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 […]
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: 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
Governor Brown, Please Don’t Ignore Technology in Your New Reorg Plan
June 28th, 2012 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Bill Hauck, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Controller, Governor Brown, Joanne Kozberg, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, TechLeader.TV
Governor Brown, Please Don’t Ignore Technology in Your New Reorg Plan
I read with interest the Bee’s recent Viewpoints: Brown seeks to straighten out government jumble, Jun. 17, 2012, by my former Wilson Administration colleague Joanne Kozberg and California Business Roundtable veteran, Bill Hauck touting Governor Brown’s government reorganization plan. I’m normally skeptical about government reorganization […]
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
Categories: Blogs
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 $62.6 million on a computer project that the state auditor says is beset by problems with staffing, […]
Highlights from Little Hoover Commission testimony today by California Technology Agency Secretary and State CIO Carlos Ramos
August 25th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California Court Case Management System, California State Controller, California Technology Agency, California budget deficit, Carlos Ramos, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, Governor Brown, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer systems
Highlights from Little Hoover Commission testimony today by California Technology Agency Secretary and State CIO Carlos Ramos
Carlos Ramos expressed his support today for AB2408 and answered that it was successfully working; however, Ramos seemed to equivocate somewhat on several key points. What I took away from the hearing was the following: For agencies/departments scheduled to migrate their data processing centers to […]
Student, Teacher tracking systems & transparency; it’s politics (and unions) as usual
August 13th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, CALPADS, Cal-PADS, Cal-TIDES, California Teachers Association, Governor Brown, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Perez, Portantino, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
Student, Teacher tracking systems & transparency; it’s politics (and unions) as usual
The SacBee editorial last Friday strongly chastised Governor Brown urging him change his mind and support the 100% federally funded State Department of Education’s Cal-TIDES project, the so-called teacher tracking system: So it is perplexing and dismaying that the governor has vetoed the use of […]
Governor Brown Appoints a new CISO
August 11th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Governor Brown, John Thomas Flynn, Keith Tresh, Mark Weatherford, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, office of Technology Services
Governor Brown Appoints a new CISO
Governor Brown announced today the appointment of a new Chief Information Security Officer, Col. Keith Tresh who replaces Keith Parker who had been Acting CISO since TechLeader.TV friend and guest Mark Weatherford left to become vice president and chief security officer at the North American […]
Are government CIO’s becoming an endangered species
August 10th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, DOD CIO, Federal CIO, Governor Brown, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, alan balutis, meritalk, state cio
Are government CIO’s becoming an endangered species
TechLeader.TV friend and the former U.S. Commerce CIO Alan Balutis writes a provocative column in Federal Computer Week recently entitled: CIO: Really, sincerely dead? His observations should have real resonance for state & local government CIO’s as well. A few highlights: CIOs “are ill-defined positions […]
California Internet Tax devastates 25,000 state businesses and their employees. Are Governor Brown and the Democratic legislators accomplices in violation of federal and state mass layoff laws?
July 7th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Amazon Tax, Brown Administration, Governor Brown, Internet Tax, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV
California Internet Tax devastates 25,000 state businesses and their employees. Are Governor Brown and the Democratic legislators accomplices in violation of federal and state mass layoff laws?
Like 25,000 other Californians I received an email yesterday from online retailer Amazon advising me that my status as an Amazon Associate is over, and they will stop paying commissions for ad referrals from my website of “click-through customers”. While my own commissions are nothing […]
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Diet), Governor Brown & Secret Ballot Elections
June 23rd, 2011 by admin
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Tags: Governor Brown, John Thomas Flynn, SB 104SB, Senate Bill 104, TechLeader.TV, darrell Steinberg, secret ballot
Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Diet), Governor Brown & Secret Ballot Elections
Demonstrating the Pro Tem’s priorities are in order, Darrell Steinberg who carried Senate Bill 104 eliminating the secret ballot in unionization voting is also fasting today as part of a rotating fast by farmworkers and their supporters to encourage Governor Brown to sign the bill. […]