• FORGET IT, JACK; IT’S CALIFORNIA: CSU Chancellor’s Office hid $1.5 Billion surplus

    June 20th, 2019 by jtflynn Categories: Blogs Tags: , ,
    FORGET IT, JACK; IT’S CALIFORNIA: CSU Chancellor’s Office hid $1.5 Billion surplus

    CSU Chancellor’s Office Did Not Fully Inform Legislators and Students About CSU’s $1.5 Billion Surplus. CSU had accumulated a surplus of more than $1.5 billion, primarily from student tuition, that it can use at its discretion to cover the costs of instruction or other operations.

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    California State Auditor Warning: Only a Third of State’s IT Data “Reliable”. Ouch…

    December 18th, 2014 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , ,
    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 […]

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    State Auditor Slams Hi Speed Rail Authority for improper IT contracting and no accounting system

    January 24th, 2012 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , ,
    State Auditor Slams Hi Speed Rail Authority for improper IT contracting and no accounting system

    The State Auditor’s Office just completed another review of the High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), a followup to a previous report from April of 2010. In addition to the much heralded fact that the Authority’s financing plans are a shambles with only about 10% of the […]

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    State Auditor’s report paints an ugly portrait of the Courts Case Management System

    February 10th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , ,
    State Auditor’s report paints an ugly portrait of the Courts Case Management System

    Highlights from State Auditor Elaine Howle report: Cost estimates have increased by over 700% going from $260 million in 2004 to nearly $1.9 billion in 2010. Over the course of seven years, the AOC entered into 102 contract amendments and increased the cost of systems […]

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