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 […]
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
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Chiang, Controller, DOD CIO, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, Task Force on Reengineering IT Procurement for Success, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai
Latest State IT Reforms Issued: Mostly Familiar, But Hints at Recreating OSI under New Technology Department; Ghost of Teri Takai?
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
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Accenture, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Chiang, Controller, Governor Brown, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, Steve Westly, darrell Steinberg, franchise Tax Board, state cio
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 […]
Well, the Controller can use his own Payroll Project as Case Study in IT Procurement Failure
February 12th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: Chiang, Controller, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, Techwire, Teri Takai
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 $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman but as Techwire reports: State Controller Announces Task Force on Reengineering IT Procurement for Success State Controller John […]
Ramos Era Begins
July 15th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, AB2408, Bill Maile, Brown Administration, Brown cell phones, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Chiang, Controller, FI$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 […]
Governor Brown Seeks “Top 10 Actions” to Cut Government Waste and Boost Efficiency; Here’s TechLeader.TV’s Contribution – $5 billion Deficit Reduction
February 24th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Chiang, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
Governor Brown Seeks “Top 10 Actions” to Cut Government Waste and Boost Efficiency; Here’s TechLeader.TV’s Contribution – $5 billion Deficit Reduction
Officially, Governor Brown solicited the a Top 10 Action items from the Bureau of State Audits and the Little Hoover Commission; however, since TechLeader.TV (TLTV) has been generous to this point in its recommendations to the new Administration on how the state could cut waste […]
Local Government employees doing well, even CIO pay, not too shabby
February 14th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: CIO pay, Chiang, John Thomas Flynn, Sacramento, Sacramento CIO, San Jose CIO, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
Local Government employees doing well, even CIO pay, not too shabby
The City of San Jose joined the ranks of other local governments posting employees’ pay online. State Controller John Chiang has been doing the same, though his PC treatment of the issue redacts the government employees’ name. Not so in the self-billed Capital of Silicon […]
Why doesn’t the California Legislature mandate that all major IT projects require budget approval and oversight from the State Chief Information Officer (CIO)?
January 26th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, CALPERS, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, Chiang, Controller, FI$CAL, John Thomas Flynn, Mycalpays, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
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 […]
Chiang’s Folly
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 […]