• 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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    State CIO Ramos to Testify at Senate Hearing Today on Controller’s 21st Century Payroll Project

    August 15th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
    State CIO Ramos to Testify at Senate Hearing Today on Controller’s 21st Century Payroll Project

    State CIO Carlos Ramos and representatives from the Controller’s Office, LAO, and the State of California Task Force on Re-Engineering IT Procurement for Success are scheduled to testify today at Senator Richard Roth’s Senate Subcommittee #4 on State Administration and General Government following “Adjournment of […]

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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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    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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    FI$CAL takes more hits from State Auditor

    January 11th, 2012 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
    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, […]

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    Highlights from Little Hoover Commission testimony today by California Technology Agency Secretary and State CIO Carlos Ramos

    August 25th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    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 […]

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    State CIO Carlos Ramos gets Prime Time at Little Hoover IT Hearing

    August 11th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    State CIO Carlos Ramos gets Prime Time at Little Hoover IT Hearing

    State CIO and Secretary of the California Technology Agency will kick off the testimony later this month on the Little Hoover Commission’s Public Hearing on Information Technology Governance on Thursday, August 25, 2011. As TechLeader.TV reported last month, the Little Hoover Commission will review progress […]

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    Little Hoover Commission announces hearing to review progress of AB2408 State IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support

    July 20th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    Little Hoover Commission announces hearing to review progress of AB2408 State IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support

    Little Hoover Commission announces Hearing August 25, 2011 at 9 a.m., State Capitol to review progress of AB2408 IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support… The LHC will also focus on the status of five large (totaling in the billions of dollars), […]

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