The State Auditor today released a new, devastating study focused on the University of California’s HR/Payroll Project UCPath: The projected cost of UCPath has more than tripled to an estimated $942 million and the Office of the President no longer expects to realize the original […]
Nothing New Here: State Auditor Blasts UC’s HR/Payroll Project; Costs Triple to nearly $1 Billion; $700 Million ROI Disappears
August 24th, 2017 by admin
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Tags: California IT Failures, California State Auditor, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, University of California's HR/Payroll Project UCPath
Nothing New Here: State Auditor Blasts UC’s HR/Payroll Project; Costs Triple to nearly $1 Billion; $700 Million ROI Disappears
22nd Century Payroll Project Update & Message for New Controller Betty Yee
March 19th, 2015 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Betty Yee Controller, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, zero-based budgeting
22nd Century Payroll Project Update & Message for New Controller Betty Yee
With all this talk about state employee union contracts being renewed, wouldn’t it be a good time to remove some of the more arcane, useless and overly complex time and pay rules which have made the state’s payroll so difficult and expensive to modernize? I […]
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 […]
Senate Oversight Office Claims State Controller Chiang Misled Legislature and Public about State Payroll Project
August 12th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Controller, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
Senate Oversight Office Claims State Controller Chiang Misled Legislature and Public about State Payroll Project
A new report by the California Legislature’s Senate Office of Oversight and Outcomes blasted the State Controller’s Office for its management and its lack of accurate communication regarding the $350 million state payroll project. From the report’s most damning and damaging words regarding the Controller’s […]
STATE PAYROLL SYSTEM: TAKE IT AWAY FROM CONTROLLER’S OFFICE: My article is up today in the San Diego Union Tribune
March 14th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Accenture, Brown Administration, California Technology Agency, Chiang, Controller, Governor Brown, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, Steve Westly, darrell Steinberg, franchise Tax Board, state cio
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 […]
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 […]
California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman
February 8th, 2013 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Brown Administration, California State Auditor, California State Controller, California Technology Agency, FI$CAL, IT project failure, John Chiang, Little Hoover Commission, SAP, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
California Controller Kills SAP Contract for Statewide Payroll, Jeopardizing $375 million Project, Frightening Spokesman
The SacBee’s Jon Ortiz reported today that State Controller John Chiang has terminated SAP’s contract to implement the state’s SAP payroll project, jeopardizing the entire $375 million project. After overseeing this project since he took office in his first term in 2007, this marks just […]
Controller’s Payroll System Living Up to its Tag as “The 22nd Century Project”
December 22nd, 2012 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, Bearingpoint, Controller, IT project failure, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, TechLeader.TV, state computer system
Controller’s Payroll System Living Up to its Tag as “The 22nd Century Project”
Main Stream Media has finally caught up to our story at TechLeader.TV that we broke on November 14, 2012: State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again). The LA Times reports today: Overhaul of California government payroll system […]
State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again)
November 14th, 2012 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, California State Controller, IT project failure, John Chiang, John Thomas Flynn, SAP, SAP Payroll failure, TechLeader.TV, state computer systems
State Controller’s $370 million Payroll System Issues Erroneous State Employee Checks, Falls Behind Schedule (again)
When discussing success rates it is instructive to understand the context. For example, you may consider the fact that if a SF Giant’s baseball player fails in two of three at bats over his career, he will likely be enshrined in the Cooperstown Hall of […]
HHS’ $423 Million In-Home Support Services Payroll System Rollout Having Problems; Part of $800 Million in State Payroll System Initiatives
November 9th, 2012 by admin
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Tags: 21st Century Project, CMIPS, Controller, IHSS Payroll, John Thomas Flynn, TechLeader.TV, in-home supportive services program, state computer system
HHS’ $423 Million In-Home Support Services Payroll System Rollout Having Problems; Part of $800 Million in State Payroll System Initiatives
While the State of California’s Controller faces continuing problems with the 21st Century project, its $373 million statewide payroll system, another state payroll system, the $423 million CMIPS project reports problems as well: The state of California spent 16 years developing a new payroll system […]