University of California IT employees are fighting for their jobs. They say workers in India will have access to UCSF medical and financial information. The data will reside on hardware based in the U.S. The university hired HCL, a major India-based IT services firm, to manage infrastructure operations. Some states have taken steps to block what the university is doing, but most states, including California, don’t appear to have restrictions on public sector offshore outsourcing. All UCSF data will remain in the United States from the beginning of the outsourcing model.”]

