Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
The Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, the office formerly known as the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, is on the lookout for its next CIO following the departure of Zaid Ridha, who took the same role at the Department of Human Resources.
The program, created through executive order a year ago, brings together staff from different agencies to work together to "solve complex government challenges." The latest cohort includes 15 fellows from 11 departments.
In early February, Tong announced that she was stepping away from her role as senior counselor to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Now, she’s been appointed to the state’s Racial Equity Commission.
The budget is out, as are the funding requests known as budget change proposals from the various agencies and departments. Here are a couple that caught our eye.
Notable openings include deputy agency information security officer, geospatial engineer, and senior cybersecurity and fraud engineer.
The open roles are division chief, project and procurement manager, information security officer, senior network engineer and senior physical security engineer.
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