The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Funding for these costs would be individually requested by departments alongside the annual development and implementation funding request from SCO and CalHR for the project. Questions for the Legislature to ask include: How will SCO and CalHR, in coordination with DOF, track the additional funding requests from departments for activities related to this project to better understand the true total project cost?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - We recommend the reporting be provided no later than the end of th e calendar year, to inform the next annual budget process and any potential requests for funding for subsequent GenAI POCs and MVPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - …With Limited-Term Funding for Requested Positions and Revised Provisional Budget Bill Language. However, we recommend the Legislature make the 31 new, permanent positions in the request limited term, and revise the provisional budget bill language to request information from CPUC on (1)  how the program funds will be allocated, (2)  any
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - First, the estimate assumes that the addition of requests from LEAs will result in a 100  percent increase in the total number of requests from all entities for assistance from Cal-CSIC and that Cal-CSIC responds to every request.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

The 2024-25 Budget: IS and IT Project Proposal Tables

Feb 9, 2024 - The first two summary tables provide, for each proposal, the amount of funding requested by funding source and the number of requested positions. The appendix tables that follow provide the baseline cost, schedule, and status for each IT project included in a budget proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2025 - The federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) indicated it plans to take a new approach to the pilot program and will issue a new request for proposals from states. The previously selected pilot states will not be subject to work participation rate requirements for federal fiscal year 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4978

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - After completing the orientation and appraisal, participants will have the option to develop and submit their WTW plan on their own or request county assistance in doing so. Only participants who do not submit a WTW plan following orientation/appraisal will be required to participate in an assessment and WTW plan development meeting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - We are unable to remove these amounts of funding and positions, so they are reflected in the table. b Some of the proposals request one ‑time and/or ongoing funding after 2023 ‑24. The table focuses on the 2023 ‑24 funding and positions requested.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - If  demand for services is higher than anticipated, CDT can request further expenditure authority from DOF through recurring provisional budget bill language. (Recently,  CDT  also requested increased expenditure authority to cover increased demand for and expenditures on VHSS.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Additionally, the spending plan requires that counties replace stolen benefits as soon as administratively feasible, but no more than ten business days after the receipt of the replacement request. Under current law, California will return to reimbursing stolen food benefits using state funds on October 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3