Oversight

Offline and Off-budget: The Dismal State of Information Technology Planning in the Federal Government

Date: July 31, 2008
Time: 9:30am
Agenda:

The hearing will highlight the current management, reporting, and oversight of the federal government’s IT portfolio. The first panel will discuss the major reasons why agencies rebaseline their projects, whether appropriate guidance is in place, and what the federal government can do to make sure IT projects are delivered on-time and on-budget. The second panel will take a solutions-oriented approach to ensuring high-cost mission critical IT investments are effectively managed. Agency Report Cards on IT Investment Planning and Management

Witnesses

Panel 1

Karen S.

Evans

Administrator, Office of Electronic Government and Information Technology

Office of Management and Budget

Panel 1

The Honorable

Paul A.

Denett

Administrator

Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget

Panel 1

David A.

Powner

Director, Information Technology Issues

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Panel 2

Al

Grasso

President and Chief Executive Officer

MITRE Corporation

Panel 2

Norm

Brown

Executive Director

Center for Program Transformation

Panel 2

Thomas M.

Jarrett

Secretary

Delaware Department of Technology and Information

Related Files

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