Former State of California CIO Teri Takai is leaving as U.S. Department of Defense CIO the end of this week, with speculation in FCW that she may be under consideration for the CIO position in New York City. Defense Department CIO Teri Takai is leaving […]
DOD CIO Teri Takai Leaving; Heading to the Big Apple?
April 29th, 2014 by admin
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Tags: DOD CIO, John Thomas Flynn, New York City CIO, Sean Lyngaas, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, federal computer week
DOD CIO Teri Takai Leaving; Heading to the Big Apple?
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?
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 […]
Well, the Controller can use his own Payroll Project as Case Study in IT Procurement Failure
February 12th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: Chiang, Controller, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, Techwire, Teri Takai
Well, the Controller can use his own Payroll Project as Case Study in IT Procurement Failure
This may be closing the barn door after the horse has run away California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman but as Techwire reports: State Controller Announces Task Force on Reengineering IT Procurement for Success State Controller John […]
DOD CIO Teri Takai called out for lack of transparency, GAO Report says
November 19th, 2012 by admin
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Tags: DOD, David Powner. GAO, Federal IT Dashboard, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai
DOD CIO Teri Takai called out for lack of transparency, GAO Report says
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) cites federal agencies for underestimating risk on Federal IT Dashboard, and specifically calls out TechLeader.TV friend and former California CIO Teri Takai. According to an article in FCW, “DOD CIO Teresa Takai is named in a GAO report alleging that […]
Flynn Testifies at Little Hoover Commission on Governor’s Re-Org Plan; Calls it the Looming Threat to State IT Investment
May 1st, 2012 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Anna Brannen, Brown Administration, Brown cell phones, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, John Thomas Flynn, Little Hoover Commission, Paul Benedetto, TechAmerica, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, government transparency
Flynn Testifies at Little Hoover Commission on Governor’s Re-Org Plan; Calls it the Looming Threat to State IT Investment
Your TechLeader.TV host held nothing back as he testified on April 24, 2012 before the Little Hoover Commission, California’s “good Government”, independent state oversight agency that was created a half century ago. The Commission’s mission is to investigate state government operations and – through reports, […]
DOD CIO Takai’s role expanding according to reports
February 22nd, 2012 by admin
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Tags: DOD CIO, John Thomas Flynn, Nicholas Hoover, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, information Week
DOD CIO Takai’s role expanding according to reports
After 18 months DOD IT reform finally beginning “to bear fruit” according to Information Week’s J. Nicholas Hoover, and not surprisingly former California CIO Teri Takai is right in the thick of things: …DOD’s reforms thus far have seemed to place a greater emphasis on […]
Defense Dept. CIO Teri Takai Needs More Authority, Board Says
January 21st, 2012 by admin
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Tags: DOD CIO, Defense Business Board, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai
Defense Dept. CIO Teri Takai Needs More Authority, Board Says
Prior to and frankly since California’s former CIO Teri Takai’s appointment to the Obama Administration, her role and responsibilities at the DOD have been a source of speculation. Stories of a strong working relationship with her initial boss Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, have given […]
State CIO Ramos Reorganizes the California Tech Agency and Introduces New Team
September 9th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: AB2408, Anna Brannen, Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan, California Court Case Management System, California Technology Agency, Carlos Ramos, Deltek, Fred Klass, IT project failure, Input, John Thomas Flynn, Keith Tresh, Little Hoover Commission, Paul Benedetto, TechAmerica, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai, carol Henton, state cio
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
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 of Minnesota IT Consolidation begins this week
August 17th, 2011 by admin
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Tags: California Technology Agency, Carolyn Parnell, John Thomas Flynn, Minnesota, Office of Enterprise Technology, TechLeader.TV, Teri Takai
State of Minnesota IT Consolidation begins this week
The North Star State has join a growing number of states including California who are centralizing their governance model and consolidating their operations and infrastructure. In the case of Minnesota, their new Office of Enterprise Technology, like the California Technology Agency, will be the 800 […]