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 […]
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
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Chiang, Controller, DOD CIO, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, Task Force on Reengineering IT Procurement for Success, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai
Latest State IT Reforms Issued: Mostly Familiar, But Hints at Recreating OSI under New Technology Department; Ghost of Teri Takai?
State CIO Ramos to Testify at Senate Hearing Today on Controller’s 21st Century Payroll Project
August 15th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, California State Controller, Carlos Ramos, John Chiang, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, Senator Berryhill, Senator Roth, Senator Torres, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
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 […]
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
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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
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 […]
California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman
February 8th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California State Auditor, California State Controller, California Technology Agency, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Chiang, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
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 […]
Controller’s Payroll System Living Up to its Tag as “The 22nd Century Project”
December 22nd, 2012 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Bearingpoint, Controller, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
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 […]
State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again)
November 14th, 2012 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: 21st Century Project, California State Controller, IT project failure, John Chiang, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, SAP Payroll failure, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again)
When discussing success rates it is instructive to understand the context. For example, you may consider the fact that if a SF Giant’s baseball player fails in two of three at bats over his career, he will likely be enshrined in the Cooperstown Hall of […]
FI$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 $62.6 million on a computer project that the state auditor says is beset by problems with staffing, […]
Highlights from Little Hoover Commission testimony today by California Technology Agency Secretary and State CIO Carlos Ramos
August 25th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California Court Case Management System, California State Controller, California Technology Agency, California budget deficit, Carlos Ramos, Elaine Howle, FI$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 […]
State CIO Carlos Ramos gets Prime Time at Little Hoover IT Hearing
August 11th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, CA-MMIS, CALPADS, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Controller, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, Stuart Drown, TechLeader.TV, UI-MOD
State CIO Carlos Ramos gets Prime Time at Little Hoover IT Hearing
State CIO and Secretary of the California Technology Agency will kick off the testimony later this month on the Little Hoover Commission’s Public Hearing on Information Technology Governance on Thursday, August 25, 2011. As TechLeader.TV reported last month, the Little Hoover Commission will review progress […]
Little Hoover Commission announces hearing to review progress of AB2408 State IT Consolidation – Department CIO’s lining up to voice support
July 20th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, AB2408, Brown Administration, CA-MMIS, CALPADS, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Carlos Ramos, Controller, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, TechLeader.TV, UI-MOD, office of Technology Services, state cio, state computer system
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), […]