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Davis order launches Oracle mop-up
Sac Bee ^
| 7/4/02
| Gary Delsohn
Posted on 07/04/2002 8:43:14 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:40:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Reforms are proposed for purchases of high-tech systems, but one key critic says they fall short.
Gov. Gray Davis, in the wake of the Oracle Corp. software scandal, issued an executive order Wednesday intended as a first step toward reforming the state's handling of high-tech contracts.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; davis; knife; oracle; scandal
"DOIT was a toothless, meaningless agency," Florez said. "Unless you have it in the inner circle of the Governor's Office and the Cabinet, nothing you do is going to make a difference. You've got to have that central accountability."
Kelso said he's not sold on the Cabinet-level idea because the large state policy question of whether to embrace information technology was made about six years ago. Now it's up to individual agencies -- with some additional oversight -- to do it efficiently and ethically, he said.
Ya don't ask the foxes to console the chickens after they raid the henhouse, do ya :-? HaPPy 4th of July .. Be SaFe !!
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