Roundup - Volume 2, Issue 5 - November 14, 2013

Yolo and Merced Counties were the first two pilot counties to go live on the system on July 30, 2012, followed by San Diego County on Sept. 4, 2012. Since the fourth wave went live, all California counties now use the system.

While project’s total approved budget is $423.5 million, actual costs so far have amounted to $237.4 million, according to the latest status report posted last month.

The next major project milestone is Maintanience and Operations which is targeted for January 2014.

Administrative support for workers looking after vulnerable Californians became more automated after the Case Management Payrolling and Information System (CMIPS) II went live in the last wave of 24 counties on Nov. 4. The legacy CMIPS and the new CMIPS II tracks case information and processes payments for the California Department of Social Services In-Home Supportive Services Program for 400,000 aged, blind or disabled Californians.

“Congratulations to the Group 4 counties, the CMIPS project team (Dept of Social Services, Office of Systems Integration & Hewlett Packard) and to our own Office of Technology Services for making this implementation a success,” said California Department of Technology Director Carlos Ramos in an email.

Timesheets previously had to be manually entered into the legacy system. The replacement instead uses a web-based case system and can process about 800,000 timesheets per month.

Social Services Case Management System

Goes Live in All California Counties By Amy Stewart

Inside: Project Profile 3 Tech Moves 4 Contracts 6 Bids 7 Upcoming Events 8

OTECH Data Center Photo: Techblog.ca.gov

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Debt Management System IIState Treasurer’s OfficeEst. total cost: $17,557,650.00 Spent so far: $8,995.94 Percent complete: 2% Est. time frame: July 2013 - October 2018 (5.3 years) FSR approved: May 14, 2013 RFP released: spring 2014 Contract award: October 2015Project summary: The State Treasurer’s Office (STO) proposes to upgrade the existing Debt Management System (DMS) to effectively manage the state’s debt. The treasuer has authority over $115 billion in outstanding state debt. Recent significant changes in the STO’s Public Finance Division (PFD) policies and practices have made the legacy DMS incomplete and inadequate, requiring additional systems in Excel and Access, creating extra work for IT staff. The new system, DMS II, will be able to track all funds and debts in a single system.

Procurement Assistance Vendor: Grant Thornton

Project objectives: Replace legacy DMS with new data solution, reengineer business processes integral to identified solution, eliminate the ancillary systems, incorporate associated functionality.

Current phase: Developing preliminary procurement strategy and schedule.

According to a memo from the PFD, the STO will conduct an Industry Day on Nov. 19, 2013 at 1:00 pm at its offices in Sacramento in order to inform interested vendors on the STO’s debt management practices, current challenges and procurement approach.

An RFP for the project will be released in spring of next year.

Source: California Department of Technology Website.

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CCISDA President

The California County Information Services Directors Association (CCISDA) has a new president, San Luis Obispo Assistant County Administrative Officer Guy Savage who was elected at the organization’s annual conference in late October.

CIO Watch

In case you missed it, the ever-changing roster of department CIOs includes some new names: George Okamoto has been appointed CIO of the Department of Toxic Substances Control. Also recently profiled by Techwire, Lorna Eby has been named the new CIO for the Victim’s Compensation and Government Claims Board (VCGCB). Lisa Senitte has been appointed CIO of CalVet.

Maria MacGunigal has been appointed CIO of the City of Sacramento after this summer’s departure of Gary Cook. MacGunigal has for months served as acting CIO and been with the city for more than 10 years, serving as GIS manager and enterprise applications manager, according to her Linkedin profile.

Good News for Tech Industry?

Last month, Governor Brown appointed Little Hoover Commission (LHC) Executive Director Stuart Drown as deputy secretary at the newly-created California Government Operations Agency (GovOps) , which oversees the Department of Technology (CalTech), both of which were launched on July 1 of this year. An independent agency focused on government organization and operations, the LHC held hearings last year on the Governor’s Reorganization Plan

which created the new department and agency. After technology industry executive Carol Henton and former State CIO John Thomas Flynn opposed the Plan at a hearing, the LHC recommended the State CIO (currently Carlos Ramos whose title is also Director of CalTech) be a direct report to the governor, tweaking the typical agency-department reporting relationship. At the time, Drown spoke with Techwire reporter Ashley Nelson previewing the announcement of this recommendation that was quickly adopted by the administration and is now in statute. It may be good news for the industry that Drown, now as deputy secretary of GovOps, is well-versed in the history, policies and concerns raised by organizations like TechAmerica.

