In addition to a 70% budget increase since 2005 this seemingly interminable FI$CAL project is far from complete, with less than 1/3 of state departments converted over, most other remaining departments who were supposed to go live last month represent much larger state organizations and […]
State Auditor Again Blasts California’s Implementation of Nearly $1 Billion Financial System
August 16th, 2018 by admin
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Tags: California DMV IT Problems, California Department of Technology, California State Auditor, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, John Thomas Flynn, Miriam Barcellona Ingenito, TechLeader.TV
State Auditor Again Blasts California’s Implementation of Nearly $1 Billion Financial System
State Auditor on TLTV VOD: Calls out Governor for downgrading CIO’s Office; Stunning Cybersecurity non-compliance; 3 recommendations for State CIO; CalVet’s Homes Information System in Auditor’s Crosshairs; and lots more…
September 23rd, 2015 by admin
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Tags: CalVets Veterans Homes Information System, California State Auditor, Cybersecurity non-compliance, Elaine Howle, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV
State Auditor on TLTV VOD: Calls out Governor for downgrading CIO’s Office; Stunning Cybersecurity non-compliance; 3 recommendations for State CIO; CalVet’s Homes Information System in Auditor’s Crosshairs; and lots more…
The California State Auditor calls out Governor Brown for removing the California Technology Agency from the Cabinet. In addition, Elaine Howle regaled TLTV viewers with other observations on stunning state agencies’ Cybersecurity non-compliance; provided three thoughtful recommendations for improving the State CIO’s Office; warns that […]
VOD TechLeader.TV with Elaine Howle, California State Auditor; SEPT 15, 2015; 11:30 AM PT
August 24th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: BreEZe, Brown Administration, California Department of Technology, California State Auditor, California Technology Agency, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, state computer system
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 […]
California State Auditor Warning: Only a Third of State’s IT Data “Reliable”. Ouch…
December 18th, 2014 by admin
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Tags: California Budget Reports Unreliable, California IT Systems Data Unreliable, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, John Thomas Flynn, State Auditor Elaine Howle, TechLeader.TV
California State Auditor Warning: Only a Third of State’s IT Data “Reliable”. Ouch…
In a remarkably low-key announcement accompanying her report, State Auditor Elaine Howle notified the Governor and the legislature today that her office performed 53 data reliability assessments of state IT systems, and “determined for the purposes of the audits that the data were sufficiently reliable […]
Now, DMV Reportedly Halts Major $210 Million IT Project…
February 13th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Bernard Soriano, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Chris Megerian, Controller, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, HP, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, TechLeader.TV, darrell Steinberg, state computer system
Now, DMV Reportedly Halts Major $210 Million IT Project…
The California Technology Agency’s IT Project Tracking web site has for several consecutive months posted ominous project status reports, replete with bright red warning signs indicating serious implementation problems on the DMV’s IT Modernization Project. Today the DMV announced that it was apparently halting its […]
California State Auditor Says Employment Development Department Still Having Phone Problems
November 13th, 2012 by admin
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Tags: EDD, Elaine Howle, Employment Development Department, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, phone system, unemployment insurance
California State Auditor Says Employment Development Department Still Having Phone Problems
California State Auditor Elaine Howle in a report issued today stated that the state’s unemployment agency EDD continues to have claim processing difficulties and unacceptable numbers of callers experiencing phone system problems. According to the LA Times: “Our follow-up in this area found that millions […]
State Auditor: FI$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?
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 $1.6 billion financial system modernization project at the Department of Finance. However, I want to take issue with certain findings […]
FI$CAL takes more hits from State Auditor
January 11th, 2012 by admin
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Tags: Accenture, California Technology Agency, California budget deficit, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, Governor Brown, IBM, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, TechLeader.TV
FI$CAL takes more hits from State Auditor
Orange County Register reports that the State’s $1.6 billion computer system [is] beset by woes: Five months before selecting a contractor, the state of California has already spent $62.6 million on a computer project that the state auditor says is beset by problems with staffing, […]
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
September 10th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: AB2408, Brown Administration, CALNET 3, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, California budget deficit, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Cloud Computing, Elaine Howle, FI$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 […]
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 […]