• DOD CIO Teri Takai Leaving; Heading to the Big Apple?

    April 29th, 2014 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , ,
    DOD CIO Teri Takai Leaving; Heading to the Big Apple?

    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 […]

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    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 Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    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 […]

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    Well, the Controller can use his own Payroll Project as Case Study in IT Procurement Failure

    February 12th, 2013 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , ,
    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 […]

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    DOD CIO Teri Takai called out for lack of transparency, GAO Report says

    November 19th, 2012 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , ,
    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 […]

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    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 Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    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, […]

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    DOD CIO Takai’s role expanding according to reports

    February 22nd, 2012 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , ,
    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 […]

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    Defense Dept. CIO Teri Takai Needs More Authority, Board Says

    January 21st, 2012 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , ,
    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 […]

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    State CIO Ramos Reorganizes the California Tech Agency and Introduces New Team

    September 9th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    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 […]

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    Highlights from Little Hoover Commission testimony today by California Technology Agency Secretary and State CIO Carlos Ramos

    August 25th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    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 […]

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    State of Minnesota IT Consolidation begins this week

    August 17th, 2011 by admin Categories: Blogs Tags: , , , , , ,
    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 […]

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