Jacob OglesFebruary 28, 2024
3min0
Jimmy Patronis has pushed to transition away from FLAIR for years.
Tag: FLAIR
Jacob OglesFebruary 28, 2024Jacob OglesJanuary 23, 2019
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Florida's CFO wants the state to upgrade, saying it's overdue.
Jim RosicaJanuary 11, 2017
3min544
When you try to manage a multi-billion-dollar state budget with three-decade-old software, problems are bound to happen. An audit has found security flaws in the Department of Financial Services‘ antiquated FLAIR accounting system, according to a report released Friday. (FLAIR stands for “Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem.”) The department is run by Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater. […]
Jim RosicaOctober 30, 2015
3min347
State agencies on Friday presented their financial needs for next fiscal year in a series of public hearings at the Capitol. Executive-branch departments and others send in legislative budget requests, or LBRs, in advance of the regular session, when lawmakers draw up the budget for the next fiscal year. The 2016 Legislative Session begins Jan. 12. Here are […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 18, 2015
3min275
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater this week turned in his budget request for 2016-17, asking for $311.2 million. “The agency’s most important budget priority was $45.3 million to upgrade FLAIR, the state’s three decade old accounting system,” LobbyTools reported. “The agency is in the second year of replacing FLAIR with the Florida Planning, Accounting and Ledger […]
Guest AuthorApril 10, 20146min169
Do you still manage your finances the same way you did in 1984? The state of Florida does. In fact, the state’s accounting program is so old that new graduates aren’t prepared to work in it, because they stopped teaching it in schools decades ago. The Florida Accounting Information Resource (FLAIR) is the state’s accounting […]