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IT Reform: OMB Overhauls IT Investment Reporting
Date: July 14, 2011Type: News
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finalized new guidance on reporting IT investments. As required by the
IT Reform: Tracking Federal IT Infrastructure Consolidation
Date: June 02, 2011Type: News
Two new resources created under the 25-Point Plan will help track progress on the Federal Government’s data center consolidation...
Agency-Wide Internet Accessibility Policy
Date: May 05, 2011Type: Article
Agency-wide Section 508 Policy
Date: May 05, 2011Type: Article
IT Directives Review Processes
Date: May 05, 2011Type: Article
Cracking Down on Wasteful, Duplicative Spending
Date: May 03, 2011Type: Article
IT Reform: Energy TechStat Examines Identity Program
Date: May 03, 2011Type: News
In an effort to improve the performance of one of the Department of Energy (DOE) major IT investments, an agency TechStat review was recently...
White House Forum Details Progress on IT Reforms
Date: April 27, 2011Type: News
From 1:30 to 2:30PM EST today, the White House Forum on Transforming Federal IT Management provided an update on how the Administration is changing the way the Federal government uses IT to save money and deliver better...
IT Reform: A Platform for Sharing Lessons Learned
Date: April 13, 2011Type: News
Today marks the soft launch of the Federal CIO Council’s Best Practices platform, an online resource that promotes learning and collaboration. By centrally aggregating best practices, the platform will help cultivate how information is...
Open Sourcing the IT Dashboard & the TechStat Process
Date: March 31, 2011Type: Blog
We launched the IT Dashboard and the TechStat Accountability Sessions to improve IT transparency and accountability across the Federal Government. The Dashboard has helped us shine a light on IT projects, providing performance data to fuel TechStat reviews, which have led to over $3 billion in...
IT Reform: OPM Creates IT Program Manager Title
Date: March 29, 2011Type: News
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has released a draft proposal that creates a new,...
The Evolving CIO: From Financial Compliance Origins to Data Singularity
Date: March 28, 2011Type: Article
The Evolving CIO: From Financial Compliance Origins to Data Singularity
Date: March 28, 2011Type: Blog
Thank you to those who took a moment to comment on my recent blog introducing my new series on the evolving CIO. Several of you agreed that we need to redefine the purpose of the CIO based on the trajectory of our society. In this spirit, an article comes to mind that I was reading in Time...
IT Reform: Agencies Hold First TechStat Sessions
Date: March 25, 2011Type: News
Agency-level TechStat sessions are currently under way, with 24 Federal CIO Council agencies on track to have held their first TechStat by March 31. As of March 25, 15 agencies have already held their first...
IT Reform: Results of Review Sessions
Date: March 22, 2011Type: News
In a White House “White Board” video released March 16, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra discusses how the
White Board: The IT Dashboard & the Value of Transparency
Date: March 16, 2011Type: Video
In this White House White Board, U.S. Chief Information Office Vivek Kundra explains how the IT Dashboard website helped save $3 billion in taxpayer funds and make government more efficient by shining a light on the federal government’s IT projects.
IT Reform: TechStat Video Tutorial Released
Date: March 15, 2011Type: News
The TechStat video tutorial launched today to assist Federal CIO Council agencies with standing up their own TechStat sessions. The video provides an overview of the TechStat process, and is part of a...
The Challenge of Delivering Successful IT Programs
Date: March 14, 2011Type: Article
The Challenge of Delivering Successful IT Programs
Date: March 14, 2011Type: Blog
I have had the good fortune of being involved in large-scale IT program management for 25 years. My involvement has included the delivery of systems in private industry to the banking, brokerage (Wall Street), and telecommunications industries, as well as at the Federal government, including the...
IT Reform: Agencies Prepare to Evaluate Investments via TechStats
Date: February 17, 2011Type: News
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) kicked off in-person TechStat training sessions, assisting CIO Council agencies in preparing to hold agency-level Read Related Article