New Strategic Plan Charts Our Path Forward

New Strategic Plan Charts Our Path Forward

By Miriam Barcellona Ingenito, Director of FI$Cal I am pleased to release our second departmental Strategic Plan! The 2021-25 Strategic Plan highlights our mission, vision, and goals for the next five years. Our customers continue to be our top priority and this plan...
FI$Cal System Data Improves Decision-Making, Efficiencies 

FI$Cal System Data Improves Decision-Making, Efficiencies 

The FI$Cal system is providing a more granular level of detail in procurement data that continues to improve the state’s purchasing decisions. The transition to FI$Cal has helped to provide insights into what the state is buying, from whom and at what price. Having...
A Big Transparency Gain for California

A Big Transparency Gain for California

By Joel Riphagen, Senior Advisor for FI$Cal Last month we reached an important milestone when Open FI$Cal, the state’s financial transparency portal, began displaying data from virtually every department transacting in the system. Getting all departments’ expenditure...