Adam Summers: Calling 911 over California’s failed IT projects

California might have to call 911 to save its emergency communications system upgrade project. Whether the call would actually get through is another matter.

While the Golden State prides itself on its innovative technology sector and the genius, in Silicon Valley and beyond, these private sector successes have yet to be replicated in the state government. The failure to upgrade the state’s 911 system is just the latest example of this ineptitude.

The California Governor’s Office...