The e-Government Act defines “electronic Government’ as “the use by the Government of web-based Internet applications and other information technologies, combined with processes that implement these technologies, to—‘‘(A) enhance the access to and delivery of Government information and services to the public, other agencies, and other Government entities; or ‘‘(B) bring about improvements in Government…
OMB is now in action mode without clear instructions and expectations. IT project failures and its increased concern has taken OMB to a point where it has to prove measurable actions to the President. The OMB director directs and CIO reacts – common theme that was seen in Memorandum. Agencies struggle to show results and…
My vision is that agencies will become more proactive in establishing strong project management techniques and creating more live and actionable cost estimation and analysis techniques to create and sustain successful projects. This will also require adequate staffing at agencies that has the ability to make this happen. Initiatives such as EHRI are an indirect…
Before addressing the question, it would be beneficial if we understand what baselining and re-baselining is. Baselining is the common project management method where we lay down the cost and effort estimates and schedules based on assumptions that we have at hand. Once baseline is created, project plan is laid out based on this baseline….
GAO Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide is very extensive and gives us clear details of federal IT initiatives. The guide, together with OMB circular and IT dashboard web site gave some important hints towards how concerned and vigilant is US government in reviewing and evaluating Federal IT projects. The Cost estimating guide highlights customized methods…