Speaking of TechAmerica, in case you missed Techwire’s coverage last week, four of the organization’s top lobbyists abruptly resigned and joined rival Washington, D.C.-based Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) which started a new initiative focused on technology procurement and state and local technology issues. The effort will be led by senior lobbyist A.R. “Trey” Hodgkins, Carol Henton, ITI’s first ever California-based lobbyist, Pam Walker and Erica McCann.

Register Now for #Innovate!

There is still time to register for next month’s event co-hosted by CALinnovates and Techwire featuring Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino and CalTech Director Carlos Ramos, Senator Alex Padilla, San Francisco Chief Innovation Officer Jay Nath, Fresno CIO Carolyn Hogg and Franchise Tax Board Executive Officer Selvi Stanislaus, among others, discussing innovation in government. Register at: http://techwire.net/innovate.

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New CIOs, TechAmerica Lobbyists Quit and New CCISDA President

Tech Moves

#Innovate – The intersection of tech and civics: Sacramento – December 2, 2013 California is home to Silicon Valley and the world’s most innovative technology companies. Every week, governmental agencies across the state and nation are launching new initiatives to engage citizens, increase efficiencies, promote transparency and transform the way government serves the people. The recent California Public Utilities Commission decision to allow mobile-app enabled ride-sharing companies to operate demonstrates a fundamental shift in the way regulatory agencies are responding to disruptive technologies. The National Association of State CIOs this month issued guiding principles to promote the CIO as the technology leader who drives innovation and transformation in state government. Technology is critical to our governmental agencies to do more with less, to increase public-private partnerships, to embrace principles that encourage competition, private investment, civic participation and enhanced consumer services. Please join CALinnovates and Techwire for a half-day conference on December 2nd to ignite a conversation on technology and innovation in government.

• Keynote Speaker: Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, author of Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government and former San Francisco Mayor, will keynote the conference and conduct an audience question-and-answer session.

• Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino will shape the state of the regulatory landscape and introduce the Lt. Governor.

• Department of Technology Director and State CIO Carlos Ramos will provide a state government perspective.

• State Senator Alex Padilla will provide a policy and legislative perspective.

Plus Fireside Chats with some of California’s most talented public sector technologists, leaders of disruptive high tech companies, and private companies. Confirmed speakers include: Sidecar CEO Sunil Paul and City of San Francisco Chief Innovation Officer Jay Nath, Code for America Director Jack Madans, Appallicious CEO Yo Yoshida, City of Fresno CIO Carolyn Hogg, Franchise Tax Board Executive Officer Director Selvi Stanislaus, SeeClickFix CEO Ben Berkowitz, PopVOX CEO Marci Harris and Velocity VC General Partner Jack Crawford.

Date: Monday, December 2, 2013Time: Registration opens at 8:30 a.m., program starts at 8:45 a.m., keynote address will begin at 10:30 a.m. Where: Secretary of State’s Office Auditorium - 1500 11th Street, Sacramento, CaliforniaWho: California State and Local Officials, Technology Leaders, InnovatorsWho should attend: Technologists, Business Professionals, CIOs, State & Local IT Staff, Coders Registration is required to attend: http://www.techwire.net/innovate For more details, please contact Bill Maile at 916.476.4789 or billmaile@techwire.net.

Updated: 11/15/13

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Briefs

TechAmerica Foundation Recognized for Work on Big Data

The TechAmerica Foundation has been honored by the Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD) program for its role as a Launch Partner for Building the Data Innovation Ecosystem, according to a press release. The recognition was for the first-of-a-kind Big Data Roadshow as well as leadership in encouraging public and private sector cooperation and partnership to foster the use of Big Data in government.

The NITRD Program, organized under the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), is a collaboration of federal research and development agencies. Board of Equalization Unveils Sales Tax Online Mapping Tool

The California State Board of Equalization has unveiled an easy-to-use, online mapping tool that will help prevent consumers from being overcharged sales tax.

Using the mapping service, retailers can enter an address, and the service pin-points the location on a map and

provides the sales and use tax rate at that address. It also shows the entire area where that rate applies.

Governor Brown Appoints Permanent Director to Tech Savvy DMV

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has a permanent director, Jean Shiomoto, who previously served as chief deputy and acting director after the departure of George Valverde earlier this year. Under her tenure, the department has been recognized for its advanced use of technology, ncluding working with the California Highway Patrol to develop regulations for driverless vehicles.

Earlier this year the department won a ComputerWorld award for social media outreach for its high-volume Twitter account and for more than 100 driver-training and informational videos on its YouTube channel, which has received 26 million views. Last month, the department realeased an iPad version of its Drivers Handbook. Last year, the DMV had more than 12 million online transactions. Shiomoto has been with the department since 1988 serving in numerous roles such as chief of operations, deputy director of the communication programs division and chief financial officer, among others, according to a press release from the governor’s office.

