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Sometimes, it's valuable to view the state of California through a different lens.

The effort, dubbed “Girls Go CyberStart,” is designed to encourage young women from ninth to 12th grades to pursue careers in the growing (and male-dominated) field of cybersecurity. It’s being led by state Chief Information Officer Amy Tong and by Brenda Bridges Cruz, deputy director of the Office of Professional Development within CDT.

Representatives from business, education, government and nonprofits will discuss how natural disasters may strain the state's communications grid in the future and what the state will need in terms of network resiliency, reliability, affordability and consumer protection.

Techwire is showcasing the most recent California winners of The Center for Digital Government’s annual Digital Cities Survey, culled from its complete national survey.

Techwire is showcasing the most recent California winners of The Center for Digital Government’s annual Digital Cities Survey, culled from its complete national survey.

In all, 11 students from nine departments in state government graduated: Department of Child Support Services, Correctional Health Care Services, Air Resources Board, Department of Industrial Relations, Department of Transportation, Department of Corrections, Franchise Tax Board, Office of Legislative Data, and Department of Veterans Affairs.

California’s cable industry spends about $2 billion annually to upgrade and build out high-speed networks using private investment dollars. But while 5G technology points to a future with faster Internet, many rural parts of the state lack the fiber infrastructure the technology requires.

The CIO Academy Awards Program recognizes individuals in California government organizations for their outstanding contributions, best practices and works of distinction.

The new features — organizational charts for key state agencies, and a searchable database devoted to tech-related lobbying — are designed to give Insiders additional insight into state IT’s players, procurement and policy.

The survey honors cities in five population classifications: 500,000 or more; 250,000 to 499,999; 125,000 to 249,999; 75,000 to 124,999; and fewer than 75,000. Within those categories, nine California cities placed in the top 10.

The longtime executive had worked at her city for almost seven years, in a variety of innovation positions.