Report 2009-103 Recommendation 15 Responses

Report 2009-103: Departments of Health Care Services and Public Health: Their Actions Reveal Flaws in the State's Oversight of the California Constitution's Implied Civil Service Mandate and in the Departments' Contracting for Information Technology Services (Release Date: September 2009)

Recommendation #15 To: Public Health, Department of

To make certain that it procures only maintenance services allowed in the State’s master agreement with Visara, Public Health should either make appropriate changes to its current Visara contract or have General Services and Visara make appropriate changes to Visara’s master agreement.

1-Year Agency Response

Public Health processed an August 2009 amendment to remove noncovered printers from its Visara contract and, after working with General Services to add these printers to its Visara master agreement, executed a January 2010 amendment to add these printers back into its Visara contract. (2011-406, p. 89)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2009-103

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.