California’s budget crisis sparks controversial ‘BYOD’ plan to save money

The state of California's staggering budget problems — now an estimated $16 billion shortfall — have put Chris Cruz, deputy director and chief information officer at the state's Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in a tough situation. Because of the state's ongoing fiscal crisis, he, like other agency managers, last year was told to cut use of state-issued cellphones by 50% as a cost-saving measure. Cruz decided one way to hold down costs at DHCS, which was using BlackBerries, was to have agency employees use their own smartphones instead — without any subsidy.

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