by | Mar 2, 2021 | Leadership, Newsletter
By Jenny Maguire, Deputy Director, FI$Cal Administrative Services Division We are approaching the one-year anniversary of when the coronavirus pandemic required a shift to home-based telework as a necessary response to a terrible crisis. On January 1, we officially...
by | Feb 4, 2021 | Newsletter
The FI$Cal system can seem invisible to anyone who doesn’t use it, but its real-world impact on California’s state finances is profound. Andrew Sturmfels, deputy director for administration at the Department of General Services (DGS), should know. DGS, with its...
by | Jan 6, 2021 | Newsletter
The FI$Cal system is so big, so complex that it can be difficult to grasp everything it does, especially over a long period of time. The numbers, such as $2 trillion in annual banking transactions or 20 terabytes of data, are simply too vast. Organizations sometimes...
by | Dec 4, 2020 | Newsletter
Whenever enhancements are added or other changes are made to the PeopleSoft system, FI$Cal must run tests to make sure that core functionality has been preserved. A small team in our Business Operation and Solutions Division works hard to make sure things continue...
by | Nov 2, 2020 | AP, AR/BI, Leadership, Newsletter, PO
By Cathy Leal, Partner Business Executive, State Controller’s Office The FI$Cal system provides a steady array of benefits to departments that allow them to improve their effectiveness and efficiencies. For the State Controller’s Office, Division of Audits, the...
