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CalPERS IT exec Karen Ruiz appointed project manager of CalHEERS

Apr 23, 2013
CalPERS IT exec Karen Ruiz appointed project manager of CalHEERS

CalPERS IT executive Karen Ruiz has been appointed project manager of the CalHEERS project, according to an announcement made today by Peter V. Lee, executive director of the California Health... Read more »

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FirstNet Board Considers How Its Future Network Might Have Helped in a Boston Bombing Type Situation

Apr 23, 2013
FirstNet Board Considers How Its Future Network Might Have Helped in a Boston Bombing Type Situation

During the FirstNet board meeting held today in Washington D.C., the Boston Marathon bombing was raised and how this future public safety broadband network might have helped in this type... Read more »

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FirstNet Board Announces Hire of Bill D’Agostino, Jr. as General Manager

Apr 23, 2013
FirstNet Board Announces Hire of Bill D’Agostino, Jr. as General Manager

At its board meeting today at the Department of Commerce in Washington D.C., Sam Ginn, Chairman of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board, announced that Bill D’Agostino, Jr. has... Read more »

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ITLA: How California Trains Its Future Tech Leaders

Apr 22, 2013
ITLA: How California Trains Its Future Tech Leaders

More than 10,000 people work in information technology positions for the California state government. At any one time, only 130 of them are a CIO — the top managerial IT... Read more »

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Palo Alto Launches ‘Open GIS’

Apr 22, 2013
Palo Alto Launches ‘Open GIS’

Palo Alto, Calif., launched the first open data set of city GIS data on April 19 by leveraging Google Fusion Tables. Data sets currently available on the Open GIS platform... Read more »

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DMV Solicits Public Feedback on Autonomous Vehicle Regulations

Apr 19, 2013
DMV Solicits Public Feedback on Autonomous Vehicle Regulations

On Friday, April 19, individuals of the auto manufacturing industry, government officials and members of the public gathered for the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ (DMV’s) first public workshop on... Read more »

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GovTech: Arrest of HIX Chief Doesn’t Slow ‘Covered California’ Development

Apr 19, 2013
GovTech: Arrest of HIX Chief Doesn’t Slow ‘Covered California’ Development

Government Technology On March 15, the IT chief for California’s health insurance exchange (HIX) — called Covered California — James Joseph Brown Jr., was arrested. And he left his post on... Read more »

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Larry Wasson appointed CIO of Dept. of Pesticide Regulation

Apr 19, 2013
Larry Wasson appointed CIO of Dept. of Pesticide Regulation

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has named Larry Wasson as the new chief information officer, a spokesperson for the department confirmed. Wasson has worked for eight years with... Read more »

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Q & A with California Lottery CIO Amy Tong

Apr 19, 2013
Q & A with California Lottery CIO Amy Tong

Amy Tong started working in state government nearly 20 years ago when she was earning her degree in Management Information Systems and has been rising through the ranks ever since.... Read more »

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EDD launches redesigned CalJOBS website

Apr 19, 2013
EDD launches redesigned CalJOBS website

The CalJOBS website for both job seekers and employers in California has been redesigned, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) announced this week. “This is an exciting redesign of a... Read more »

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