Californias new budget program will take millions more to finish
A massive overhaul of the state’s accounting system launched in 2005 will take another two years and an extra $237 million to finish, according to a report released Thursday by state Auditor Elaine Howle.
That estimate may be optimistic.
The new audit includes warnings that the implementation of the Financial Information System for California – commonly referred to as FI$Cal – could be delayed further when the state’s largest departments start using it.
So far, smaller outfits – from the four-employee California State Summer School for the Arts to the 411-employee Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control – are having trouble meeting reporting deadlines with the new accounting program.
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