The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - Notably, the most complex and costly IT project in the portfolio —the Integrated Case Management System/Integrated Data Management (ICMS/IDM) IT project —will replace the Employment Development Department (EDD) legacy claims processing and data management systems for the disability insurance (DI), paid family leave (PFL), and unemployment insurance (UI) programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - Next Generation 911  systems use Internet Protocol (IP) ‑based technology to send 911  data from one computer to another over the Internet. This  technology allows 911 callers to share multimedia emergency communications (voice, video, photos, and text) and improved location data with dispatch centers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - BCG is expected to conduct a detailed analysis of financial data for hospitals across the state to identify how different hospital payment models create incentives for hospitals. This work would be expected to serve as a basis for developing recommendations to reduce state costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - These reforms included changes to data collection and reporting and the transfer of program oversight from the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) to the Department of General Services (DGS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - The additional slots would include 250 slots for students with less financial need. Students with less financial need could earn a $3,000 education award but not the $7,000 living stipend. Assessment Some Evidence Suggests College Corps Is Meeting Its Objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions 90 $6,314.1 For a variety of reasons, we do not reflect certain capital outlay projects in the figure or linked table. Specifically, to avoid double counting previously provided funds or because specific data are not available, we do not include projects for which funding is: (1)  continuously appropriated,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - Also, Cal-CSIC ’s supporting documentation establishes links between Cal-Secure and positions requested in the proposal, but the goals and success measures provided would require quantification and reporting to the Legislature to be useful.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

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

Mar 17, 2023 - (We do not provide in-depth analysis of any individual budget request in the post, but link to other IT project-related analyses in other publications organized by budget area.) Background Role of CDT.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Rate Development Process for State Data Center IT Services. CDT sets State Data Center IT  service rates to recover the cost of services, both direct (such as hardware and software) and indirect (such as internal CDT administration).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552