A pilot program focuses on a 10-mile stretch along Interstate 120 in Southern California, through Pasadena and other cities in the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County.
The connected devices in each car should enable companies to gather data about where people are going and when -- data that can be used to map hot spots of where and when people are traveling.
As part of a new pilot program, Los Angeles is deploying kiosks that offer services targeted to the local surroundings in locations throughout the city.
State IT leaders met for a vendor-sponsored cybersecurity education panel called Sacramento Security Day where they discussed ways to improve state-level cybersecurity.
Two takeaways from a recent meeting were injecting humanity into technology and preparing the workforce for more technology in new and sometimes unexpected forms.
The department continues to build out its QuickMap application for real-time traffic information. An iOS version of QuickMap was released in February, after an Android version was made available in 2016.
California's Bureau of Cannabis Control issued the first round of temporary licenses for commercial cannabis businesses a little over two weeks before its official Jan. 1 launch.
CalData's goal is to eventually create a toolkit for training employees to use data effectively, getting more and more state employees engaged with available information.
