Ashley Nelson

A National Guard man with 33 years’ experience serving the military on his resume, California’s Chief Information Security Officer Keith Tresh knows firsthand the importance of keeping sensitive information safe.... Read more »

Technology industry organization TechAmerica released a white paper last week that describes a lack of negotiations utilized by the Department of General Services during the procurement process for state projects,... Read more »

Part two of a national series on IT procurement modernization cites California’s efforts in recent years to save taxpayer money by, among other things, reducing the 50 percent requirement for... Read more »

Last week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that will maintain the state CIO’s cabinet-level status even after the state Technology Agency is turned into a department, according... Read more »

Jim Butler, appointed to the Department of General Services for the first time in 2008, has been reappointed as Chief Procurement Officer, the governor’s office announced Tuesday. Former Gov. Arnold... Read more »

Department is actively recruiting for a new CIO California Employment Development Department’s former CIO Mike Howland, recently moved into the department’s chief deputy director role in a move the department... Read more »

With a shrinking budget and a staff cut by one-third since she started in the job five years ago, Carolyn Hogg, chief information officer for the city of Fresno, has... Read more »

The California Office of Technology, know as OTech, will begin work on several cost saving projects over the next year, prioritizing cloud services and virtualized desktop services for OTech customers,... Read more »

Activity related to the final passage of the budget, including last week’s budget bills, has some direct impacts to state IT programs.  Also pending is AB 1498 that will codify... Read more »

The California State Legislature allowed Gov. Jerry Brown’s Reorganization Plan No. 2 to pass into law at Monday’s close, with the plan slated to be implemented no later than July... Read more »