by | Dec 15, 2020 | Newsletter, Profiles
This item was published in Techwire December 11, and we are reprinting it here. As part of Techwire’s ongoing efforts to educate readers on state agencies, their IT plans and initiatives, here’s the latest in our periodic series of interviews with departmental IT...
by | Sep 1, 2020 | Newsletter, Profiles
When the California Military Department (CMD) was slotted into the first wave of departments to enter the FI$Cal system, its leaders wanted to balk. Better to wait a year and see if this new thing really is going to work out well, they reasoned. Now, three years...
by | Sep 1, 2020 | Profiles
The Department of FISCal continually makes updates and enhancements to the system based on feedback from our end users. Our goal is to improve usability while maintaining the highest level of security for the state’s data. FI$Cal released the following enhancements in...
by | Jan 21, 2020 | Newsletter, Profiles
With Mehdi Ghomeshi’s retirement at the end of January, California’s state government is losing a top-tier manager who succeeded in the simplest of ways – he did well by doing good. Mehdi, deputy director in charge of the Business Operation and Solutions Division...
by | Dec 11, 2019 | Newsletter, Profiles
You might wonder about a FI$Cal worker who got up at 3:30 a.m. to go out and run nine or 10 miles before work three days a week, then hit the trails for up to 20 miles on Saturdays and 30 on Sundays. In the case of Ka Xiong, Budget Officer in FI$Cal’s Administrative...
by | Nov 4, 2019 | Newsletter, Profiles
Lucinda Winward works as a Staff Services Manager for special projects in the Change Management Office at FI$Cal. In her off hours she spends time as a parent and advocate for special-needs children in the Folsom area. Folsom has strong city recreation programs for...
