SO-OCIO-Executive IT Management
Investment ID: 005-000001696
Overview
Program Title
SO-OCIO-Executive IT Management
Description
This investment is for OCIO costs that are not assigned to another specific investment.
Type of Program
Standard IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Associated Websites
https://www.ocio.usda.gov/office-chief-information-officer
Investment Detail
Cost or schedule variances cannot be more than negative 5% when using Earned Value Management. FOIA cases need to be addressed within twenty days to avoid litigation cases which is usually occurs in 1.05% of annual cases received. If litigation suits are lost, OCIO must pay court cost and attorney fees in the hundreds or thousands depending on the complexity of the suit. addressing cases within the timeframe and winning litigations suits saves agency funds.
See parentheses, for: 1. CPIC (expertise / systematic approach to selecting, managing, and evaluating information technology investments); 2. Enterprise Architecture (assures information technology investments align with the mission and goals of the Department); 3. Strategic Sourcing/Category Management (realizes cost savings across the USDA through better software and hardware contract management); 4. Privacy (brings a heightened understanding of the importance of protecting the Personal Identifiable Information (PII) that USDA collects / uses); 5. Records Management/Paper Work Reduction Act (provides training to USDA organizations plan, create, distribute, use, secure, manage, and dispose of information and includes CUI (Office established in compliance with federal law); 6. FOIA (ensures USDA-wide compliance with FOIA and responds to FOIA requests that seek records maintained by multiple component agencies) ; 7. Section 508 (establishes requirements for any electronic and IT that is developed, maintained, procured, or used by the Federal government to be accessible to people with disabilities); 8. Policy and Directives (develops / manages the USDA Directives System); 9. Department-level strategic data dashboard (to create / align / measure KPIs across USDA IT programs).
See parentheses, for: 1. CPIC (expertise / systematic approach to selecting, managing, and evaluating information technology investments); 2. Enterprise Architecture (assures information technology investments align with the mission and goals of the Department); 3. Strategic Sourcing/Category Management (realizes cost savings across the USDA through better software and hardware contract management); 4. Privacy (brings a heightened understanding of the importance of protecting the Personal Identifiable Information (PII) that USDA collects / uses); 5. Records Management/Paper Work Reduction Act (provides training to USDA organizations plan, create, distribute, use, secure, manage, and dispose of information and includes CUI (Office established in compliance with federal law); 6. FOIA (ensures USDA-wide compliance with FOIA and responds to FOIA requests that seek records maintained by multiple component agencies) ; 7. Section 508 (establishes requirements for any electronic and IT that is developed, maintained, procured, or used by the Federal government to be accessible to people with disabilities); 8. Policy and Directives (develops / manages the USDA Directives System); 9. Department-level strategic data dashboard (to create / align / measure KPIs across USDA IT programs).