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 $1 Billion Financial System
TechLeader.TV 2018 Predictions for State of California
January 5th, 2018 by admin
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Tags: 2018 Predictions for State of California, CalGuard, FI$CAL, John Thomas Flynn, LexisNexis. Oncore, MPIDA, Medi-Cal fraud, Pondera, TechLeader.TV
TechLeader.TV 2018 Predictions for State of California
DHCS’ data analytics investigation of fraud in California’s $120 Billion annual Medi-Cal Program will be so successful, uncovering such an astounding level of improper state healthcare provider claims payments, that they may be embarrassed to publicize results. State Auditor follows up her devastating 2015 state […]
State Auditor again issues warning on $910 million FI$CAL project
State Auditor again issues warning on $910 million FI$CAL project
The California State Auditor today in her legislatively mandated annual FI$CAL review reported that the project “continues to face scheduling challenges, despite having significantly extended its schedule and increased its budget in its sixth Special Project Report (SPR) less than a year ago… That sixth […]
I’ve heard of a new department getting a new computer system, but never a computer system getting a new department… Welcome to FI$CAL’s World
I’ve heard of a new department getting a new computer system, but never a computer system getting a new department… Welcome to FI$CAL’s World
Two very significant, and very ironic, IT related events have drawn TechLeader.TV’s interest over the last month or so. Both are related to the state’s mega-project FI$CAL, the cleverly phonetic acronym for the $840 million Financial Information System for California. The project now in its […]
FI$CAL’s Public Transparency Requirement Gutted in New Budget Agreement
June 21st, 2016 by admin
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Tags: California's War on Transparency, Chris Megerian, FI$CAL, TechLeader.TV
FI$CAL’s Public Transparency Requirement Gutted in New Budget Agreement
As reported in the LAT by Chris Megerian just last week the Gov and the Legislature’s new budget agreement gutted FI$CAL’s operating budget language which previously had stipulated that FI$CAL would provide a publicly available website to identify specific department budgets and spending transactions, and […]
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$CAL, state computer system
VOD TechLeader.TV with Elaine Howle, California State Auditor; SEPT 15, 2015; 11:30 AM PT
Next Program SEPT 15, 2015 with Elaine Howle California State Auditor Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn Elaine M. Howle is California’s independent State Auditor who serves the State of California by providing accurate, unbiased, and timely assessments of financial and operation aspects of […]
Don’t Close Your BIDSYNC Account Quite Yet… FI$CAL Procurement Function Delayed
June 19th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: Bid-Sync, FI$CAL, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, california eprocurement
Don’t Close Your BIDSYNC Account Quite Yet… FI$CAL Procurement Function Delayed
The FI$CAL Steering Committee which met earlier this month approved a postponement of the deployment of the FI$CAL Procurement functions which would have replaced among other features the BIDSYNS provided eProcurement portal now used for State of California procurements. eProcurement is the portal for the […]
Wow! Entire 2016 IT Budget broken down by Agency, Department and even Project
May 28th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: FI$CAL, Federal IT Dashboard, IT Dashboards, John Thomas Flynn, State of California IT Budget, State of california Out of State Travel, TechLeader.TV
Wow! Entire 2016 IT Budget broken down by Agency, Department and even Project
That’s right. The entire budget. And when it’s approved, the budget will be added to an IT Dashboard and will include the name and photo of the Agency CIO responsible for the project. And this dashboard will be updated each month so that actual spending […]
State Auditor Reports Troubling FI$CAL Rollout
January 9th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California 2015-2016 Budget, FI$CAL, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
State Auditor Reports Troubling FI$CAL Rollout
The state’s giant, new $700 million financial system, FI$CAL, had its first, staged rollout or Wave on July 1, 2014. Until now little had been heard about its success; however, a new State Auditor report released today expressed some significant concerns. Apparently over half the […]
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 […]