The State Treasurer's Office (STO) has provided details about how it will spend the bulk of its budget for an upgrade to California's Debt Management System. STO is requesting $5.8 million in spending authority for the 2017-18 fiscal year, the majority of which will go to the project's system integrator as it completes a series of work orders on the project.
The chairman of the Assembly's Banking and Finance Committee is proposing that in the event of a breach of government data, California state and local agencies would be required to provide identity theft protection or mitigation services at no cost to constituents whose personal data may have been compromised.
California is inching closer to achieving a single system for email and productivity tools across state government. By the end of 2017, the vast majority of email accounts kept by California's state government — perhaps 90 percent or more — will be hosted off-premises in Microsoft's government cloud.
The California state Legislature is back in session and in full swing. Techwire is already tracking more than a dozen bills that, if passed, could impact technology policy, state IT systems, innovation, privacy or cybersecurity. We will be updating our Legislative Tracker with the latest information about these bills, and adding more data as lawmakers introduce more bills as 2017 goes along. As always, you can find the tracker under the Insider Tools tab on the Techwire website.
The state of California will use a product from Accela for a licensing system that that will be deployed for the medical and recreational cannabis industry. State CIO Amy Tong told a legislative panel on Monday that the software was chosen via a competitive price quote and selected in part because of its ease of use and flexibility as California approaches a mandated Jan. 1, 2018 go-live deadline.
California is taking first steps toward implementing electronic systems for workers' compensation injury reports and what's called the "utilization review" process. The systems are mandated by legislation passed in 2016. The bill's author, state Sen. Tony Mendoza, called SB 1160 "an important reform measure that will improve data collection and medical treatment delivery for California's injured workers."
In an interview with Techwire, director of San Diego's Performance and Analytics Department, Almis Udrys discussed his role with the city and trends he sees in both state and local IT.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) plans to open its own information security operations center (SOC) to protect internal IT systems and thwart illicit communication and other damaging behaviors among inmates. It's the newest state department that's planning its own SOC.
Technology procurement in government has a reputation for being a little-understood, back-office task that many would find mundane. Sometimes, this perception is deserved. Occasionally, though, there are some purchases out there that you wouldn't immediately think of. Case in point: The state buys mini-transmitters to tag salmon.
The California Highway Patrol is asking for approval to spend $1.2 million for a cloud-based disaster recovery solution to comply with state IT management requirements. CHP says its current tape-based backup storage is mailed to an offsite location and is antiquated.
Vendors that are interested in being selected for the state of California's refresh of its prequalified pool of agile developers (ADPQ) can get a sneak peek of the RFI that will guide the process.
The California Department of Technology has updated its management guidelines to comply with legislation that Gov. Jerry Brown signed in 2016 requiring all state entities to report their annual costs for information security.
Nearly 40 percent of companies that landed on a second-annual list of the top 100 companies selling to state and local government in market segments like civic tech, service delivery and administration, have their headquarters in California. But just one company resides in the Sacramento area. A local CEO thinks that's bound to change.
The Department of General Services (DGS) is refreshing its master agreement for IT consulting services under a new solicitation that adds more new job categories and introduces some changes to this popular and often-used procurement vehicle.
Deputy state CIO Chris Cruz outlined the California Department of Technology's core strategic objectives for 2017 and beyond during a Techwire Industry Briefing in Sacramento on Wednesday. The goals will be included within a three-year strategic plan the department plans to release sometime in mid-2017, as well as a soon-to-be published 2016 annual report, Cruz said.
As expected, California Office of Technology Services (OTech) chief Robert Schmidt is retiring from state service in three weeks. Until the governor's office names a permanent replacement, Ellen Ishimoto will take the role of interim chief.
In 2017, Techwire is publishing a monthly newsletter with the latest job-critical news and market data for Insider members. Our new format is filled with what you need to know: details and about new and ongoing IT projects, bid data, the latest information from the state Capitol, and stories about decision-makers in state and local government. Click here to download and view the newsletter.
A Folsom, Calif.-based IT consulting firm has won a big piece of the state of California's child welfare system modernization project. The state Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS) organization announced Friday that OnCore Consulting has been selected to provide deployment and implementation services for the project's Intake Digital Service." The contract is worth $10.8 million, sources tell Techwire.
Ron Robinette, CIO of the California Community Services and Development Department, is starting a new role today with the Department of Technology (CDT). His position will be dedicated to IT project oversight leadership of the Project Approval Lifecycle function for the Office of Statewide Project Delivery.
California's Office of Systems Integration has tapped Peter Kelly to fill its vacant chief deputy director position. For the last year, Kelly had served as OSI's deputy director over the Child Welfare Digital Services (CWDS) organization, which is using alternative procurement and development methods to modernize the state's child welfare IT system.
An unnamed foreign nation likely was responsible for carrying out a cyberbreach that compromised nearly 79 million consumer records of health insurance company Anthem and its affiliates in 2014, according to the California Department of Insurance.
California's effort to build a single IT system for budgeting and accounting within state government could soon face a tough choice: either add another $100 million to the project budget, or scale down some functionality in order to keep the project on track.
California is in the initial planning stages to attempt another replacement of the state's antiquated payroll system. Techwire explains what to watch for as the project begins to take shape.
The Department of General Services wants feedback from vendors about a draft bid that would procure "PaaS and IaaS Cloud Services" that have achieved FedRAMP's high security controls, from one or more providers through newly created, three-year statewide contracts.
As we move into 2017, the future is as bright as ever for Techwire, now in its sixth year chronicling the projects and people working to modernize California’s technology infrastructure. We have some exciting changes and enhancements in store.
With the holidays nearly upon us, Techwire wishes you a warm season's greetings and all the best in the New Year. A quick note: In recognition of the holidays, our website and newsletter schedule will be a bit different through the rest of the year. Our online news and Insider newsletter will return on Tuesday (Dec. 27) and continue through Friday (Dec. 30). Then we’ll resume our regular daily schedule on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017.
The state of California is considering a shared, interoperable data system capable of measuring and assessing outcomes for $6 billion spent annually on workforce, education and human services programs.
California expects to complete by the end of February 2017 a refresh of the state's list of vendors that are pre-qualified to provide state agencies and departments with "user-centric" design and agile software development services, officials said Monday.
The California Department of Technology (CDT) is planning to expand and refresh a pool of agile developers to as many as 30 vendors that are prequalified to provide services to the state, officials said this week.
On Tuesday AT&T announced it's offering up to 1 gigabit fiber broadband connectivity to customers located in the Sacramento area, including in parts of Modesto, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, Stockton and West Sacramento. Sacramento leaders say speedier Internet on its way to the region should be a boon for the local economy, businesses and consumers.
