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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Stewards of Change Institute teams with Stanford University on Equity Initiative
The not-for-profit think tank Stewards of Change Institute (SOCI) and the Stanford University Center for Population Health Sciences have joined ...
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Christman appointed to oversee California’s public health data operation
Veteran data expert and former department CIO Scott Christman has been appointed to oversee California’s public health data operation, the ...
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Governor appoints new EDD executive team
Gov. Newsom on Friday appointed new executive team members to the Employment Development Department to boost customer service and deal ...
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State Chief Data Officer Outlines Vision and Goals for California’s Data Strategy
Speaking to a Zoom audience of more than 80 people at the CalData Open Meeting on Aug. 12, California Chief ...
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Newsom creates ‘strike team’ to address problems with unemployment system
Amid historic COVID-19 related unemployment highs and a day before a contentious Assembly hearing on California’s unemployment system, Gov. Newsom ...
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Closing the Digital Divide Task Force Hearing
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond will hold a hearing today of his task force to close the digital ...
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Kevin Cornish Named Covered California’s New Chief Information Officer
Image: https://www.coveredca.com Covered California has a new executive to oversee the health agency's IT strategy and tech initiatives, according to ...
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California Releases Open Source Tech, Data to Track COVID-19
California has new technology tools and data to help government agencies and the public better understand the spread and impact ...
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Senate Confirms GovOps Secretary Yolanda Richardson
On June 22, the California state senate confirmed Yolanda Richardson as Governor Newsom’s appointee as secretary for the Government Operations ...
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Veteran Agency CIO Andrew Armani to Retire
After 30 years of service to the state, Information Technology Deputy Secretary for Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency (BCSH) ...
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NASCIO Report Outlines ‘Four Forces’ CIOs Should Consider for Legacy Modernization
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) this week issued a new report titled The State CIO Operating ...
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New Policy Aims for 75 Percent of State Workers to Telework, Report Says
Just as California state offices began reopening on Wednesday in the wake of the COVID-19 shutdown and the recent protests ...
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