California Gov. Gavin Newsom (Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images) California promotes innovation chief to CTO role California's chief technology innovation officer, Jonathan Porat, was named chief technology officer. Jul 3, 2023 By Lindsay McKenzie
(Getty Images) California IT department comes up short on latest strategic audit It's far from the first time the California Department of Technology has been criticized by the state auditor's office. Apr 24, 2023 By Benjamin Freed
(Getty Images) California CTO Suzie Changus to depart after just 3 months California Chief Technology Officer Suzie Changus, a Newsom appointee, is scheduled to depart at the end of January. Jan 27, 2023 By Colin Wood
(Getty Images) California names new deputy CIO and data officials Gov. Gavin Newsom announced several new appointments to the California Department of Technology and Office of Data and Innovation. Dec 2, 2022 By Benjamin Freed
A view of the California State Capitol in Sacramento. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) California’s chief technology innovation officer departs Rick Klau is leaving his role as California's chief technology innovation officer after 18 months with the state. Jul 13, 2022 By Lindsay McKenzie
(GoldenStateNet) California releases draft maps, plan for statewide broadband network California officials released maps and recommendations for construction of a $3.25 billion statewide broadband network. Apr 22, 2022 By Colin Wood
(Scoop News Group) California shares the code for its digital vaccine pass The California Department of Technology published the code to its COVID-19 vaccine pass on GitHub in the hopes other states develop similar products. Sep 13, 2021 By Benjamin Freed
(Getty Images) California tech department stops charging agencies for security services A change in the state's new budget means agencies no longer have to reimburse the California Department of Technology for cybersecurity functions. Jul 29, 2021 By Benjamin Freed
An update to Apple’s iOS will ask users if they want to opt in to their state’s contact tracing program. (Apple) 25 percent of California adults are using state’s contact tracing app California boasts the highest contact-tracing app activation rate of any state in the country, with more than 8 million users, officials said. Jan 8, 2021 By Ryan Johnston
(Getty Images) Los Angeles migrates mainframe to California’s data center The city of Los Angeles has become the first local government in the state to migrate its mainframe applications to the state government's data center in Sacramento. Mar 17, 2020 By Colin Wood