The SacBee’s State Worker columnist and TechLeader.TV friend Jon Ortiz weighs in today with a story about the State Auditor again ripping FI$CAL, the state’s new $1.6 billion financial system modernization project at the Department of Finance. However, I want to take issue with certain findings […]
State Auditor: FI$CAL on the Border of Oblivion?
January 12th, 2012 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, Cloud Computing, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, Governor Brown, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Jon Ortiz, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
State Auditor: FI$CAL on the Border of Oblivion?
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
September 10th, 2011 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: AB2408, Brown Administration, CALNET 3, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, California budget deficit, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Cloud Computing, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, Medical Fraud, TechLeader.TV, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer system
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Carlos Ramos Secretary California Technology Agency & State CIO Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Carlos Ramos TechLeader.TV will explore the Ramos vision for State IT: What’s the 100 day plan; are more organizational changes ahead; what are […]
State CIO Ramos Reorganizes the California Tech Agency and Introduces New Team
September 9th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: AB2408, Anna Brannen, Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Deltek, Fred Klass, IT project failure, Input, John Thomas Flynn, Keith Tresh, Little Hoover Commission, Paul Benedetto, TechAmerica, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, carol Henton, state cio
State CIO Ramos Reorganizes the California Tech Agency and Introduces New Team
State CIO Ramos reorganizes the California Technology Agency (TA) and formally unveils his new team; DGS Director Klass pours cold water on any TA plan for assuming IT Procurement operational role; Assemblywoman Buchanan provides California Budget Deficit primer. TechAmerica and Input held their 7th Annual […]
L’il Hoover BombShell??: Courts Case Mgmt System looking like another Oracle Debacle, says State Auditor
August 27th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: AB2408, Brown Administration, California Court Case Management System, Carlos Ramos, Deloitte, Elaine Howle, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, Oracle Licensing Debacle, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
L’il Hoover BombShell??: Courts Case Mgmt System looking like another Oracle Debacle, says State Auditor
State Auditor Elaine Howle dropped a bombshell at the beginning of her Little Hoover Commission (LHC) testimony Thursday August 25th comparing the massive, problem-plagued $1.8 billion Court Case Management System (CCMS) to the state’s 2001 Oracle licensing scandal. With all but a few of the […]
Highlights from Little Hoover Commission testimony today by California Technology Agency Secretary and State CIO Carlos Ramos
August 25th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California Court Case Management System, California State Controller, California Technology Agency, California budget deficit, Carlos Ramos, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, Governor Brown, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer systems
Highlights from Little Hoover Commission testimony today by California Technology Agency Secretary and State CIO Carlos Ramos
Carlos Ramos expressed his support today for AB2408 and answered that it was successfully working; however, Ramos seemed to equivocate somewhat on several key points. What I took away from the hearing was the following: For agencies/departments scheduled to migrate their data processing centers to […]
State CIO Carlos Ramos gets Prime Time at Little Hoover IT Hearing
August 11th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, CA-MMIS, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Controller, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, Stuart Drown, TechLeader.TV, UI-MOD
State CIO Carlos Ramos gets Prime Time at Little Hoover IT Hearing
State CIO and Secretary of the California Technology Agency will kick off the testimony later this month on the Little Hoover Commission’s Public Hearing on Information Technology Governance on Thursday, August 25, 2011. As TechLeader.TV reported last month, the Little Hoover Commission will review progress […]
Ramos Era Begins
July 15th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, AB2408, Bill Maile, Brown Administration, Brown cell phones, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Chiang, Controller, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, state computer system
Ramos Era Begins
This week Carlos Ramos formerly accepted the reins of office from Acting State CIO Christie Quinlan seen here reintroducing Carlos to the state IT infrastructure at a mobile command center at the California Technology Agency’s Public Safety Communications Office. Bill Maile, California Technology Agency Director […]
More woe over the $1.9 Billion California courts case management system
July 15th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: California Court Case Management System, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
More woe over the $1.9 Billion California courts case management system
Sac Judges Say Court Bureaucracy Should Be ‘Dismantled Forthwith’ The Sacramento judges call the project a “debacle” and “one of the most disgraced and mismanaged computer systems this state has ever seen.” … Ouch…
State of California Email Strategy is Best Practice
April 4th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Adrian Farley, Brown Administration, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Christy Quinlan, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, office of Technology Services, state computer system
State of California Email Strategy is Best Practice
SacBee’s Jack Chang has a story today about the state’s email strategy. “State streamlining its email system: Some ask, is it necessary?” Considering all the more obvious computer project implementation problems at the State of California, file this under ho-hum. And for those who disagree, […]
$5 billion IT related budget Cuts/Efficiencies – TLTV Action Items: beats State Auditor & LHC to the Punch
March 4th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, California budget deficit, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Medical Fraud, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
$5 billion IT related budget Cuts/Efficiencies – TLTV Action Items: beats State Auditor & LHC to the Punch
I criticized Governor Brown last time on our TechLeader.TV (TLTV) Webcast for only identifying a paltry $200 million in budget savings through government efficiencies in a $100+ billion state budget. However, he formally asked the Bureau of State Audits and the Little Hoover Commission to […]