Many jurisdictions are looking to modernize their Enterprise Resource Planning systems. In the meantime, some departments have looked for workarounds for interoperability. Los Angeles County’s Department of Parks and Recreation is doing just that.
SymSoft Solutions builds accessible, interoperable websites based on user experience for government entities. Spokesman Matt Murphy described the California State Treasurer’s Office California Business Incentives Gateway as an example of what went right in government public enterprise relationships.
“In the IT unit, we’re the below-decks crew, we’re the ones who work to make sure everybody can do their job. We’re doing our best to make sure we serve that as best we can. We’re a little behind the curve in terms of the use of technology, but we’re fully on board with providing the best service and function to the agency and public that we can," CIO Alfred Wanger said.
The California Conservation Corps is modernizing its website with the assistance of SymSoft, a company known for building government websites such as CA.gov and DGS.
The Child Welfare Digital Services department held its monthly solutions demonstration for stakeholders Monday to update interested parties on the progress of several program modules being developed across the agile-style project.
The customer education center (CEC) redesign for CalPERS pension and health customers is estimated to be completed by the end of this fiscal year, which is still on target with the plan, according to the most recent budget discussion by the board. The estimated total cost is $2.3 million.
Following June’s Independent Project Oversight Report from the Department of Technology, the state’s FI$Cal project will not be making any changes to its project schedule.
The California Conservation Corps is a state agency that hires young people to preserve the state's natural resources and to work on emergency response crews. Since 1976, when the corps was established, 9 million hours have been dedicated to emergency response including fires, floods and earthquakes. The agency offers scholarships, training and educational credits for participants.
Los Angeles has followed in the footsteps of Louisville, Boston and New York by creating a Mayor’s Office of Budget and Innovation. The office has changed since its origin in 2013, taking on more and larger projects.
California’s Department of General Services website is about to get a facelift. The agency that is responsible for most state procurements is entering a contract with SymSoft to modernize the system. The timeline for the modernization effort is 12 to 18 months, with 10 to 12 team members working on the project.
California’s Department of Technology announced changes this week that allow agencies to use pre-existing contracts to speed up infrastructure upgrades.
Sacramento County has an open RFP for an off-the-shelf budget system. The Office of Budget and Debt Management is looking for the software, implementation, project management and application management associated with the budget system.
The Sacramento Municipal Utilities District, the Northern California special district for utilities, is seeking a vendor for BMC Control-M Workload Automation software.
The city of Los Angeles this month fully launched a vendor self-service platform that it's been rolling out over the last few months. The portal, which offers access to information and contract statuses at all hours, was built on the Procurement and Inventory Management module in CGI’s Advantage ERP suite.
The state of California announced a partnership Wednesday with Code for America to expand the GetCalFresh nutrition program across the state through the use of digital tools, making the coding group “the nation’s first software-driven SNAP Outreach partner."
The state Child Welfare Digital Services project has started almost half its modules, according to a graphic included in the July 11 stakeholder meeting slide deck. The graphic, which was posted Tuesday, shows that 10 contracts have been awarded since June 2016.
Companies that offer their work under government contracts often make multiple bids a year. Several companies can bid on the same contract at a time, but it isn’t always price that causes a business to lose a contract.
