CDT homepage

Citation

California Department of Technology. “Serving California through strategy, innovation, and secure delivery.” Web page, cdt.ca.gov, date not stated (news to Oct. 20, 2026). https://www.cdt.ca.gov/. Copy: raw/shared/2026-10-26 CDT homepage.md (original: .html beside it), fetched 2026-10-26. Read 2026-10-26.

Bottom line

• A thin homepage of links (523 words). Chris Given is “State CIO and Director”. The spotlight is Poppy, the Middle-Mile Broadband Storefront and Digital ID.
• It links training, careers and an “Artificial Intelligence community of practice”.

Background

See California Department of Technology.

Key claims

• Main services: CALNET (network and telecommunications), the Statewide Information Management Manual (SIMM) and the Statewide IT Project Outcomes dashboard.
• “California state government is building a model for how to responsibly implement GenAI in the public sector.”
• News: “Small team, big impact” (Oct. 20, 2026, on Poppy); the next phase of the state cybersecurity plan (July 31, 2026); the middle-mile network (July 17, 2026).
• Communities of practice: AI, Geographic Information Systems, Digital Web Services Network, Project Delivery.

Evidence and method

The department’s own page.

Pages taken, and why:

• CDT About the Department: CDT’s role and authority.
• CDT workforce development: state IT training, including a GenAI boot camp.
• CDT AI community of practice: the state’s AI forum for staff.
• CDT career opportunities: how CDT hires state IT staff.
• CDT IT Classification Mapping: the state IT job classifications.

Limits

• Links and headlines only.