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Whos wasting tax dollars on outsourcing

IT professionals are taking a stand against outsourcing, and because of their help, Local 1000 is seeing results from its continued work in challenging contracts.

In mid-November, Local 1000 received a response to its challenge of 17 DHCS contracts.  Members from the Local 1000 legal, research and IT teams met on November 16th and reviewed the contracts.  Later in the week, they hammered out a detailed reply that has since been finalized. 
In addition, the union is currently challenging $35 million in DGS IT personnel services contracts and a DDS IT contract. Local 1000 will challenge another 18 DHCS IT personnel service contracts and 25 contracts at DPH in the coming weeks.  These challenges will reinforce our 2006 SPB, win defeating 5 IT contracts at the former DHS.

The legal campaign against waste and constitutional violations is growing.  Requests for copies of all IT personal services contracts will be made to the following 13 departments:

  • CalTrans
  • DCA
  • DGS
  • DOJ
  • DTS
  • FTB
  • Water Resources
  • CDCR
  • DDS
  • DMV
  • DSS
  • EDD
  • HHS

The value of current, executed IT personnel services contracts expiring on or after January 1, 2008, at all agencies statewide is more than $1.5 billion.

Several departments are spending more than $50 million each:

  • Franchise Tax Board
  • Department of Social Services
  • Department of Motor Vehicles
  • Department of Technology Services
  • Department of Consumer Affairs
  • The combined expenditures of Department of Health Care Services and Department of Public Health total more than $50 million

Several more departments will spend more than $30 million:

  • The Department of General Services is spending $47 million
  • CalTrans is spending $41 million
  • Employment Development Department is spending $50 million
  • Department of Industrial Relations is spending $33 million