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South Dakota moves to modernize 36‑year‑old accounting system with ‘Project Bison’; go‑live set for July 1, 2026
Summary
Bureau of Finance and Management told the Joint Appropriations Committee the state selected Oracle Cloud Fusion and implementation partners and that Project Bison remains on schedule and on budget after a $70 million appropriation; officials described the effort as a business transformation, not just an IT upgrade.
The Joint Committee on Appropriations heard a status update on Project Bison, South Dakota’s multi‑year effort to replace its decades‑old central accounting system, on the morning portion of the combined appropriations hearing. Bureau of Finance and Management officials said the state secured implementation vendors and is preparing for a July 1, 2026, go‑live.
The update came from Jim Twiliger and Colin Keeler of the Bureau of Finance and Management (BFM), and Jason Lutz, the project’s state project manager. Keeler told the committee the current core financial system “was implemented in 1988 and it's still running today,” and described the modern platform selection and rollout as urgent because of vendor support and staffing risks for the legacy mainframe software.
Keeler and Twiliger outlined the project’s timeline and procurement history: a feasibility study and RFI/RFP process led to the selection of Oracle Cloud Fusion as the software platform and Sierra‑Cedar as the implementation partner; ISG (Information Services Group) was hired as the project management…
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