US EditionAdam Summers: Calling 911 over California’s Failed IT Projects
California spent $450 million on a Next Generation 911 system since 2019, but testing revealed operational flaws leading to its abandonment and plans for a costly replacement.
- This year, California's Newsom administration abandoned the Next Generation 911 system after operational testing showed it 'didn't work', prompting a complete restart, the Sacramento Bee reported.
- Reporting by the Sacramento Bee found that the regionalized four-sector design used in 2024 tests failed operationally, leading officials to scrap the system.
- Between 2019 and 2025, the state paid four technology companies over $450 million to build the system while Governor Gavin Newsom promoted telephone service fee increases to finance the upgrade this year.
- Cal OES plans to seek replacement proposals next year at potentially hundreds of millions more, while Californians continue relying on an antiquated system that risks lives and property.
- Observers note the 911 failure echoes past state IT collapse, fitting California's broader pattern of costly government projects as nearly half of voters say the state wastes tax dollars.
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Adam Summers: Calling 911 over California’s failed IT projects
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Newsom’s 911 debacle is California’s latest failed tech adoption
Dan Walters Commentary: The governmental landscape is littered with information technology projects that have failed to deliver the promised benefits, have experienced huge cost overruns or have been abandoned.
Waste of the Day: California’s $450 Million 911 Center Doesn’t Work
California spent $450 million on a new 911 call center system with four regional centers, but emergency communications are fouled up. The post Waste of the Day: California’s $450 Million 911 Center Doesn’t Work appeared first on Conservative News and Views.
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