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Monday, January 30, 2012
Ringing in the New Year with Data Center Consolidation
The formation of DHS, through combining 22 agencies under one department, created a natural need for consolidated and centrally managed IT services, systems, and hardware.
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Friday, January 6, 2012
New FedRAMP security requirements benchmark IT reform
FedRAMP’s unified risk management process will evaluate IT services offered by vendors on behalf of Federal agencies, saving agencies from conducting their own risk management programs. By reducing duplicative risk management efforts, FedRAMP will enable Federal agencies to focus their evaluations of IT services on their agency’s specific needs, as well as their privacy and security requirements.
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Monday, November 21, 2011
DHS Segment Architecture Leading to Human Capital Transformation
The HCSA was not an academic exercise but a practical, implementable way forward that combines both strategic and tactical approaches. Our first business-driven segment architecture, the HCSA got underway in November 2010 in an unprecedented Department-wide partnership between the DHS Human Resources (HR) and Information Technology (IT) communities. The project involved a core team of DHS Component representatives and Enterprise Architecture experts from CIO all working collaboratively with the Chief Human Capital Office (CHCO) planning team that provided project leadership and analysis support. Oversight of the HCSA project came from the Human Resources Information Technology Executive Steering Committee (HRIT ESC), a governance committee comprised of the Component (e.g., Coast Guard, TSA) CHCOs and CIOs along with the DHS CXOs.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Criticality of Integrated Program Teams
In my first three posts on the challenge of delivering successful IT programs, I introduced the topics of tiered governance and the need to have effective governance at the enterprise, portfolio, and program level. Now let’s move on to key program and project management disciplines. ...
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Reflections on the NIEM 2011 National Training Event
At the end of August, I had the privilege to attend and speak at the 2011 National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) National Training Event (NTE) on behalf of the Executive Steering Council and other strategic partners who steward the program.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Cloud Computing, Front and Center
We are especially fortunate to be experiencing an exciting change within the IT industry – the rise of cloud computing. This evolutionary transformation is fast replacing the legacy IT model not only within private industry but also within the Federal government. The “25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management” authorizes a “Cloud First” policy.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Enterprise and Portfolio Governance Critical to Ensure IT is Strategically Supporting Your Agency
In my first and second posts on the challenge of delivering successful IT programs, I introduced the topic of tiered governance and the need to have effective governance at the enterprise, portfolio, and program level. To complete the discussion, let’s discuss enterprise and portfolio governance.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
IT Reform at the Department of Homeland Security
Tags: IT ReformSix months after OMB unveiled the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management, I am pleased to announce DHS has made substantial progress in implementing key IT Reform actions outlined in the Plan. DHS is closing data centers, moving to the cloud, improving program governance, and strengthening program management. IT Reform at DHS not only drives technological and operational transformation, it also reinforces our efforts to unite a largely decentralized agency into one.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Getting Program Governance Right Helps Ensure Success
My first post on the challenge of delivering successful IT programs introduced the topic of tiered governance and the need to have effective governance at the enterprise, portfolio, and program level. Let’s dig deeper into program-level governance.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
The Challenge of Delivering Successful IT Programs
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 IRS (Business System Modernization) and now DHS.
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