Chris Kanaracus at IDG News Service\Boston Bureau reports that the State of California isn’t the only jurisdiction to have trouble installing its new SAP computer system. “Officials in Marin County, California, decided on Tuesday to replace the county’s ailing SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) system, [...]
Marin County to pull plug on SAP implementation
Marin County to pull plug on SAP implementation
Teri Takai’s DOD CIO confirmation put on hold
Teri Takai’s DOD CIO confirmation put on hold
There appears to be a bump in the road for California CIO Teri Takai whom TechLeader.TV reported early this year to be in line for an Obama Administration Appointment as DOD CIO. Amber Corrin with Federal Computer Week reports, “Teri Takai’s confirmation hearings on hold [...]
HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns Over Inappropriate Conduct Charges
HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns Over Inappropriate Conduct Charges
Just a few hours ago, HP’s CFO and Interim CEO Cathie Lesjak announced that CEO Mark Hurd had been forced to resign due to inappropriate conduct. According to Lesjak, an internal investigation determined that “Mark had failed to disclose a close personal relationship he had [...]
Chiang’s Folly
Chiang’s Folly
My thoughts on this Controller Chiang payroll minimum wage issue are in my op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune today. I have felt like a Cassandra on this matter for some years now… “I’m not going to get into the esoteric world of reprogramming a [...]
Mark Weatherford Awarded SC Magazine’s Chief Security Officer of the Year
Mark Weatherford Awarded SC Magazine’s Chief Security Officer of the Year
Mark Weatherford, Director of the California Office of Information Security, has been named Chief Security Officer of the Year by SC Magazine in their March cover story. In a very nice article and interview Illena Armstrong explores Mark’s accomplishment in Colorado and California. As we [...]
PK Agarwal resigns: State IT Leadership Departure Continues
PK Agarwal resigns: State IT Leadership Departure Continues
Fresh on the heels of the official Obama Administration announcement last week that California State CIO Teri Takai had been tapped to become U.S. Department of Defense CIO, TechLeader.TV has learned that TechLeader.TV Friend and former TLTV guest, PK Agarwal, Director of the Office of [...]
President Obama Nominates Teri Takai for DOD CIO
President Obama Nominates Teri Takai for DOD CIO
According to an official White House statement: WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key administration post: Teresa Takai, Assistant Secretary (Networks and Information Integration), Department of Defense President Obama said, “It gives me great confidence [...]
Michael Barone – Low-tax Texas beats big-government California
Michael Barone – Low-tax Texas beats big-government California
Low-tax Texas beats big-government California
BusinessWeek calls for radical state IT innovation, applauds PK Agarwal's OTech Web 2.0 initiatives.
BusinessWeek calls for radical state IT innovation, applauds PK Agarwal's OTech Web 2.0 initiatives.
Business Week, in an interesting and provocative article, by Vivek Wadhwa titled States: Innovate IT Or Else proposes a radical, Silicon Valley application development approach to state computer system, and plugs P.K. Agarwal’s Office of Technology Services creative social media site, which PK introduces in [...]
CIO Publishes Telework Policy with stringent security protocols
CIO Publishes Telework Policy with stringent security protocols
As was reported on TechLeader.TV’s Webcast last month by State Chief Information Security Officer Mark Weatherford, the State of California’s CIO Teri Takai today announced a new telework policy and released Information Policy Letter (ITPL) 10-03 for state agencies to implement secure, robust telework and [...]