Details Far Reaching Initiatives To Finally Get IT Right! Emphasizes Vendor performance scorecard follows in-house IT management reforms. Teddy Roosevelt, a whirlwind of action, followed his own advice, stating, “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the […]
Ramos’ Rules: State CIO Lays Out Broad IT Management Reform Environment for 2016
January 7th, 2016 by admin
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Ramos’ Rules: State CIO Lays Out Broad IT Management Reform Environment for 2016
VOD TechLeader.TV with Elaine Howle, California State Auditor; SEPT 15, 2015; 11:30 AM PT
August 24th, 2015 by admin
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VOD TechLeader.TV with Elaine Howle, California State Auditor; SEPT 15, 2015; 11:30 AM PT
Next Program SEPT 15, 2015 with Elaine Howle California State Auditor Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn Elaine M. Howle is California’s independent State Auditor who serves the State of California by providing accurate, unbiased, and timely assessments of financial and operation aspects of […]
State CIO Letter to BOE/CROS Officials Explains Reasoning for Delaying Project
July 16th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: BOE tax Modernization, Brown Administration, CROS Project, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Eric Steen, John Thomas Flynn, Jon Ortiz, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
State CIO Letter to BOE/CROS Officials Explains Reasoning for Delaying Project
It appears that the rationale for the State CIO to delay BOE’s Centralized Revenue Opportunity System (CROS) Project, preventing CROS officials from releasing their RFP earlier this month as they had planned, was the lack of a “master schedule”. As State CIO Carlos Ramos wrote: […]
CROS Project Director Blasts Tech Oversight Agency for $3 Million Procurement Delay
July 16th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, CROS Project, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Eric Steen, John Thomas Flynn, Marybel Batjer, State Technology Approval Reform (STAR), TechLeader.TV, california Project Approval Lifecycle
CROS Project Director Blasts Tech Oversight Agency for $3 Million Procurement Delay
Warns that CalTech interference will increase likelihood of implementation schedule slippage, project cost escalation, even leading “down the road to another failed state IT project.” Some may consider the cost of this delay just a deck chair on the Titanic, as the currently budgeted $309 […]
Fed’s Digital Pearl Harbor Demands Appropriate State of California Action
June 17th, 2015 by admin
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Fed’s Digital Pearl Harbor Demands Appropriate State of California Action
Back in the late 1990’s when I was State CIO, our team at Department of Information Technology (DOIT) was responsible for addressing the “dreaded” Year 2000 issue affecting state computers systems. Led by longtime state employee Claudina Nevis DOIT oversaw the identification of, and mitigation […]
Celebrating Sunshine Week, Gov. Jerry Brown Admits Administration Deletes Official eMails…But Who Decided Which Ones????
March 14th, 2015 by admin
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Celebrating Sunshine Week, Gov. Jerry Brown Admits Administration Deletes Official eMails…But Who Decided Which Ones????
Putative 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton may be mired in an email deletion scandal in Washington, DC, but here in Sacramento, Gov. Jerry Brown scoffs at such public record keeping punctiliousness. According to LATimes: He (Gov. Brown) said that in California, “we do eliminate […]
Highlights:TechLeader.TV on Procurement – Bid Sync going away; Final Calnet3 Categories RFP/IFB’s coming, may disappoint some; Vendor performance scorecard coming in 2015 & new incentive-based contracting under consideration; STAR makes FSR’s go away – in 2015?? Statewide Technology Procurement Division’s (STPD) big five procurements for 2015 & more…
February 3rd, 2015 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, CES Mail, CWS, California IT procurement, California Technology Agency, EBT3, Jim Butler, Marnell Voss, State Technology Approval Reform (STAR), TechLeader.TV, WIC
Highlights:TechLeader.TV on Procurement – Bid Sync going away; Final Calnet3 Categories RFP/IFB’s coming, may disappoint some; Vendor performance scorecard coming in 2015 & new incentive-based contracting under consideration; STAR makes FSR’s go away – in 2015?? Statewide Technology Procurement Division’s (STPD) big five procurements for 2015 & more…
Our TLTV show focusing on State of California procurement had many highlights: Regardless of FI$CAL Rollout problems, State Procurement still scheduled to switchover from Bid Sync on July 1, 2015. Will state be ready? Are vendors prepared? CalNet3 remaining categories for wireless and satellite voice […]
TechLeader.TV with Jim Butler, DGS Deputy Director, State Purchasing Officer & Marnell Voss, Deputy Director, CalTech, Statewide Technology Procurement, JAN 22, 2015, 11:30 AM PT
January 9th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California Department of General Services, California Procurement reform, Jim Butler, Marnell Voss, TechLeader.TV
TechLeader.TV with Jim Butler, DGS Deputy Director, State Purchasing Officer & Marnell Voss, Deputy Director, CalTech, Statewide Technology Procurement, JAN 22, 2015, 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Jim Butler, Deputy Director, DGS and State Chief Purchasing Officer Marnell Voss, Deputy Director, CalTech, Statewide Technology Procurement Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn Jim Butler oversees the state’s $10 billion annual purchasing, and some of the most relevant, […]
State Auditor Reports Troubling FI$CAL Rollout
January 9th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California 2015-2016 Budget, FI$CAL, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
State Auditor Reports Troubling FI$CAL Rollout
The state’s giant, new $700 million financial system, FI$CAL, had its first, staged rollout or Wave on July 1, 2014. Until now little had been heard about its success; however, a new State Auditor report released today expressed some significant concerns. Apparently over half the […]
Brown Introduces New 2015-2016 Budget: $250+ Billion. Where’s the $3-$5 billion in IT Spending?
January 9th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California 2015-16 IT Budget, California Technology Agency, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, california Data breaches, california budget transparency, state computer systems
Brown Introduces New 2015-2016 Budget: $250+ Billion. Where’s the $3-$5 billion in IT Spending?
Today, once again, the State of California is going through its traditional January ritual where the Governor unveils its huge annual budget, over $250 billion when you count all the state’s funding sources. Don’t be fooled by the Department of Finance’s budgetary legerdemain whereby only […]