California to Track Homelessness with New Data System
A new data system to monitor homelessness aims to inform funding and policies for California social services. California unveiled a ...
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Legislation seeks to address algorithm bias in state IT projects
This week, legislation that would create the Automated Decision Systems Accountability Act of 2021 passed out of the Assembly Committee ...
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Veteran tech leader Chris Cruz to retire from public service
After serving for two years as San Joaquin County CIO, Chris Cruz, who spent most of his career in high-level ...
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Broadband access hits record high, digital divide remains for disadvantaged
A new report out this week says that while Californians are connected to the Internet at a record percentage in ...
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After California’s Costly Firestorms, A Wildfire Innovation Office Emerges
As California grapples with an upsurge of deadly fires, a new bill proposes an Office of Wildfire Technology Research and ...
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Board Members Appointed to California’s Privacy Protection Agency
On Mar. 17, Governor Gavin Newsom, along with other state officials, announced the establishment of the California Privacy Protection Agency ...
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Governor Appoints Ana Lasso as new DGS Director
Gov. Newsom on Friday announced the appointment of Ana Lasso as the new director of the California Department of General ...
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New report confronts shift in workplace amid economic crisis
With a backdrop of economic crisis and a massive shift toward telework due to the global pandemic, a new report ...
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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 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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