Jeffrey Aguilar, the chief information security officer for the nation’s most populous county, has joined Hoag Health System, an Orange County-based company, as vice president and CISO.
Voters approved Measure G during the November elections, which will transform the way county leaders — both elected and appointed — go about conducting the business of the nation’s most populous county.
Even the most prepared organizations get T-boned by an IT disruption now and again. At the recent Los Angeles Digital Government Summit, experts from the public and private sectors shared how they respond when it all goes sideways.
“Creating policy and/or law before you first understand the technology will only lead to counterproductive bureaucracy suppressing technological evolution and the associated value proposition of AI,” says Jeramy Gray, Los Angeles County’s chief deputy registrar-recorder/county clerk, chief of staff and chief operating officer.
The attack was detected Friday and doesn’t appear to be related to the CrowdStrike software update that paralyzed Windows computers around the world and affected governments, airlines and other agencies last week, court officials said
Several local open solicitations — with deadlines fast approaching — could be worth a look for the right vendors.
Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department has several open solicitations for IT goods and services that are set to close later this month.
The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday heard a presentation on County CEO Fesia Davenport’s 2024-2025 fiscal year proposed budget and the financial challenges ahead.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week in favor of a nearly $1.5 million contract to replace the Department of Mental Health's Public Guardian Client and Asset Management System.
The call-routing problems, which have plagued the 988 system since it began operating in July 2022, would be fixed if a bill by U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, which would use a new technology called geo-routing, is passed by Congress and signed into law.
As state and local IT leaders told Industry Insider in its regular One-on-One interview series, they’re continuing to move to the cloud and harden surfaces against bad actors — while taking important steps in AI and in closing the digital divide.
The county of Los Angeles and the California State University system are among the state and local entities in the early stages of technology projects.
Los Angeles County is the nation’s most populous county, with an overall annual budget of more than $42 billion and an estimated IT budget of more than $850 million.
The 2023-2024 fiscal year budget for the nation’s largest county is being finalized, with recommended funding for IT hardware and software, Internet access and training as well as data and cybersecurity projects.
The conference is presented by Government Technology magazine, sister publication to Industry Insider — California, and is open to those working in the public sector.
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 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Records and Identification Bureau seeks information on a web-based warrant system capable of complying with state and federal law enforcement requirements while refreshing a variety of workflows.
Three Los Angeles County departments recently announced a joint plan to tackle the digital divide with a focus on IT upskilling, digital literacy through library technology and remote digital accessibility utilizing the public park system.
“Our goal is to facilitate meaningful discussions between L.A. County IT leaders and industry partners to help both sides work together and deliver results,” said Mike Driessen, vice president of Subscription Services for Industry Insider parent e.Republic.
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