Federal CIO Vivek Kundra unveiled a 25-point implementation plan to reform Federal IT management. The goals of this implementation plan are to 1) achieve operational efficiency through adopting light technologies and shared services AND 2) effectively managing large-scale IT programs. Read more here….
White House to reform Federal IT management
March 8, 2011Federal Governement – Towards Increased Accountability
September 29, 2010The President’s Performance Agenda is changing the way government does business by embracing management and technological innovations to use resources more effectively and improve citizen services. The website http://performance.gov is designed to provide Federal government managers, Congress, and the public the ability to track progress on agency and government-wide efforts to achieve their top performance improvement priorities. Areas of focus include priority goals, acquisition, customer service, finance, human resources, open government, sustainability, and technology.
This new way of reporting and tracking federal agency performance is one more way the Obama administration is trying to achieve transparency and citizen-focus in government operations.
IT Dasboard – a new way to manage IT projects
August 26, 2010The IT Dashboard is a website enabling federal agencies, industry, the general public and other stakeholders to view details of federal information technology investments.
The purpose of the Dashboard is to provide information on the effectiveness of government IT programs and to support decisions regarding the investment and management of resources. The Dashboard is now being used by the Administration and Congress to make budget and policy decisions. Read more….http://it.usaspending.gov/?q=content/highpriority-projects
The American Recovery
April 28, 2009Recovery Dialogue: Information Technology Solutions
Open from April 27 thru May 3, 2009. Check out ideas at
Transparency and Open Government
March 31, 2009Recommendations for Open Government Directive in 120 days
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transparency_and_Open_Government/
Green IT
March 31, 2009Role of Enterprise Architecture in “Green” IT.
Considerations for different stages of EA:
Planning – Determine appropriate measures and metrics that are consistent with the organization business objectives and management philosophy.
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