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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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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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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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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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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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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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By a vote of 288 to 127, the House of Representatives in Washington D.C. passed a controversial cybersecurity (H.R. 624) bill today that would allow for real-time, voluntary and bi-directional... Read more »
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In a recent interview on KQED’s “California Report,” Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom—who boldly announced his run for his current position via Twitter in 2010—makes a clear point: Technology is used... Read more »
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I recently attended a workshop in Sacramento with several colleagues who manage digital divide and broadband adoption programs throughout California. During an open discussion session, one of the attendees stood... Read more »
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This Friday, the Department of Motor Vehicles will hold the first in a series of public workshops as the state develops regulations on the testing of driver less, or autonomous,... Read more »
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