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Legacy Publication

Legacy ID
1011
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Significant Regulatory Guidance
No

Common Baseline

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CIO/CXO Roles and Responsibilities in 17 areas Emphasizes collaboration and governance Must be fully in place at each agency by December 31, 2015 By August 15, 2015 send to OMB: Agency Self-Assessment Agency Implementation...

OMB Approach

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Common Baseline for IT Management: “CIO Authorities” and “significant role” Emphasizes collaboration across CXO Common Baseline CIO Assignment Plan Provides flexibility but puts CIO in driver...

Information Technology Resources

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Includes all:

agency budgetary resources, personnel, equipment, facilities, or services that are primarily used in the management, operation, acquisition, or other activity related to the lifecycle of information technology; acquisitions or interagency...

FITARA Statutory Provisions

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Non-DOD CFO Act Agencies

USDA Commerce ED Energy HHS DHS HUD Interior Justice Labor State DOT Treasury VA EPA NASA USAID GSA NSF NRC OPM...

Themes in Outreach

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Agencies looked to OMB for cues on momentum of implementation CIOs concerned OMB would not support them; other CXOs concerned that FITARA is a “CIO power grab”—proposed guidance addresses these concerns OMB should provide agencies with...

Objectives of FITARA Implementation

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Strengthen agency ability to align IT resources with agency missions, goals, programmatic priorities, and statutory requirements; Clarify the scope of the agency CIO’s role with respect to program IT, mission IT, and other “shadow IT”;...