Photo: http://www.dmv.ca.gov

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Recent Selected Contract Awards Techwire.net

Health Care Services $1,976,120.00 11/6/2013 Supplier: Quantum Consulting Services Inc. Unify Composer Software License and technical Service Package

General Services $1,369,979.77 11/6/2013 Supplier: Ray Morgan Company High Speed Digital Black/White Production Printers

Office of Systems Integration $482,737.20 11/7/2013 Supplier: RMA Consulting Group, Inc. AFIS & QA IT Services.

California Department of Technology $437,449.00 11/5/2013 Supplier: SAS Institute Inc. AS PC ELA Software Subscription Renewal

Industrial Relations $416,400.00 11/5/2013 Supplier: IBM The vendor will provide the enhancement of lien payment processing

Health Care Services $346,800.00 11/4/2013 Supplier: Forward Solutions Incorporated IT Consultant Services- Expert Technologist and Program Manager

Parks & Recreation, Dept of (Inc. Baldwin Hills, Coachella Valley Conservancies) $279,200.00 11/6/2013 Supplier: NETSource Consulting Inc. on-site end user support

Health Care Services $270,000.00 10/31/2013 Supplier: Trinity Technology Group IT Consultant - Business Analyst

Motor Vehicles $183,228.00 10/31/2013 Supplier: Hewlett Packard thin client post warranty

California Department of Technology $177,750.00 10/31/2013 Supplier: Ablegov, Inc. Upgrade to Server for COBOL v5.1.08 including 1-Year Support & Maintenance

Franchise Tax Board $175,644.09 11/1/2013 Supplier: NWN FT/ VIPRION Local Traffic Manager IT Goods and Services

Department of Justice $167,853.77 11/5/2013 Supplier: HEWLETT PACKARD Remote Copy Hardware

Department of Justice $133,581.77 11/5/2013 Supplier: Hewlett Packard Remote Copy Hardware

Franchise Tax Board $113,561.35 11/6/2013 Supplier: En Pointe Technologies Sales Microsoft Premier Support Services

Source: Department of General Services

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Recent Selected Bid AnnouncementsTechwire.net

*The Information contained in this publication, gathered from official government sources, is intended only as notification of contracting & bid opportunities. Information contained here may not be comprehensive of all bid opportunities. Official contact information has been provided for more information. Techwire.net is not liable to any subscriber or user for any damages or any other costs incurred in connection with the use of and reliance upon information contained within. Information is subject to change without notice or typographical error.

Department Bid # Bid Title Bid Type

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Water Resources 10091402 Xerox Maintenance Services RFQ 11/15/2013Correctional Health Care Services

OPS13.003 Post Payment Audit and Recovery Services

IFB 11/8/2013 12/5/2013

General Services 122169 Communication Towers and Vaults, Phase IV

IFB 11/7/2013 12/12/2013

Developmental Services

SN139043 Repair to Building Management System

IFB 11/7/2013 1/8/2014

State Treasurer’s Office

1311-006 State Treasurer’s Office Debt Management System Replacement Industry Day

RFP 11/5/2013 11/19/2013

California Department of Technology

DRAFT RFP 1311-002

P25 Radio Infrastructure/Subscriber Equipment

RFP 11/1/2013 11/15/2013

California Department of Technology

13-140712 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Software License & Support Subscriptions

RFQ 11/1/2013 11/18/2013

State Hospitals DSH RFP 1310-005

Automated Staff Scheduling Information System Tool (ASSIST)

RFP 12/11/2013

Pesticide Regulation 13-C0053 Product Registration Data Mangement System RFI

RFI 11/22/2013

California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CAL OES)

IFB 13-136971

GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (GOES) MOBILE RADIO EQUIPMENT SERVICES

IFB 10/1/2013 11/21/2013

General Services State of Minnesota, RFP Reference Number 19512

WSCA-NASPO Computer Equipment RFP

RFP 9/17/2013 11/18/2013

California Department of Technology

IFB STPD 12-001-B

CALNET 3 CATEGORIES 2 THROUGH 7 IFB 7/10/2013 12/12/2013

California Department of Technology

RFQP 12-001.3

RFQP 12-001.3 Continuous Application Process

RFP 6/27/2013 10/28/2015

Education RFP CDE 6110-99

Standardized Account Code Structure (SACS) System Replacement Project

RFP 4/9/2013 2/12/2014

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