Before his appointment to the CIO post, he spearheaded the state's year 2000 remediation program. Ranney was a certified public accountant with 16 years experience as an auditor, accountant and financial analyst. When Contra Costa County officials upgraded the county's PeopleSoft Version 7.5 software for human resources, benefits and payroll, they sought a smooth transition. The county worked with Acuent Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., to develop a training course for employees to learn the new software from PeopleSoft Inc. of Pleasanton. More than 120 county employees have taken the class.
Visitors can download information to their personal digital assistants.
Colorado residents used the Customer Transaction Management system from Enablx Corp. of Randolph, N.J., to file their state income taxes over the Web or by phone. Coloradans also used the system to check the status of their refunds and order tax forms. CTM routes calls through a Meridian 1 private branch exchange telephone switch from Nortel Networks Corp. of Brampton, Ontario. Jack Markell, state treasurer, said First State Online will help residents find services more easily online. Police officials revealed that dozens of Metropolitan Police Department officers sent allegedly racist, homophobic and vulgar e-mail messages via patrol car computers, potentially violating various laws and jeopardizing criminal prosecutions.