• 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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    Senate Oversight Office Claims State Controller Chiang Misled Legislature and Public about State Payroll Project

    August 12th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , ,
    Senate Oversight Office Claims State Controller Chiang Misled Legislature and Public about State Payroll Project

    A new report by the California Legislature’s Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes blasted the State Controller’s Office for its management and its lack of accurate communication regarding the $350 million state payroll project. From the report’s most damning and damaging words regarding the Controller’s […]

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    Here’s One Way to Eliminate Malware…Fed CIO Destroys PC’s, Printers, even Mice!

    July 10th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , ,
    Here’s One Way to Eliminate Malware…Fed CIO Destroys PC’s, Printers, even Mice!

    I guess this is one way to fix the problem, at least for the Economic Development Administration (EDA), an agency in the Department of Commerce: $170,000 of PCs, printers, keyboards, cameras, and mice destroyed in gross overreaction. EDA’s CIO [Chuck Benjamin], fearing that the agency […]

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    Is Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra the NBA’s version of MoneyBall’s Billy Beane?

    June 17th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , ,
    Is Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra the NBA’s version of MoneyBall’s Billy Beane?

    Sure seems like it: Muthu Alagappan, a Stanford undergrad majoring in biomechanical engineering, asked if he could apply the company’s software to basketball stats. It quickly produced distinct patterns and color codes that led him to determine that basketball actually has at least 10 distinct […]

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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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    LA Times Reports on DMV IT Modernization Project

    February 15th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , ,
    LA Times Reports on DMV IT Modernization Project

    Some further details reported on the DMV project with an inaccurate quote attributed to me. I stated that there were a cascade of problems that befell the 21st Century Project, not a cascade of project failures. SACRAMENTO — California’s computer problems, which have already cost […]

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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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    California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman

    February 8th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
    California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman

    The SacBee’s Jon Ortiz reported today that State Controller John Chiang has terminated SAP’s contract to implement the state’s SAP payroll project, jeopardizing the entire $375 million project. After overseeing this project since he took office in his first term in 2007, this marks just […]

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    Controller’s Payroll System Living Up to its Tag as “The 22nd Century Project”

    December 22nd, 2012 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , ,
    Controller’s Payroll System Living Up to its Tag as “The 22nd Century Project”

    Main Stream Media has finally caught up to our story at TechLeader.TV that we broke on November 14, 2012: State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again). The LA Times reports today: Overhaul of California government payroll system […]

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    State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again)

    November 14th, 2012 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , ,
    State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again)

    When discussing success rates it is instructive to understand the context. For example, you may consider the fact that if a SF Giant’s baseball player fails in two of three at bats over his career, he will likely be enshrined in the Cooperstown Hall of […]

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