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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in California.
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- eGovernment - California - Archive
- Archived articles and resources about egovernment in California.
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- Mobility Helps California Serve its Citizens
- By Cindy Waxer. Government Technology, April 16, 2013. "... 'The mobility environment for us here is huge,' says Paul Benedetto, undersecretary of operations at the CTA. 'We look at mobility as our best way of pushing out applications that serve the citizens of California.' To date, the CTA has developed more than 70 apps – a feat that has involved the collaboration of nearly 40 departments across the state. One such app is CalVets which provides information on everything from health services to housing options to Californians who have served in the U.S. military. While the CTA could have outsourced its apps development activities to vendors such as Google and Esri, the agency instead opted to create its own platform or 'framework that all of our departments can use no matter what type of technology they’re deploying, whether for an iPad or iPhone, Android or Microsoft system,' says Benedetto..."
Added: 18 April 2013;
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- California introduces 'right to know' data access bill, and why Silicon Valley will hate it
- By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day. ZDNet, April 3, 2013. "Summary: As California considers going above and beyond what the EU gives its citizens in data access request rights, technology and Web firms in Silicon Valley will likely fight any hopes of such rights hopping across the Atlantic... Following lobbying efforts from two major U.S. privacy groups, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Northern Californian branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), California Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal has introduced a bill that may force companies operating in the state to follow EU-style data and privacy rules..."
Added: 4 April 2013;
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- California's New GeoPortal Touts 'Socially-Derived Maps'
- By Sarah Rich. Government Technology, March 29, 2013. "The California Technology Agency's (CTA) new GeoPortal, announced on Thursday, March 28, during the Mobile Government Forum held in Sacramento, Calif., is a 'first-in-the-nation' tool for public access to authoritative geodata, according to CTA Secretary Carlos Ramos. The portal is intended to increase transparency, and to serve as California's one-stop shop for city, county, state, federal, tribal and education geospatial data. However, GIS data from neighboring states Oregon and Nevada is available on the portal, and data from Arizona is expected to roll out on the platform in the near future..."
Added: 2 April 2013;
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- Online Registration Helped Increase California's Youth Vote
- If there was any doubt about citizen desire to register online, California's one-month experience with it running up to the November general election erased it, By Steve Towns. Government Technology, March 5, 2013. "It may have been brief, but California's one-month experiment with online voter registration running up to the November general election told us a lot. In particular, it told us that if there was any doubt about citizen desire to register online, California’s experience erased it. From the time the new registration system opened online on Sept. 19 to its close on Oct. 21, more than half of the 1.2 million voters who registered did so through the new online system. It was undoubtedly the state’s most popular voter registration option..."
Added: 6 March 2013;
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- California's New Cloud Service Will Change IT Service Delivery
- By Melanie Glover. Government Technology, February 20, 2013. "A recent study by mobile solutions company Citrix found that more than 50 percent of Americans believe weather can affect cloud computing. Meanwhile, California Technology Agency (CTA) officials say this service Americans find so foggy will fundamentally change the way the state operates — in a good way. And, no, rain does not affect 'the cloud'. The cloud is simply an approach to the way service providers — in this case, the California Office of Technology Services (OTech) — provide computing services and resources to their constituents..."
Added: 25 February 2013;
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- Citizenville Challenge Pushes Local Governments to Transform
- Government Technology, February 7, 2013. "On Feb. 7, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Code for America announced the launch of the Citizenville Challenge -- a call for local government leaders to commit to working toward a government for the 21st century. "There is huge potential to use technology to transform the way government and citizens interact, communicate and solve problems," Newsom said in a press release. "During my seven years as mayor of San Francisco, I learned firsthand how important it is to have local government committed to driving this change. We are challenging local leaders across the country to push the boundaries of innovation to advance government to work for the citizenry of the 21st century."..."
Added: 11 February 2013;
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- California Celebrates GIS Day, Prepares to Launch Geoportal
- By Wayne Hanson. Government Technology, November 14, 2012. "Scott Gregory, California's geographic information officer, held a Google Hangout presentation Wednesday on the state's plans for a new Geoportal and other initiatives that will enable the public to more readily access California GIS information held by federal, state tribal, city and county agencies. Gregory said that 85 percent of all public-sector data has a geographic component, and while the state has compiled much of the state's geo data, it has not been easily accessible to those who need it. "GIS is the single most transformative technology that government can engage in," said Gregory, who explained that GIS provides a visual location-based view of data that helps expose trends and patterns not otherwise available. "We want to take data and provide information from that data," Gregory said..."
