Gordon Feller, founder of Meeting of the Minds, a nonprofit seeking to educate public-sector leaders on urban innovations, spoke on the phone with Techwire about how cities can learn from each other.
The "world’s largest society of educational and academic computer scientists" recognized the project, which was co-led by UC Berkeley assistant professor in statistics, Fernando Perez.
By Sunday night, I watched a pink-tinged sunset from a ridge looking down on Tahoe Basin and waited for my camp stove to boil dinner. I was able to rest after the trek over granite trail and read Jurassic Park, appropriate for being surrounded by forest and not much else.
AB 1906 would require smart devices to include baked-in security measures; these devices include virtual assistants, connected doorbells and locks, and Wi-Fi-enabled climate controls.
Michael Martinez has worked for the State Library since 1996. He's spent the last two years as its CIO, working toward making the library's resources more accessible, from anywhere. He'll also surprise you with his latest read.
The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), a nonprofit that advocates for expansion of broadband, released its 2018 Digital Divide Survey findings, noting that many respondents have access to the Internet only on a smartphone, if at all.
Last week, several taxpayers took to Twitter to inform others that they had received repeat emails as reminders of prepayment dates with incorrect ID codes. The codes were for other taxpayers, not the recipient, and some people received the emails more than 10 times.
The University of California at San Francisco has gathered teams across its departments to scrub health data of personally identifiable information at record speed, making entire records available for anonymized data analysis.
Technology is advancing at a record pace and local jurisdictions have begun to harness it to solve challenges for residents. And while initiatives make cities smarter, drawing from talent in multiple departments, they've become more focused on exploring new technologies and less on becoming connected.
California is known for its sand, sun and surf — but with surf comes sharks. There have been more than 45 shark attacks off of California's coastline in the last three years. One company wants to reduce that.
California's Independent System Operator (Cal ISO) is looking to become a regional leader in the energy market. The Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 made Cal ISO into "a regional organization to promote the development of regional electricity markets in the Western states."
Some call it "free software," while others refer to it as "open source." While neither is wrong, the nomenclature of shareware has become more partisan than its use. And because it protects the rights of the user, by removing the ability to collect data without user permission, it should be used to protect the rights of the voter.
Since the opening of Sacramento's Office of Innovation, Chief Innovation Officer Louis Stewart has thrown open the doors on making the city a regional powerhouse by welcoming companies to pilot new technologies and working with educational institutions to provide skilled workers. Stewart's goal is to make the city into a place where talented minds will choose to stay long-term.
California's cannabis industry is changing, and for many cannabis handlers, July was a time of adjustment. Large firms, such as VIP, have become involved in the licensing efforts, while smaller companies have built their own technology stacks to respond to record and labeling requirements.
Open source technology has come onto the scene in a big way, with the California Department of Technology justifying its use in appropriate projects. Now, it has become a big part of the conversation around secure voting.
Latinas in Tech (LiT), which was founded in 2014, launched its Sacramento Chapter this spring. The group has grown to 3,000 women, with chapters in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, New York City and Mexico City. It has a "mission to connect, support, and empower Latina women working across the technology sector."
Los Angeles World Airports, the organization responsible for managing procurement and governance services for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Van Nuys Airport, is seeking a new identity management and credentialing system.
The state's Little Hoover Commission (LHC) is researching voting equipment security and will hold a public hearing today to gather information on the topic.
San Jose wants to be the smartest Smart City and its inaugural CISO wants to make it the most secure. An upcoming RFP will make that happen by building out the city's cyber toolbox.
The California Department of Technology's Digital Services Innovation Academy, one of several IT-related training programs that the state runs, graduates its first class Friday.
The city of San Jose hired its first chief information security officer. He began his position in April, after a run of almost three years as San Diego County's contract CISO through DXC Technology.
