• Latest State IT Reforms Issued: Mostly Familiar, But Hints at Recreating OSI under New Technology Department; Ghost of Teri Takai?

    August 15th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    Latest State IT Reforms Issued: Mostly Familiar, But Hints at Recreating OSI under New Technology Department; Ghost of Teri Takai?

    The latest state IT reform commission (the 27th, by TechLeader.TV’s calculation), the Task Force on Re-engineering IT Procurement for Success issued its report today  Recommendations to Improve Large Information Technology Procurements: A Road Map for Success in California. The task force and its report are […]

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    STATE PAYROLL SYSTEM: TAKE IT AWAY FROM CONTROLLER’S OFFICE: My article is up today in the San Diego Union Tribune

    March 14th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    STATE PAYROLL SYSTEM: TAKE IT AWAY FROM CONTROLLER’S OFFICE: My article is up today in the San Diego Union Tribune

    My primary points; After three separate controllers’ efforts, the last two having spent more than a decade in procurement and implementation efforts outlined above, the sine qua non ingredient for a new, successful project is the removal of responsibility for payroll and the new payroll […]

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    Well, the Controller can use his own Payroll Project as Case Study in IT Procurement Failure

    February 12th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , ,
    Well, the Controller can use his own Payroll Project as Case Study in IT Procurement Failure

    This may be closing the barn door after the horse has run away California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman but as Techwire reports: State Controller Announces Task Force on Reengineering IT Procurement for Success State Controller John […]

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    Ramos Era Begins

    July 15th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    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 […]

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    Governor Brown Seeks “Top 10 Actions” to Cut Government Waste and Boost Efficiency; Here’s TechLeader.TV’s Contribution – $5 billion Deficit Reduction

    February 24th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
    Governor Brown Seeks “Top 10 Actions” to Cut Government Waste and Boost Efficiency; Here’s TechLeader.TV’s Contribution – $5 billion Deficit Reduction

    Officially,  Governor Brown solicited the a Top 10 Action items from the Bureau of State Audits and the Little Hoover Commission; however, since TechLeader.TV (TLTV) has been generous to this point in its recommendations to the new Administration on how the state could cut waste […]

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    Local Government employees doing well, even CIO pay, not too shabby

    February 14th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , ,
    Local Government employees doing well, even CIO pay, not too shabby

    The City of San Jose joined the ranks of other local governments posting employees’ pay online. State Controller John Chiang has been doing the same, though his PC treatment of the issue redacts the government employees’ name. Not so in the self-billed Capital of Silicon […]

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    Why doesn’t the California Legislature mandate that all major IT projects require budget approval and oversight from the State Chief Information Officer (CIO)?

    January 26th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
    Why doesn’t the California Legislature mandate that all major IT projects require budget approval and oversight from the State Chief Information Officer (CIO)?

    Ed Mendel at CalPensions reports further news that the $275 million CalPERS computer system is late and over budget. He raises similar warnings mentioned at TechLeader.TV about the California Court Case Management System now approaching stratospheric cost estimates of $2 billion. These so-called non-Executive entities […]

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    Chiang’s Folly

    July 16th, 2010 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , ,
    Chiang’s Folly

    My thoughts on this Controller Chiang payroll minimum wage issue are in my op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune today. I have felt like a Cassandra on this matter for some years now… “I’m not going to get into the esoteric world of reprogramming a […]

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