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ITLA: How California Trains Its Future Tech Leaders
More than 10,000 people work in information technology positions for the California state government. At any one time, only 130 of them are a CIO — the top managerial IT… Read more
Palo Alto Launches ‘Open GIS’
Palo Alto, Calif., launched the first open data set of city GIS data on April 19 by leveraging Google Fusion Tables. Data sets currently available on the Open GIS platform… Read more
DMV Solicits Public Feedback on Autonomous Vehicle Regulations
On Friday, April 19, individuals of the auto manufacturing industry, government officials and members of the public gathered for the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ (DMV’s) first public workshop on… Read more
GovTech: Arrest of HIX Chief Doesn’t Slow ‘Covered California’ Development
Government Technology On March 15, the IT chief for California’s health insurance exchange (HIX) — called Covered California — James Joseph Brown Jr., was arrested. And he left his post on… Read more
Larry Wasson appointed CIO of Dept. of Pesticide Regulation
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has named Larry Wasson as the new chief information officer, a spokesperson for the department confirmed. Wasson has worked for eight years with… Read more
Q & A with California Lottery CIO Amy Tong
Amy Tong started working in state government nearly 20 years ago when she was earning her degree in Management Information Systems and has been rising through the ranks ever since…. Read more
EDD launches redesigned CalJOBS website
The CalJOBS website for both job seekers and employers in California has been redesigned, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) announced this week. “This is an exciting redesign of a… Read more
Cybersecurity Bill CISPA Passes House Despite Objections by Civil Liberty Groups and White House Reservations
By a vote of 288 to 127, the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. passed a controversial cybersecurity (H.R. 624) bill today that would allow for real-time, voluntary and bi-directional… Read more
Citizen Tech: Gavin Newsom’s new book says that cloud computing and open data will lead to a more efficient government
In a recent interview on KQED’s “California Report,” Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom—who boldly announced his run for his current position via Twitter in 2010—makes a clear point: Technology is used… Read more
The invisible community – Imperial, one of many rural areas hit by the digital divide
I recently attended a workshop in Sacramento with several colleagues who manage digital divide and broadband adoption programs throughout California. During an open discussion session, one of the attendees stood… Read more
