After Furloughs: State Workers' Leave Balances [Publication Details]

Mar 14, 2013 - After Furloughs: State Workers' Leave Balances [Publication Details] Video Description: Over the past five budget years, furloughs reduced state employee compensation costs by about $5 billion in exchange for giving state employees additional time off.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2702

Reject Governor's proposal to suspend elections mandates

Mar 13, 2013 - In subsequent years, however, the only local costs that are reimbursable are those related to primary elections for President and elections for party officials (elections not affected by Proposition  14).
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/723

Governor’s January budget adjustments.

Mar 13, 2013 - By the time of the May Revision , better data will be available to determine current-year Stage 2 and Stage 3 changes. These data, in turn, will improve estimates of caseloads and associated costs in the budget y ear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/721

Administration's trailer bill proposal related to attorney's fee awards

Mar 13, 2013 - The administration notes that in four tax cases in the past 10 years, attorneys have successfully sought attorney ’s fee awards under the Code of Civil Procedure (the provisions of which have been called by the courts “additional” and “complementary” means of making awards in tax cases), thereby resulting in state costs of over $2 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/720

Budget for State Active Duty (SAD) employees

Mar 8, 2013 - The salary an individual state employee receives within that range is generally based on his or h er years of experience within that classification. The salary ranges for civil service classifications are generally set by the agreements between employee bargaining units and the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/718

Recommend pause on troubled payroll IT project and assessment of state IT oversight

Mar 6, 2013 - On October 25, 2012, SCO issued a cure notice to the system integrator, SAP, expressing serious concern regarding SAP ’s ability to successfully implement the new system. According to SCO, SAP ’s lack of expertise and strategic planning lead to inadequate scheduling, staffing, knowledge transfer, deliverable management, and quality assurance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/717

Recommend pause on troubled payroll IT project and assessment of state IT oversight

Mar 6, 2013 - On October 25, 2012, SCO issued a cure notice to the system integrator, SAP, expressing serious concern regarding SAP ’s ability to successfully implement the new system. According to SCO, SAP ’s lack of expertise and strategic planning lead to inadequate scheduling, staffing, knowledge transfer, deliverable management, and quality assurance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/716

The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2013 - For the most part, the year-over-year budget changes reflect caseload changes, technical budget adjustments, and the implementation of previously enacted policy changes, as opposed to new policy proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2698

The 2013-14 Budget: Restructuring the K-12 Funding System [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2013 - The 2013-14 Budget: Restructuring the K-12 Funding System [Publication Details] The 2013-14 Budget: Restructuring the K-12 Funding System Format: HTML Description: The Governor proposes to restructure the way the state allocates funding to school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2693

The 2013-14 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2013 - The Governor dedicates new monies to paying down school and community college deferrals, transitioning to a new K-12 funding formula, restructuring adult education, funding Proposition 39 energy projects for schools and community colleges, and adding two mandates to the schools mandates block grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2692