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Creating a citizen-centered e-government goes beyond constructing web portals and includes all supporting functions of information technology. The government is now calling on IT professionals to create the Federal Enterprise Architecture, as well as individual agency architectures, which will facilitate a citizen-centered e-government.

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IT Budget Justification

The IT budget justification process can often be an obstacle to agencies trying to receive proper funding for their IT projects. The OMB Exhibit 300 process is often misunderstood as a long and impossible task that can never be successful. Performance Institute Senior Fellow John Keane is a veteran of the Exhibit 300 process and has developed numerous successful business cases. This presentation is a step-by-step discussion of the process with new tools and perspectives which make it possible. By addressing issues and concerns, the process becomes clear and manageable. Prior successes also provide tips for improving performance that promise to make your Exhibit 300 process will be a success.

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Creating a Performance-Based Electronic Government

(Oct 30, 2002) A coalition of good government groups led by the Performance Institute indentified the "best practices" in defining and measuring e-government initiatives. A research team from the Institute surveyed CIOs and IT staff from every federal agency to determine how they design, plan, justify, manage, and measure the success of their e-government initiatives.

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Information Technology Investment Management (ITIM) Guidance

Capital planning and IT investment management are the cornerstones of managing IT performance in government. Agencies, therefore, must develop an effective IT capital plan to ensure that IT projects are well planned, well funded, well executed and use a clear investment strategy. The Information Technology Investment Management framework, developed by the Government Accountability Office, utilizes a methodology comprised of key practices that contribute to attainment of a maturity stage. View this presentation to learn how to devise capital plans, manage an IT investment portfolio, and build an effective business case for your IT needs. Also, view the actual GAO report to explore a step-by-step walkthrough of all stages of the IT Investment Maturity Model.

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We realize that bringing your whole office to a Performance Institute event is not always practical, which is why the Institute is proud to be able to customize its training programs and bring them directly to your office! Using our staff of experts and a faculty of instructors from government and the private sector, the Performance Institute can tailor the curriculum of any program to meet the specific needs of your department or agency.

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The Institute offers consulting to lead your program staff in applying the methodology framework for planning, managing, measuring and evaluating your educational programs. For more information on Institute consulting, please contact [email protected].

 


Government R&D Performance Summit
February 21 & 22, 2005
Arlington, VA

Information Security Management
March 3-4, 2005
Arlington, VA

Building Better Government IT Business Cases
March 23-24, 2005
Arlington, VA

Certification & Accreditation of Government Information Systems
April 11– 12, 2005
Washington, DC