I regaled our Techleader.TV (TLTV) live audience last month with accounts of my serendipitous meeting with Governor Gavin Newson as we boarded and deplaned on our flight from DC to Sacramento in March. Gov. Newson, a previous guest on TLTV, and I only had a […]

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DMV computer system accessed without authorization for 2 1/2 years to alter license records: Two state Department of Motor Vehicle workers have been charged in federal court in Sacramento with taking bribes to alter DMV computer records to provide truck-driving licenses to people who had […]

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DMV application and verification process inadequate and local law enforcement spotty. DMV has not canceled permanent placards for thousands of individuals who are likely deceased. Although DMV performs a monthly match between state vital records and permanent placard holders, it does not do so with […]

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TechLeader.TV friend, DMV’s Bernard Soriano is interviewed by Bloomberg on his favorite topic – autonomous vehicles. Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) — Bernard Soriano, deputy director at the California Department of Motor Vehicles, discusses the state issuing its first self-driving car permits and the challenges of regulating […]

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Ever try to find an open parking meter in downtown Sacramento, especially around state office buildings. Good luck. Often times entire blocks are taken up by cars with disabled placards sitting at meters for the entire day. Certainly we have no quarrel with the legitimate […]

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Next Program with Jean Shiomoto Director, DMV & Bernard Soriano Deputy Director, DMV Topics to be discussed will include:  •Business-Technology Alignment •DMV 2014 Technology Portfolio •Customer Service, Technology &  Social Media •Significant New Legislation affecting  DMV: ◦Drivers’ License ◦Driverless Cars •Fraud & Identity Theft  These […]

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Now it’s the turn of state motor vehicle agencies and the police. Apparently California not one of the 26 states participating… “The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that state officials assembled to prevent driver’s-license fraud but that increasingly […]

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California picks up Computerworld award for it vaunted social media program. The state’s most public department is among some of the heaviest hitters in government and private industry to receive a 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate for Innovation. The technology publication is honoring the DMV’s 3-year-old […]

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Some further details reported on the DMV project with an inaccurate quote attributed to me. I stated that there were a cascade of problems that befell the 21st Century Project, not a cascade of project failures. SACRAMENTO — California’s computer problems, which have already cost […]

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