Next Program SEPT 15, 2015 with Elaine Howle California State Auditor Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn Elaine M. Howle is California’s independent State Auditor who serves the State of California by providing accurate, unbiased, and timely assessments of financial and operation aspects of […]
VOD TechLeader.TV with Elaine Howle, California State Auditor; SEPT 15, 2015; 11:30 AM PT
August 24th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: BreEZe, Brown Administration, California Department of Technology, California State Auditor, California Technology Agency, Elaine Howle, FI$CAL, state computer system
VOD TechLeader.TV with Elaine Howle, California State Auditor; SEPT 15, 2015; 11:30 AM PT
State CIO Letter to BOE/CROS Officials Explains Reasoning for Delaying Project
July 16th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: BOE tax Modernization, Brown Administration, CROS Project, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Eric Steen, John Thomas Flynn, Jon Ortiz, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
State CIO Letter to BOE/CROS Officials Explains Reasoning for Delaying Project
It appears that the rationale for the State CIO to delay BOE’s Centralized Revenue Opportunity System (CROS) Project, preventing CROS officials from releasing their RFP earlier this month as they had planned, was the lack of a “master schedule”. As State CIO Carlos Ramos wrote: […]
State Auditor Reports Troubling FI$CAL Rollout
January 9th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California 2015-2016 Budget, FI$CAL, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
State Auditor Reports Troubling FI$CAL Rollout
The state’s giant, new $700 million financial system, FI$CAL, had its first, staged rollout or Wave on July 1, 2014. Until now little had been heard about its success; however, a new State Auditor report released today expressed some significant concerns. Apparently over half the […]
TechLeader.TV with Davood Ghods, Chief of the Office of Technology Services (OTech); OCT 30, 2014 at 11:30 AM PT
October 1st, 2014 by admin
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Tags: AB2408, CES Mail, CalCloud, California Technology Agency, California eMail, Calnet3, Davood Ghods, John Thomas Flynn, OTech, TechLeader.TV, state computer system, state computer systems
TechLeader.TV with Davood Ghods, Chief of the Office of Technology Services (OTech); OCT 30, 2014 at 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Davood Ghods Chief Office of Technology Services (OTech) Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Davood Ghods Chief, OTech Davood oversees approximately 800 FTE’s within the OTech divisions of Operations, Engineering, Customer Delivery, Statewide Telecommunications and Network, Security Management, […]
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, State CIO; September 25, 2014 at 11:30 AM PT
September 11th, 2014 by admin
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Tags: AB2408, CALNET 3, California Dpartment of Technology, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
TechLeader.TV with Carlos Ramos, State CIO; September 25, 2014 at 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Carlos Ramos Chief Information Officer State of California Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Carlos Ramos State CIO Topics to be discussed will include: The new IT Project Approval process – State Technology Approval Reform (STAR) New Organizations […]
TechLeader.TV with Gigi Smith, Caltrans CIO, NOV 7, 2013, 11:30 AM PT
October 29th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: California Transportation Agency, Caltrans, Gigi Smith, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
TechLeader.TV with Gigi Smith, Caltrans CIO, NOV 7, 2013, 11:30 AM PT
Next Program with Gigi Smith CIO, Caltrans Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Gigi Smith Caltrans is by far the largest state transportation department in the U.S. with an annual operating budget of $13 billion and 20,000 employees. In addition, Caltrans […]
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 […]
TechLeader.TV with Ron Hughes, Director, California Office of Technology Services, APR 11, 2013
March 23rd, 2013 by admin
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Tags: Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, California eMail, John Thomas Flynn, OTech, Ron Hughes, TechLeader.TV, office of Technology Services, state computer system
TechLeader.TV with Ron Hughes, Director, California Office of Technology Services, APR 11, 2013
Next Program with Ron Hughes Director, California Office of Technology Services Live Webcast Hosted By John Thomas Flynn with Special Guest Ron Hughes Ron Hughes was appointed Director of the Office of Technology Services (OTech) in April of 2012. OTech has over 800 employees and […]
State by State: Implementation of Obama Health Law for 50 million Uninsured. What could Go Wrong?
March 21st, 2013 by admin
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Tags: Associated Press, Federally funded state computer systems, NYT, Obamacare, SACSS, healthcare insurance exchanges, medicaid, medical, state computer system
State by State: Implementation of Obama Health Law for 50 million Uninsured. What could Go Wrong?
Snapshot from AP via the NYT about states’ Health Insurance Exchanges and Medicaid expansion. Glaringly, in my opinion, no word on whether states will make the Obamacare deadline just over six months away on October 1, 2013 to have enrollment and eligibility systems up and […]
LA Times Reports on DMV IT Modernization Project
February 15th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, California DMV, California Technology Agency, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
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 […]