Independent Project Oversight Report (IPOR) Rating

Green
- Satisfactory, no corrective action necessary.
Yellow
- Caution, risks/issues exist. There may be a need for corrective action in the near future.
Red
- Escalated for immediate corrective action. There is a significant risk to the health of the project.
Blue
- Not enough data is available to make a determination about the project health.
No Report Available - Indicates that a Report is not available for publishing for the reporting period.

8570-089 Emerging Threats 2 (ET2)

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, Animal Health and Food Safety Services (AHFSS) Division, is proposing to replace their existing Emerging Threats system to correct and eliminate multiple deficiencies that have arisen over the maintenance and operations life cycle of the system and to provide an enterprise-wide solution for all programs within the AHFSS Division.

Project Details

Agency / State Entity	General Government / Food and Agriculture, Department of
Total Cost	$50,178,609
Last Approved Start Date	12/04/2025
Last Approved Finish Date	12/29/2028
Criticality Rating	High

IPOR Reporting Period	Overall IPOR Rating
06/01/2026 - 06/30/2026	Green

Independent Project Oversight Dashboard

Key Questions

Is the project on track to satisfy the customer's business objectives?Yes

Is the project on track to achieve the objectives in the approved timeframe?Yes

Is the project on track to achieve the objectives within the approved budget?Yes

Project Overall Health	Comments
Green	During the June 2026 reporting period, the ET2 project status remained Green. The Project Team is progressing well with two parallel efforts Release 1 and Release 2. • Release 1 (Payment Gateway Interim Solution) Sprint 4 completed on 6/11/2026 as planned. Release 1 is now under User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with an estimated completion date of July 7, 2026. • The Project Team is diligently addressing all the issues/defect identified during UAT. • Release 2 (Core Data) Sprint 4 was completed on 22 June 2026. Now, the Core Data effort is in Pre UAT. • IPO noted that all the scheduled tasks are on track and does not have any concerns at this time.

Project Overall Health

Comments

Green

During the June 2026 reporting period, the ET2 project status remained Green. The Project Team is progressing well with two parallel efforts Release 1 and Release 2. • Release 1 (Payment Gateway Interim Solution) Sprint 4 completed on 6/11/2026 as planned. Release 1 is now under User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with an estimated completion date of July 7, 2026. • The Project Team is diligently addressing all the issues/defect identified during UAT. • Release 2 (Core Data) Sprint 4 was completed on 22 June 2026. Now, the Core Data effort is in Pre UAT. • IPO noted that all the scheduled tasks are on track and does not have any concerns at this time.

Focus Area/Rating	Comments
Governance Green	During the reporting period of June 2026, the ET2 project status continues to be Green. • The Executive Steering Committee meeting was held on 6/4/2026 with good participation. • The Project Team, IV&V, and IPO provided project status and assessments respectively. • The CDT Oversight noted good engagement by the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for guidance. • The CDT Oversight team does not have any concerns at this time.
Time Management Green	During the reporting period of June 2026, the ET2 Time Management Focus Area status remained Green as the Project Team continues to perform according to the published Integrated Master Project Schedule. • The Integrated Master Schedule was baselined and is maintained on a regular cadence. While the detailed tasks are being updated, there is no change in the project milestones. • The Project Team completed Release 2 (Core Data) Sprint 4 on 22 June 2026. The effort is now in Pre UAT status. • IPO noted the Project’s execution is on plan according to the Master Project Schedule and has no concerns at this point.
Cost & Contract Management Green	The ET2 Cost and Contract Management Focus Area remains Green during the reporting period of June 2026 as the project cost continues to remain under the approved budget. • The project cost incurred in the month of May was $2,538,316 out of the total project cost of $50,178,609. • IPO will continue to monitor the Project’s execution and adherence to cost and contract management plans as the Project progresses.
Scope Management Green	During the reporting period of June 2026, the ET2 project’s Scope Management Focus Area status remains Green as the Project Team continues to work on the approved scope. • There are a total of Five Change Requests considered. • One Change Request (CR #1) was approved. • One Change Request is awaiting a response from USDA. • Three Change Requests were closed. • The monthly Change Control Board (CCB) meetings are being conducted on a regular basis. • IPO will monitor the Project’s execution and adherence to the Scope Management Plan as the Project progresses.
Resources Green	The ET2 Resources Focus Area status remains Green as the Project is fully staffed, and no positions remain vacant. • IPO has no concerns over resources management at this point.
Quality Green	During the reporting period of May 2026, the ET2 Project Quality Management Focus area remains Green as the Project Team continues with the implementation of the system. • The Final Master Test Plan was published in the first week of June 2026. This Master Test Plan incorporated feedback received from IPO and IV&V. • The Project team continues to work on Release 1 which is focused on the Payment Gateway Interim Solution and is now undergoing UAT. The expected date of completion for UAT is 7 July 2026. • The Project team is diligently addressing the defects/issues which are being identified in UAT. • IPO will monitor the Project’s execution and adherence to the Quality Management Plan as the Project progresses,
Risk And Issues Green	• The Project Team is monitoring 16 open risks and four open issues. • The Project Team identified six new risks and closed one risk during this period. • The Project Team closed one issue during this reporting period. • The IPO does not have any concerns about risk and issues management at this point.
Transition Readiness Blue	This status area of the Project is Green as the OCM vendor is diligently communicating and preparing training and educational material to before the upcoming go-live of Payment Gateway Interim Solution scheduled for 17 July 2026. • As the Project Team gets closer to the deployment of Release 1, Payment Gateway Interim Solution, OCM is diligently communicating and preparing training and educational material for the internal/external stakeholders before the go-live scheduled for 17 July 2026. • The CDT Oversight had discussions with the OCM management to understand the plan of communication and to get more insights into the communication/training materials. The CDT team is attending OCM meetings to get more awareness of the execution. The Oversight considers OCM efforts to be very effective and has no concerns at this time.
Conditions For Approval Green	• Within 90 calendar days after November 21, 2025, Approval Letter, which was February 21, 2026, the CDFA shall develop and submit to the CDT an Integrated Master Project Schedule that incorporates both State and System Integrator (SI) deliverables, milestones, and activities. The schedule shall reflect a clearly defined and logical critical path and adhere to the Project Management Institute (PMI) Schedule Management best practices and California Project Management Framework (CA-PMF) standards. The schedule shall be developed and maintained using Microsoft Project. • No later than 60 calendar days prior to the initiation of testing activities by the SI, the CDFA shall submit the approved ET2 Project Test Management Plan to the CDT. With concurrence by IPO, the Integrated Master Project Schedule was submitted to the CDT for review on 3/13/26 and the draft ET2 Test Management Plan was submitted to the CDT for review on 3/18/26. The CDT provided comments and feedback on both with no major concerns identified with either. The Project indicated that CDT comments on the draft Test Management Plan are being incorporated into the final version. Both conditions in the ET2 Project Approval have been satisfactorily met.
Corrective Action Green	• There are no corrective action plans in place.

Project Approval Documents