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News, Information, and Announcements from FI$Cal
FI$Cal Celebrates Final Project Implementation
On Wednesday, September 22, the Department of FISCal held a virtual event celebrating the final build of the FI$Cal project and the individuals who worked diligently over the years to insure the successful implementation of the FI$Cal system. The celebration included...
FI$Cal Learning Center Announcements
Here is the monthly roundup of new/updated training content that was added to the FI$Cal Learning Center (FLC) in September. Job Aids/Material: FISCal.358 - Create Project Custom Attributes and Add to a Project (updated) FISCal.457 - Adding COVID-19 Custom Attributes...
Enhancements
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$Cal released the following enhancements in...
Lessons Learned From a Year of Telework
By Jennifer Maguire, Deputy Director of the Administrative Services Division When our employees were sent home in March 2020, they were accustomed to doing nearly all of their work at our facility. During the first few weeks while trying to digest the effects of the...
Meet Customer Impact Committee Chair Jody Lusby
Jody Lusby, the new chair of Customer Impact Committee (CIC) is enjoying her first year as head of FI$Cal’s primary customer representative group. “I’m really getting an opportunity to meet folks from other departments, hear their concerns, find out where they are...
COVID Expenditure Data on Open FI$Cal
We have added a special dataset to our transparency site Open FI$Cal, containing details of the state’s COVID-19 related expenditures through June 2020. With this addition, California residents can now explore in more detail what the state spent money on early in the...