Marking the third anniversary of the e-government, the
Office of Management and Budget has released a report
highlighting its results and charting a course for the
year to come.
Among the recent improvements identified in the report
are an increase in the use of enterprise architectures,
used to eliminate redundant business functions, processes,
and technologies.
OMB says that last June it completed assessments of 25
federal agencies’ enterprise architectures, and that all
are “effective” – that is, sufficiently mature to inform
agency investment processes.
It said a goal for 2006 would be for agencies to continue
using their EAs to eliminate business functions deemed
redundant, something that would “show true cost savings
and not just cost avoidance.”
OMB last year set the goal of having 75 percent of agencies
with acceptable business cases, meaning a clearly defined
vision and outcomes aligned with mission and with benefits
far outweighing costs. It said that as of September, 84
percent, or 21 of 25 agencies have achieved that.
Four agency business cases remain on OMB’s management watch
list, down from 19 last year, and for those that remain OMB
said it would “use appropriate management tools to ensure
agencies manage or mitigate risk before beginning or
continuing a project.”
It set as a goal 90 percent of agencies with acceptable
business cases for all their systems, and having 90 percent
of all IT systems properly secured – meaning certified and
accredited – and at least 13 agencies with no IT skill gaps.
That is a repeat of last year’s missed target.
“The E-government initiative is making the federal government
more efficient and effective, and is improving program
results,” said Clay Johnson, deputy director for management
for OMB. The report is available at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budintegration/expanding_egov_2005.pdf.
