The Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) has officially been launched with seven state entities going live in a “pre-wave” to use the system for requisitions, purchase orders and receiving.
"As we continue to build a foundation to literally transform the way State financial information is managed in California by integrating processes and implementing cost-savings actions, today we take a moderate but significant step,” said Barbara Taylor, FI$Cal project executive, in a press release.
The $617 million project is an effort by the Department of Finance, the State Controller’s Office, the State Treasurer’s Office and the Department of General Services to use ERP software to modernize California financial business operations.
The pre-wave is the first of five scheduled deployments. The next launch, Wave 1, will happen on July 1, 2014, followed by a large number of departments and additional financial services to be deployed.
The project is on schedule to continue with implementations through July 2016, according to Taylor.
Included in the pre-wave are: the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Commission on Aging, California Department of Aging, State Summer School for the Arts, California Arts Council, and the Department of Fair Employment & Housing.
In May, 2012, Accenture, LLC won the $213 million contract to serve as the system integrator for the project.
