As TechLeader.TV reported recently, BreEZe isn’t EZ or a breeze. The State Auditor issued a report today which blasted the project’s planning, contracting, management and oversight: …the BreEZe project has been plagued with performance problems, significant delays, and escalating costs, which based on a January 2015 […]
Quod erat demonstrandum: State Auditor Slams BreEZe Project, nearly 200 significant oversight concerns ignored
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 […]
Carlos Ramos – September 20, 2012

September 20, 2012 with TLTV Special Guest Carlos Ramos Secretary & State Chief Information Officer California Technology Agency TechLeader.TV requires Windows Media Player. FireFox 3.0 users may need to launch the player in a separate window, to do so click here. To view the Webcast […]
TechLeader.TV with Anna Brannen & Paul Benedetto, Under Secretaries, California Technology Agency, April 26, 2012, 11:30 AM PT
Next Program April 26, 2012 11:30 AM PT Live Webcast Hosted by John Thomas Flynn with Anna Brannen Under Secretary for Policy California Technology Agency Paul Benedetto Under Secretary for Operations California Technology Agency TechLeader.TV will discuss with Anna and Paul key developments affecting […]
Carlos Ramos – September 21, 2011

September 21, 2011 with TLTV Special Guest Carlos Ramos Secretary, California Technology Agency and State CIO TechLeader.TV requires Windows Media Player. FireFox 3.0 users may need to launch the player in a separate window, to do so click here. To view the Webcast in full […]
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, Secretary, California Technology Agency & State CIO, September 21, 2011, 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Carlos Ramos Secretary California Technology Agency & State CIO Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Carlos Ramos TechLeader.TV will explore the Ramos vision for State IT: What’s the 100 day plan; are more organizational changes ahead; what are […]
State CIO Ramos Reorganizes the California Tech Agency and Introduces New Team
State CIO Ramos reorganizes the California Technology Agency (TA) and formally unveils his new team; DGS Director Klass pours cold water on any TA plan for assuming IT Procurement operational role; Assemblywoman Buchanan provides California Budget Deficit primer. TechAmerica and Input held their 7th Annual […]
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 […]
Federal CIO’s to have greater authority
According to a Bloomberg story yesterday: Federal chief information officers will have greater authority to review technology investments, eliminate redundant programs, hire managers to oversee projects and implement security programs for agency networks, according to an Aug. 8 White House memo. The new responsibilities will […]
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 […]