Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I would have to go back to see if I had actually mentioned the Audit Bureau as being the one, but what we have done, as Mr. Cleveland has stated, is the initial look at implementation done in 2000. But while the systems were still within FMBS before we created or just shortly after creating the Department of Human Resources, there was another activity looked at. We hired an outside group to review the work that was being done and how we were using the PeopleSoft system and how we continue to use our processes. That was done by the Hackett Group. It was mentioned here in this House actually in a similar scenario in a supplementary appropriation of the money that was requested to have them do the review and the functions we were using and not using and the recommendations made on that basis as we proceeded forward. That is the process going from 8.3 to 8.9 as we are now in process. I have been informed that all modules are working except for the absence management module, which is a new module that wasn't being used previously. There were a number of them that were not being used. As I stated earlier, when the government had used it in a customized manner, there were a lot of pieces that were not being used. Instead, we continued to use our paper transaction style of doing business. When reviewing this, the question was why did we continue to do these transactions the old way when the program itself is actually built to do these things? When we looked at that, as well as the fact that we had to go from 8.3 to 8.9, a number of versions upgrade, we had to decide that we needed to go with the vanilla version, as termed, or the pure form of PeopleSoft 8.9. I don't know if Mr. Dent may have further information to this, Mr. Chair.
Floyd Roland on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on August 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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