by | Apr 8, 2021 | Events, Newsletter
FI$Cal came out of the California Public Sector CIO Academy in strong fashion, with our leaders featured on four panels and two of our own capturing awards at the March 24-25 event. This year’s edition was held virtually, and much of the discussion centered on how...
by | Apr 8, 2021 | Events, Leadership, Newsletter, User Support
By Miriam Barcellona Ingenito, Director of FI$Cal Almost two years ago, we launched a series of design thinking workshops we called Imagine FI$Cal, where we invited system users to brainstorm ideas that could enhance their FI$Cal experience in the areas of system...
by | Apr 8, 2021 | Newsletter
Departments are gaining additional time to submit year-end financial reports to the State Controller’s Office for all their funds. The revised deadlines are prescribed in Budget Letter 21-04 from the state Department of Finance (Finance). Finance will continue to...
by | Mar 16, 2021 | Newsletter
The Department of FISCal is increasing its use of robotic process automation (RPA) to make life easier for our system users and their departments. RPA employs software, known as “bots,” to perform ordinary tasks that must be run over and over again. Think of it as...
by | Mar 16, 2021 | All, Newsletter
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 | Mar 16, 2021 | Newsletter
Question: I created a purchase order (PO) for information technology services which will be paid in phases as the vendor completes them. Is there a way to enter this setup on the PO? There is no Std 213 or 215 created as it was via a Master Service Agreement (MSA)....
