department, the Office of the Secretary of State and the Department of Social Services.
Industry members posed more than 90 queries about the Employment Development Department’s interest in an Integrated Claims Management System, which would be part of the EDDNext modernization.
As part of Industry Insider — California’s ongoing efforts to inform readers about state and local government agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with the state’s IT leaders.
The Employment Development Department is seeking to fill two manager positions, while the California Department of Public Health is seeking a data and analytics chief engineer.
The department is also seeking a data scientist to gather analytics and provide technical guidance for the design, development, test, implementation and maintenance of enterprise-wide business intelligence initiatives.
Recruitments are being conducted by the Employment Development Department, the California Department of Technology, the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Child Support Services and the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
The state Employment Development Department has issued a request for information as it explores how to better deliver “efficient workforce insurance programs and services.”
The longtime state government technology executive will begin on Oct. 2 as the city’s first chief technology and innovation officer.
Candidates with expertise in geographic information systems, SQL and IT strategy are sought by the California Environmental Protection Agency, the Employment Development Department and First 5 California.
The Office of Technology and Solutions Integration, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and the Employment Development Department are seeking expertise for key IT positions.
“We need great team members to join our technical experts at the forefront of the department’s cybersecurity efforts,” the job posting says.
So far this year alone, tech companies have revealed intentions for nearly 16,600 Bay Area layoffs, which is well ahead of the roughly 10,500 job cuts by the tech sector in this region in 2022.
Tech leaders from the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Rehabilitation spoke recently about how vendors can help them meet the needs of the disabled as well as those without Internet access.
Investments in instructional technology are on the rise at California’s university systems, and IT funding is in place for a big move at the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, among other initiatives in this year’s state budget.
The positions in recruitment include cybersecurity and fraud architect, procurement and contracts manager, and manager of communications and applications.
The State of Technology: California Industry Forum on Thursday will offer attendees a variety of perspectives from technology leaders across state government.
The manager governs and manages the risk management program, privacy program, policy development program and incident response program and reports to the Cybersecurity Division chief.
For the first time since early 2022, the number of tech company layoffs in the Bay Area during the most recent three months is less than the number of such cuts announced in the prior three months, according to the Employment Development Department.
The openings include state chief enterprise architect, senior adviser and specialty architect.
Details are being resolved, but the state’s approved budget has more than $250 million for projects at the Employment Development Department, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System and elsewhere.
The Department of Child Support Services and the Employment Development Department are seeking candidates for a couple of key openings.
Candidates are sought for positions including chief, analyst, information security specialist, IT procurement specialist and manager.
The roles that need to be filled are chief technology officer, strategy and product manager, and procurement and contract manager.
The Employment Development Department is recruiting specialists to work on the enterprise-level project, which aims to modernize and streamline its benefit systems.
The California Department of Transportation is seeking a senior application lead, and the Employment Development Department is seeking a lead data architect.
The entities are seeking candidates with experience in cloud, enterprise architecture, policy and leadership.
The agencies seeking leadership candidates include the Employment Development Department and the Office of Systems Integration.
“CDT appreciates the State Auditor’s comments and its ongoing efforts to provide transparency into the workings of state government operations,” state Chief Information Officer Liana Bailey-Crimmins said in response to Thursday’s report.
Duties include managing application and system monitoring, incident management, environment support, hardware/software upgrades, and analysis and creation of scripts for manual database corrections for hardship claims.
Both “fast-paced and challenging” roles require, among other things, hands-on experience in the respective disciplines.
The manager will oversee the section that is modernizing EDD’s benefit systems, integrating software-as-a-service products into existing applications and systems, and expanding access to online services.
The Legislative Analyst’s Office, a longtime adviser to state lawmakers, takes a look at IT projects in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2023-2024 Fiscal Year budget.
The California Civil Rights Department, the Employment Development Department and the California Department of Technology are looking to hire IT and cybersecurity staffers.
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.
Vendors attending the virtual event will be given an overview of the Employment Development Department’s EDDNext initiative and have a chance to ask questions and be invited to submit proposals or ideas.
The event, rescheduled for March 7, will begin with opening remarks and an overview of EDDNext. Following that, “challenge statements” will be proposed, giving vendors an idea of the nature and scope of the project and what solutions would be appropriate. Then, vendors will have a chance to ask questions and to offer feedback.
Vendors attending Friday’s virtual event will be given an overview of the Employment Development Department’s EDDNext initiative and have a chance to ask questions and be invited to submit proposals or ideas.
State agencies are seeking an assistant deputy secretary, a deputy director, a chief and several managers.
The recruitments are in the Employment Development Department’s Cybersecurity Operations Office, its Vulnerability Group, and its Security Policy and Compliance Group.
“We just want to know exactly the extent of the fraud there and what measures they’ve taken to prevent this in the future,” Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told The Sacramento Bee recently.
The state is seeking proposals to convert the Employment Development Department building, the EDD Solar Building and the State Personnel Board building into affordable housing.
The Trump administration “neglected” California’s efforts to combat unemployment fraud, says the director of the California Employment Development Department.
The Franchise Tax Board and the Employment Development Department are accepting applications for these roles.
Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has requested a series of documents and communications about the jobless benefit program from California’s Employment Development Department, which manages the state system.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2023-2024 Fiscal Year state budget offers a variety of strategies for combating an anticipated $22.5 billion shortfall.
The recruitments are being done by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the Financial Information System for California, and the Employment Development Department.
Hundreds of job cuts are hitting the wobbly tech and biotech sectors in a fresh round of layoffs affecting Bay Area workers, according to new official filings that have just been received by the state’s employment agency.
Industry Insider — California debuted a new series this year, Profiles in Government. Here’s more on its coverage of some of the state’s most significant departments.
The positions are in the California Department of Transportation, the Department of Finance and the Employment Development Department.
During the pandemic, the challenge for the department wasn’t just dealing with the surge of claims; it also had to implement new federal aid programs.
The department is recruiting for a manager and a specialist for its Enterprise Architecture Office.
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