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 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...
