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A New Era in Federal IT Management

Since its release in December 2010, the 25-Point Implementation Plan has led to a fundamental change in how the government manages $80 billion in annual IT investments. The report details specific deliverables in 6-, 12-, and 18-month increments that require work across the entire Federal enterprise.

The government is making steady progress in executing the reforms outlined in the 25-Point Plan, delivering many ahead of schedule. More information on implementation of the 6-month deliverables is below — this page will be updated as execution of the plan continues.

IT Reform Timeline

These IT reform milestones helped set the foundation for the release of the 25-Point Implementation Plan in December 2010.

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  IT Reform Deliverable Delivered On Track Behind Schedule
  1. Complete Implementation Plans to Shut Down 800 Data Centers by 2015 Item delivered    
  3. Shift to a "Cloud First" Policy Item delivered    
  4. Stand-up contract vehicles for secure IaaS solutions Item delivered    
  5. Stand-up contract vehicles for secure Commodity Services   Item On Track  
  6. Develop Strategy for Shared Services   Item On Track  
  7. Design a formal IT program management career path Item delivered    
  9. Require Integrated Program Teams Item delivered    
  10. Launch a best practices collaboration platform Item delivered    
  11. Launch Technology Fellow Program Item delivered    
  13. Design and develop cadre of specialized IT acquisition professionals Item delivered    
  14. Identify IT acquisition best practices and adopt government-wide Item delivered    
  15. Issue contracting guidance and templates to support modular developmen   Item On Track  
  17. Work with Congress to create IT budget models that align with modular development     Item behind schedule
  18. Develop supporting materials and guidance for flexible IT budget models   Item On Track  
  19. Work with Congress to scale flexible IT budget models more broadly   Item On Track  
  20. Work with Congress to consolidate Commodity IT spending under Agency CIO     Item behind schedule
  21. Review and Strengthen Investment Review Boards Item delivered    
  22. Redefine role of Agency CIOs and Federal CIO Council Item delivered    
  24. Launch "myth-busters" education campaign Item delivered    
  25. Launch an interactive platform for pre-RFP agency-industry collaboration Item delivered    

Last Updated: 9/21/2011


Agency CIO Blogs

Leading up to 6 months of the 25 Point Plan to Reform Federal IT Management, CIOs blogged about how the reforms were being implemented at their Agencies.

V    Casey Coleman, CIO, GSA
IT Reform: GSA Powers Up the Federal Digital Strategy
As the federal government’s savings and purchasing expert, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has a record of delivering smart, synchronized IT solutions to federal agencies and providing significant savings to the American taxpayer

V    Michael Wash, CIO, NARA
IT Reform at the National Archives and Records Administration
Here at the National Archives and Records Administration, we have never been more excited about the role that information technology is playing in organizing, storing, governing, and providing access to our Nation’s records. We have been working hard to carry out the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management.

V    Amy Northcutt, CIO, NSF
Update on IT Reform at the National Science Foundation
NSF works continuously to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of information technology in support of NSF's mission. This past year, in keeping with OMB's IT Reform agenda, we focused significant effort on strengthening the governance process for IT investments at NSF. Additional rigor and discipline in our decision-making process helps us maximize every dollar invested; similarly, meaningful engagement of senior Foundation officials in the investment process improves our ability to maximize IT "cost avoidance." By strengthening a governance process that is predictable and transparent, we create opportunities for creative solutions to managing IT resources during a season of constraint.

V    Paul Christy, CIO, SBA
IT Reform at the Small Business Administration
With over 100 offices around the United States, SBA is a diffuse agency focused on supporting America’s small business owners. My office focuses on providing efficient, agile technology support to this mission.

V    Dr. Danny Harris, CIO, Department of Education
Update on IT Reform at the Department of Educuation
A year has passed since the official kickoff of the 25-point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management. A significant amount of work and progress has been made across government, and, indeed, it feels like we have accomplished so much at the Department of Education (the Department). A few highlights include our leadership role in growing capabilities and communities around the data.gov platform, continued consolidation of data centers, migration of real business applications to shared services, significant reduction of .GOV domains and use of a standard value measurement methodology to help prioritize how we invest scarce IT dollars.

V    Jerry Horton, CIO, USAID
IT Reform at the U.S. Agency for International Development
As an agency that operates extensively across time zones, the USAID CIO office is constantly evaluating innovative products and processes that will streamline our IT infrastructure in order to offer the most cost-effective method for providing business services.

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V    Susan Swart, CIO, Department of State
IT Reform at the Department of State
The first six months of fulfilling the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management have had a positive effect at the Department of State. Our team has been hard at work executing these important strategic changes, and I believe that we have made a great deal of progress so far.

V    Nitin Pradhan, CIO, DOT
IT Reform at the Department of Transportation
The execution of the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management has given us an exciting opportunity to streamline delivery of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) IT services and infrastructure.

