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News, Information, and Announcements from FI$Cal
March Enhancements
The Department of FISCal continually makes updates and enhancements to the system based on feedback from our end users. Our goal is to improve usability while maintaining the highest level of security for the state’s data. FI$Cal released the following enhancements in...
April FI$Facts
Question: Can you reverse a purchase order while the cancel process is pending and change it back to approved? Answer: No, unfortunately the cancel process is not reversible. You will need to create a new purchase order by copying from the canceled one. Questions:...
New Announcement Tile Available on FI$Cal System Homepage
This past November, FI$Cal held an Imagine FI$Cal workshop in Los Angeles, where some of our end users in Southern California came together to brainstorm ideas on ways we can improve our training, customer service, and system performance. As a result of one of the...
Partnering with the Community on Open Data Day
By Joel Riphagen, Senior Advisor Saturday, March 7 was the 10th annual International Open Data Day. This bottom-up initiative is a global celebration of open data, run by local organizations and supported by the Open Knowledge Foundation. Over 300 local events were...
FI$Cal: An Ambitious Project that is Working for California
By Miriam Barcellona Ingenito, Director of FI$Cal The Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) is working. FI$Cal is working to keep government accountable by centralizing the state’s key financial information into a single system that improves accuracy,...
A Busy, Productive Year for FI$Cal Service Center
The FI$Cal Service Center reached some key milestones last year, including a long-sought major reduction in the number of outstanding tickets. That occurred in October, which met an FSC goal to get the active ticket count under 1,000, excluding enhancements and...