Added: 15 November 2012;
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- California Launches Statewide Online Voter Registration
- Government Technology, September 20, 2012. "Yesterday, California became the 11th state in the nation to offer its citizens online voting registration -- a move that simplifies the process for the more than 6 million residents who are eligible but have not yet registered. According to theverge.com, the state's website went live on Wednesday, and saw more than 3,000 new registrants in its first 12 hours..."
Added: 24 September 2012;
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- City Government 2.0: City of Santa Cruz proposes an online business permitting portal in a nationwide contest
- by Patrick Dwire. Good Times, Tuesday, 11 September 2012. "In the very near future, long days spent at City Hall trying to get the right information from the right department could be replaced by navigating a single website. The City of Santa Cruz is pitching its tech-smart reputation in a grant proposal that could land the city as much as $5 million for a web-based information service for new business start-ups. Aimed at making the business permitting and licensing process more accessible to entrepreneurs and new businesses, the City of Santa Cruz is submitting a proposal to the Mayors Challenge, a competitive grant opportunity funded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropies, with one $5 million grand prize and four $1 million prizes..."
Added: 13 September 2012;
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- Calif. extends landmark Smart Grid privacy policy to cover gas usage
- By John Fontana for Identity Matters. ZDNet, August 31, 2012. "Summary: Data collected by natural gas SmartMeters used by more than nine million customers in California is now protected under a set of historic privacy rules laid out in the state's Smart Grid initiative... In 2011, CPUC established similar privacy rules for California’s Smart Grid that covered the collection of customer usage data from the electricity grid..."
Added: 3 September 2012;
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- Open and honest: City refuses to heed legislation gutting state's open meeting law
- By André Coleman. Pasedena Weekly, 9 August 2012. "Ignoring an assertion by the state that a less transparent government could save California millions of dollars, the Pasadena City Council on Monday unanimously voted to continue adhering to the Ralph M. Brown Act, the state law that mandates open public meetings. In June, the state Legislature voted to suspend key portions of the law, which require city governments to post agendas 72 business hours before meetings and grants citizens the right to attend and participate in local government meetings, like those of the council. It also prohibits city officials from holding meetings in secret..."
Added: 13 August 2012;
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- Air Resources Board adds Google Earth maps to show major sources of greenhouse gases
- Californians can now locate major emitters in their communities. California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board. News release #:12-36, 7 August 2012. "Sacramento - Californians can now locate the major sources of greenhouse gases and easily examine the emissions of each facility with a new mapping tool introduced today by the Air Resources Board. 'Knowing the exact quantity of greenhouse gas every major source pumps into the atmosphere is the foundation of an effective cap-and-trade program,' said Mary D. Nichols, ARB Chairman. 'Thanks to our rigorous reporting program we know the amount of greenhouse gases each source emits down to the ton. This new application provides an easy way to pinpoint those sources on a map, and allows everyone to see at a glance how it compares to other facilities in the same county, or throughout the state.'..."
Added: 13 August 2012;
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- California Green house Gas Facilities and Emissions Visualization Tool
- California Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board. "The new application links ARB's database of the state's largest sources of greenhouse gases with Google's mapping technology, including satellite photography that shows details of each facility. The Google Earth module features a graphic representation of the relative size of each facility’s annual greenhouse gas emissions in relation to others throughout the state. The application allows viewers to choose which sources they wish to see by sector (such as only choosing cement manufacturers, refineries, or power stations) and also displays specific counties, air basins and air districts. The application also shows six out-of-state facilities that provide some of the electricity imported into California..."
Added: 13 August 2012;
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- Google Earth-government data mashup lets you see emissions
- By Kirsten Korosec. Smart Planet, August 10, 2012. "The California Air Resources Board has taken three years of clunky, complex greenhouse gas emissions data from the state's 625 biggest polluters and turned it into something people can “see” and interact with. The interactive greenhouse gas map — a mashup of emissions data from state regulators and Google Earth's mapping technology — allows users to see GHGs by facility, year, and location. Users can pinpoint sources of emissions on a map and see at a glance how a particular facility compares to others in the same county, zip code or throughout the state..."
Added: 13 August 2012;
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- Fostering civic innovation in California
- by Luke Fretwell. GovFresh, May 7, 2012. "Alissa Black joined the New America Foundation in April to lead the newly-formed California Civic Innovation Project, focused on 'identifying best practices to improving service delivery, opening new channels for public voices, and bridging the state's digital divides.' Black previously served as government relations director at Code for America and has worked for New York City and San Francisco governments, including developing and deploying SF's Open311 citizen reporting system. What is the CA Civic Innovation Project and your new role in this? I'm very excited to be leading the California Civic Innovation Project (CCIP). CCIP promotes innovations in technology, policy and practice that deepen engagement between government and communities throughout the state..."
Added: 22 May 2012;
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