
PPIC report measures California’s digital divide
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a record-high 84 percent of Californians are using high-speed internet at home—up 10 ...
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Gov. Newsom appoints two department CIOs and a Googler to senior positions at CDT
Governor Newsom on Tuesday appointed two California department CIOs and a Googler to senior positions at the California Department of ...
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Can California get ahead of IT project failures?
California government is trying to get ahead of state IT project failures, said Chief Information Officer Amy Tong last week ...
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Bill would require all public meetings to have online option
The global pandemic has inspired a new legislative proposal to permanently provide public access, via internet-based and call-in options, to ...
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New CHHS unit seeks to leverage people-related data across the state
With a mission to deliver health and human services, the state's largest agency has created a new unit to use ...
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Golden State’s tech vision explained
Amid a surging pandemic that has ravaged the livelihoods of millions of Californians, and as the state struggles to fix ...
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‘My Turn’ site launched to track vaccine eligibility
The State of California has launched a new data system that will inform citizens when they are eligible and how ...
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Digital future envisioned in governor’s budget
In his 2013 book “Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, laid ...
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Broadband Action Plan Aims for Equity
The future is already here, it's just not evenly distributed, said Economist writer William Gibson. The same idea applies to ...
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Little Hoover Commission Pushes for Sharing of Healthcare Records
The sharing of data and records between California healthcare providers has grown in the last decade, but there’s still plenty ...
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What’s the future of blockchain in California?
For better or worse, this year’s pandemic will have a permanent impact on government operations, including the promise of a ...
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Report: 2.3 Million Californians Lack High-Speed Internet
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed internet access into a must for workers and students across the state, the Little ...
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New site tracks grid outages
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) launched a 2021 Summer Readiness webpage to help the public understand the August 2020 ...
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California outlines future of artificial intelligence
The State of California has taken initial steps to consider how artificial intelligence will play an inevitable role in delivering ...
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California chief data officer announces statewide data strategy
California has a new statewide data strategy that boldly challenges some established ideas in the civic tech community, Chief Data ...
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California launches cannabis licensing system
California cannabis-licensing authorities—BCC, CDFA, and CDPH—launched a unified licensing search platform on September 16, 2020. The platform was produced through ...
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California Universities to Test COVID-19 Exposure Notification App
The California Department of Public Health (CPDH) and the California Department of Technology (CDT) are partnering with UC San Diego ...
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California Partners with Chan Zuckerburg Initiative to find COVID-19 Cures
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the Chan Zuckerburg Initiative (CZI) are collaborating to advance scientific efforts in developing ...
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California to Roll Out New COVID-19 Reporting System in October
California will roll out a new COVID-19 reporting system in October after it awarded a renewable six-month, $15.3-million contract to ...
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DGS Measures Benefits of Teleworking
When the COVID-19 outbreak in March forced most state workers to telework indefinitely, the Department of General Services (DGS) took ...
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