City of Baltimore - File #: 22-0142R

• File #: 22-0142R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Workday Implementation Status
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 10/24/2022
• In control: Health, Environment, and Technology
• Title: Informational Hearing - Workday Implementation Status For the purpose of inviting representatives from the Department of Finance, the Department of Human Resources, the Office of the City Administrator, the Office of Information Technology, and the Bureau of Budget and Management Research to brief the City Council on the status of the Workday Finance platform for procurement services launched in August 2022, including observed benefits or deficiencies, issues with rollout or uptake, and other relevant considerations.
• Sponsors: Robert Stokes, Sr., Phylicia Porter, Mark Conway, Danielle N. McCray, Sharon Green Middleton, Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Eric T. Costello, Odette Ramos, James Torrence, Antonio Glover
• Indexes: Informational Hearing, Work day

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/18/2023	0	Health, Environment, and Technology	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/17/2023	0	Health, Environment, and Technology	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/27/2023	0	Health, Environment, and Technology	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/27/2023	0	Health, Environment, and Technology	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
10/27/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Mayor's Office of Information Technology
10/27/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to City Solicitor
10/27/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
10/27/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Dept. of Human Resources
10/27/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Refer to Baltimore City Administrator
10/24/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Assigned
10/24/2022	0	Baltimore City Council	Introduced

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Stokes



A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Informational Hearing - Workday Implementation Status
For the purpose of inviting representatives from the Department of Finance, the Department of Human Resources, the Office of the City Administrator, the Office of Information Technology, and the Bureau of Budget and Management Research to brief the City Council on the status of the Workday Finance platform for procurement services launched in August 2022, including observed benefits or deficiencies, issues with rollout or uptake, and other relevant considerations.
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Whereas, in August 2022, Baltimore City launched the Workday Finance platform to consolidate legacy systems, improve functionality, and streamline business processes.

Whereas, Workday Finance provides cloud-based services to improve tracking of invoices, contracts, and other documents related to the procurement process.

Whereas, the implementation of the platform was the result of a biennial performance audit undertaken by the Board of Estimates for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, which indicated that the City’s procurement processes required an overhaul to improve efficiency and accuracy.

Whereas, Workday Finance replaced two older City procurement systems: CitiBuy and CitiDynamics, in addition to some processes that, until recently, were still completed manually on paper.

Whereas, the rollout of the platform involved e...