V    Darren B. Ash, CIO, NRC
IT Reform at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
I want to take this opportunity to share some information regarding government-wide initiatives in Information Technology (IT) Reform and what NRC is doing to support them. We are facing many changes in overall government based on tighter budgets, resource constraints, the emphasis to reduce government spending, and we can expect some things to be different in the future.

V    Robyn East, Deputy Asst. Secretary for IS and CIO, Treasury
Delivering Value through IT Reform
Since OMB released the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management in December 2010, the Treasury Department has embraced the initiative’s core goals of achieving operational efficiency and effectively managing large-scale IT programs.

V    Malcolm D. Jackson, CIO, EPA
IT Reform at the Environmental Protection Agency
In my role as CIO at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), I am pleased that we have initiated changes within our agency that contribute to Federal IT reform.

V    Michael Kerr, CIO, Labor
IT Reform at the Department of Labor
For the last six months, my staff and I have been working diligently to implement the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management. Over the course of that time we have made progress toward the goal of modernizing and streamlining IT at the Department of Labor. While we still have a lot of work to do, I believe that the 25 Point Plan has us on the right course.

V    Robert Kazimer, CIO, USACE
IT Reform at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The past few months have put the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the spotlight as natural disasters have impacted our Nation. Assisting State and local officials responding to floods, tornadoes, and storms has demanded an agile and comprehensive response from the U.S. Government. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one Federal agency on the forefront of that response.

V    Bernard Mazer, CIO, DOI
Interior's IT Reform Efforts
IT Reform continues to be a top priority here at the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI). Since the December 2010 release of the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management, DOI has implemented many successful changes to more efficiently and effectively provide IT services to employees, while cutting costs.

V    Matthew Perry, CIO, OPM
OPM Update on IT Reforms
At OPM, we celebrate the 18-month anniversary of the 25-Point Plan to Transform Federal IT Management with numerous accomplishments.

V    Michael Locatis, CIO, DOE
IT Reform at the Department of Energy
As Chief Information Officer for the Department of Energy, my role is to bring together internal IT resources, National Laboratories and strategic partners inside and outside of the Department to promote agency-wide innovation and effective operations that provide tangible, positive high value outcomes for the nation.

V    Jerry Williams, CIO, HUD
IT Reform at the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Today, the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) must deliver on the defined functions in the Clinger-Cohen Act, while also exceling in the unwritten yet critical disciplines that make or break a successful IT service delivery organization. At HUD for the last three years, we have been transforming our IT organization so that our OCIO is delivering IT in a modern way, with an organization that operates with a high degree of customer focus, precision, and performance.

V    Chris Smith, CIO, USDA
IT Reform at United States Department of Agriculture
As we pass the 6 month mark of the 25 Point Federal IT Reform Plan I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on our progress to date and provide a glimpse into future activities. The 25 Point Plan is a thoughtful, well crafted and pragmatic framework for strengthening key fundamental IT management practices that will help ensure...

V    Vance Hitch, CIO, DOJ
IT Reform at the Department of Justice
Both the DOJ and our components have accomplished a great deal since I started as the Chief Information Officer in 2002. The 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management has been significant in reforming the Federal IT portfolio. The success at Justice has been due to execution in my staff and in the bureaus’ staff across DOJ.

V    Roger Baker, CIO, VA
IT Reform at the Department of Veterans Affairs
As perhaps the largest consolidated IT organization in the world, our goal at VA is to also be the best IT organization in the federal government. So we are frequent users of the words “Transformation” and “Reform.” Most importantly, we use the word “discipline” on a regular basis, because for federal IT, transformation is all about instilling the disciplines practiced by effective private sector organizations: focusing on results, measuring our performance, caring about every dollar, and making hard decisions.

V    Richard A. Spires, CIO, DHS
Celebrating Federal IT Reform with DHS Accomplishments
To mark the June 9, 2012, completion milestone for Federal IT reform, I am pleased to highlight several DHS initiatives. Our focus includes shifting to a Cloud-first policy, establishing strong governance of the Department’s IT investments, and the implementation of TechStats.

V    Michael Carleton, CIO, HHS
HHS IT Reform at the 6-Month Mark
At the Department of Health and Human Services, information technology is not only necessary for us to function as an organization, but is also a crucial component of the medical, public health, and social services we provide to the American people. As CIO, my focus has been on improving investment management and streamlining IT operations so that we can deliver better results that protect the health of all Americans and provide essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.

V    Simon Szykman,CIO, DOC
IT Reform: The Administration’s IT Management Reform Agenda: Progress at the Department of Commerce
With the upcoming anniversary of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) IT management reform agenda, I thought I would take an opportunity to provide an update on progress made at the Department of Commerce (DOC).


 


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