As we move ever closer to implementation of CORE-CT, I want to personally thank all of you who have worked so hard on the development of this project. I'm sure it wasn't easy at times to juggle both your current duties and the requirements necessary to implement CORE-CT, but I want to assure you it will have been well worth it!

Once implemented, CORE-CT will eliminate much of the needless complication of daily tasks for our business office and human services employees. There will be a single point of entry for transactions and approvals, as well as the ability to do reports and queries right from the user's desktop. The staff here at the Comptroller's Office will be able to examine spending across agency lines to better see the big picture of our state budget.

CORE-CT will perform very differently from the way we do our business today. Although it may take some time to get used to the new system, we have an extensive training program ready to help you through the conversion. I am confident that, with everyone continuing to work together, CORE-CT will prove to be the right road for our state to take into the future.