The good, the bad and the ugly.

Randi's plan to quash months of hard work by City staffers (including ITA staff) and replace the vendor (CGI) that was selected to implement the City's next Financial Management System (FMS) was re-buffed in Information Technology/General Services Committee yesterday.

Randi, long known as an advocate of SAP products, will have to lick her wounds on this one. The ITGS Committee demanded that Madame ITA begin negotiating immediately with the chosen vendor.

Unfortunately, last Thursday (3/13) Mini Mayor wrote a memo to all City departments on "Information Technology Efficiency" giving ITA and Randi oversight over all things "IT" in the City.

Rumblings is certain that IT leadership throughout other City departments is seething. Yes, that's right folks, the CIO Initiative that Liza Lowery swooned over has now been dusted off and repackaged as the "new and improved", CTO Initiative.

"Hey Sanitation Bureau, that server you just bought clashes with Randi's new carpet, get rid of it".

Tech Gods save us all.