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This report discusses the California Governor¿s Reorganization Plan to consolidate state information technology (IT) functions under the Office of the State Chief Information Officer (OSCIO), which represents a critical step to better manage state resources, improve decision-making tools for state managers and legislators, and serve the public. This report recommends that the plan be allowed to go into effect. The proposal offers significant fiscal benefits by allowing the OSCIO to consolidate contracts and services, and guide smarter administration of IT resources across agencies. Sidebars and charts.
Three issues have been added to the high-risk list: (1) The budget. The State has experienced ongoing deficits that greatly outweigh any surpluses, and much of the implemented solutions have only pushed the problem into the future; (2) The admin. of the $85.4 billion the State expects to receive under the Amer. Recovery and Reinvest. Act of 2009. Certain state agencies¿ internal controls over their admin.of fed. programs have had problems; (3) The production and delivery of electricity. The State is at risk of failing to meet targets to increase the use of renewable electricity sources, and new power plant construction may be offset by the need to replace environmentally harmful and aging plants in the near future. Illustrations.
Calif¿s. budget crisis has made plain that scarce revenues will put a premium on managing public resources better than ever if state gov¿t. is to meet its obligations and realize its vision for serving its people. The best mgmt. practices rely on sound info. tech. (IT) systems that can deliver up-to-date data about operations to decision-makers, who can act upon them to improve programs and services. In the last 8 years, Calif. has made great strides in delivering critical IT tools to its managers. Yet Calif. is still far behind other states that are using data to drive performance, due to fear of another big system failure. This report argues that it is time to push past those fears so that Calif. leaders can change the culture of gov¿t. by building the state¿s IT capacity. Illus.