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News, Information, and Announcements from FI$Cal
Partnering with the Community on Open Data Day
By Joel Riphagen, Senior Advisor Saturday, March 7 was the 10th annual International Open Data Day. This bottom-up initiative is a global celebration of open data, run by local organizations and supported by the Open Knowledge Foundation. Over 300 local events were...
FI$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$Cal Service Center reached some key milestones last year, including a long-sought major reduction in the number of outstanding tickets. That occurred in October, which met an FSC goal to get the active ticket count under 1,000, excluding enhancements and...
FI$Cal Career Opportunities
FI$Cal offers frequent job opportunities in a variety of classifications. Here are some openings to join our team. Application Support Specialist – Information Technology Specialist I to serve as a technical expert to analyze, design, develop, implement, document,...
February Enhancements
The Department of FISCal continually makes updates and enhancements to the system based on feedback from our end users. Our goal is to improve usability while maintaining the highest level of security for the state’s data. FI$Cal released the following enhancements in...
My Access is Not What I Think it Should Be, What Should I Do?
The Department of FISCal uses role based security to provide our end users the ability to perform tasks in the FI$Cal system. For example, the Hyperion Viewer role allows users to view their department’s budget information. The AP Approver 1 role allows end users to...