BS.
Teale Data Center where the states DP work is done is state of the art and the software can do whatever they need.
To be perfectly honest, that’s precisely the sort of info I was/am looking for, in posting this. (I know there are any number of fellow FReepers hereabouts whose computer skills and knowledge far outstrip my own, after all.) ;)
Then the ultimatum should be, do it or we outsource it to the Dreaded Private Sector. Never let a crisis go to waste, you know.
Agreed.
It would be possible to simply use 1 person’s paycheck as an example for paying someone minimum wage, and feed in all state employees’ names. You could set up a dedicated database to collect the information for later cross-referencing.
Tedious, detailed, but certainly no major rewrite.
Likewise, you could feed in a rate change to a constant of XYZ dollars to commence on a date certain. Ditto for people being paid from retirement accounts across the board.
While in IT, I don’t do these things for a living, and I, EVEN I, can figure this out easily.
So, yes, the argument is complete and utter BS.