The intrepid Jimmy Baker hosted another Public Sector Technology Exchange’s (PSTE) innovative leadership forum this week on “Security and Visibility – Bringing Hidden Threats to Light”. Somewhat surprising surfacing on his panel was former State CIO Carlos Ramos who took the occasion to discuss his […]
Should State CISO Stay in Department of Technology?
State CIO Carlos Ramos Leaving Post; Amy Tong Named Acting State CIO
Apparently the fallout from State Chief Security Officer Michele Robinson’s disastrous appearance before the Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity on February 24th continues. This morning State CIO Ramos informed his staff at the Department of Technology that he was stepping down. This occurs just one […]
Ramos’ Rules: State CIO Lays Out Broad IT Management Reform Environment for 2016
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 […]
The Contractor Performance Evaluation Scorecard: Fact Sheet
CPES Fact sheet 12.15 FINAL The Contractor Performance Evaluation Scorecard (CPES) was created to strengthen state accountability, IT project governance and to increase overall the likelihood of IT project success for the State of California. The California Department of Technology (CDT) began this collaborative effort […]
The Vendor Scorecard: California Contractor Performance Rating 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
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 […]
Highlights from Techleader.TV Appearance by State CIO Carlos Ramos
Here are some of the highlights from CIO Ramos’s interview last week watched LIVE online by over 1,000 viewers: Outlines CalCloud’s Exemption Policy; Says State Should Get Out of eMail Business, Sounding Death Knell for State Hosted CA.Mail??; Explains New Consulting and Oversight Organizations within […]
Carlos Ramos – September 25, 2014

July 24, 2014 with TLTV Special Guest Carlos Ramos, Chief Information Officer State of California Techleader.tv requires Adobe Flash Player. This can be downloaded for free here: Flash Player. Adobe Flash Player is a free download for Windows and MacOS desktops and laptop computers. For iPad, […]
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, State CIO; September 25, 2014 at 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Carlos Ramos Chief Information Officer State of California Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Carlos Ramos State CIO Topics to be discussed will include: The new IT Project Approval process – State Technology Approval Reform (STAR) New Organizations […]