California Broadband and Digital Literacy Assistant Secretary Appointed

Gov Jerry Brown (D-CA) appointed Adelina Zendejas as assistant secretary of broadband and digital literacy at the California Technology Agency. Zendejas will be responsible for increasing broadband availability and promoting digital literacy.

Zendejas was a data processing manager III at the State Board of Equalization since 2004, the CIO of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board from 2002 to 2004, a data processing manager III at the California Department of Finance in 2002 and a project executive and special assistant to the director at the Department of Information and Technology Services from 2001 to 2002. Her position does not require Senate confirmation, and her yearly salary is $110,004.