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 April 2025
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Meet Margie Hieter, Chief of the Secretary of State (SOS), Political Reform Division (PRD). Margie joined the PRD team in 2020 and since then has been immersed in all things related to the CARS Project.
When asked about the most important contributing factor to successfully completing the CARS Project, she said,
“It’s the team! I am just one member of a large, dedicated group of passionate individuals who want nothing more than to see this project finish on time and within budget. I feel thankful and blessed to have the opportunity to work with SOS staff, contract employees, and external stakeholders, all of whom have significant knowledge, experience, and the skills needed for this project. Hopefully my listening skills are sharp enough to hear the issues as they arise and lead me to offer sound guidance and direction.”
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CARS Monthly External Stakeholder Meetings – The purpose of this series of meetings on the second Wednesday of each month is to keep stakeholders informed about the CARS Project and answer any questions. The next meeting is on May 14 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
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Business Component Design – The Prime Vendor and CARS Project Team are designing business functionality for Program Increments 2, 3, and 4, which include financial transactions, system administration, system reports, and correspondence. Outputs of this work are the Detailed System Design Specification Document and the Data Model/Data Dictionary.
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Survey Feedback – We invite you to share your ideas on topics for future CARS Project Monthly External Stakeholder Meetings. Please complete a five-minute survey to tell us what’s on your mind about the CARS Project and how we can best keep you informed: April 9, 2025 Survey
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SharePoint Site: To continue engaging our external stakeholders during application design, development, and testing, the CARS Project team launched a SharePoint site for you. On this site you can review and comment on project documentation. We encourage you to review the materials, provide your valuable feedback, and remain actively engaged with the CARS Project.
SharePoint Access & Feedback: If you have not yet received access to the SharePoint site, please complete the following steps:
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Send an email to PRDCARS@sos.ca.gov with your name and email address.
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A guest account will be created using the email address you provide. This may take up to 48 hours for SOS to process.
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When the account is created, a link to the CARS Stakeholder Repository SharePoint site will be emailed from carsstakeholders@sos.ca.gov to the email address you provided.
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Access to the SharePoint site requires user authentication in one of two ways:
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Once your login is authenticated, the site displays folders with any files available to review. Email your feedback to: PRDCARS@sos.ca.gov.
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What are the research reporting goals for the CARS Project?
CARS will provide an expanded online research interface with flexible, in-depth analysis tools for SOS staff and external stakeholders alike. The new data model will enable easier data aggregation across elections, measures, campaigns, and lobbyists, giving a better picture of relationships and sources of activity. The public will be empowered with easy, intuitive searches for campaign and lobbying information.
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What would you like to see included in the next CARS Stakeholder Bulletin issue? Email PRDCARS@SOS.CA.GOV to provide your ideas and feedback.
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The CARS Project Monthly External Stakeholder Meeting Series (MS Teams), PowerPoint Presentations, Q&As, FAQs and additional project information may be found on the CARS Homepage.
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