October 2, 20091 CIO Executive Committee Federal CIO Council Strategic Plan Development Presented at October 2, 2009 Meeting

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CIO Executive Committee

Federal CIO Council Strategic Plan Development

Presented atOctober 2, 2009

Meeting

October 2, 2009 2

Development Status

• Several meetings• Collaborating on max.gov• Developed Initial Drafts for:

VisionVision

MissionMission

GoalsGoals

ObjectivesObjectives

Strategy ElementsStrategy Elements

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Participants

• Dept. of ArmyDept. of Army• Dept. of NavyDept. of Navy• DHSDHS• DNI DNI • DODDOD• DOEDOE• DOEDDOED

• DOJDOJ• GSA GSA • HUDHUD• NASANASA• NISTNIST• OMBOMB

• SBASBA• SSASSA• StateState• TreasuryTreasury• USDAUSDA• VAVA

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Vision

A transparent, interactive and participatory Federal Government

engaged with the public and sharing information across agencies to

advance national priorities.

Mission

Lead the efficient and effective use of technology to connect with and deliver services to the public.

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Strategic Goals and Leads

Operational Effectiveness and Efficiencies – Loise Russell, VA

Information Technology enables efficient and effective services across the Federal government to protect and serve constituents.

Workforce/Leadership/Culture - Robert Naylor, SBAA culture of innovation, diversity, empowerment, and personnel development attracts and retains the highest quality personnel.

Collaboration/Transparency/Info Sharing – Sally Kiel, GSA and Phil Loranger, DOED

An open government platform of common technologies enables universal public access to information with improved interoperability, feedback, collaboration, and dissemination of information.

Cybersecurity – Brian Burns, Dept. of NavyConfidentiality, integrity, and availability of Federal government information is ensured, enabling secure interaction with the public and other stakeholders.

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Strategic Plan Objectives and

Strategy Elements

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Efficiency and Effectiveness

Goal Statement

Information Technology enables efficient and effective services across the Federal government to protect and serve the public.


1. Provide highly scalable IT infrastructure for use by Federal government agencies to enable rapid delivery of new capabilities at reduced cost.

2. Support the mission of State and Local governments through increased utilization of shared Federal IT infrastructure.

3. Implement new data-sharing technologies leveraging common standards and practices to promote the free-flow of information, improve business efficiencies, and enable the deployment of shared applications.

Objective 1: IT infrastructure and processes will be optimized, enabling more effective and efficient information sharing and business services to improve quality of services.

Objective 1 Strategies

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1. Enable rapid availability of shared services by using advanced technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization.

2. Increase the usage of collaborative technologies to enhance the sharing of information between Federal agencies and with other governments and the public.

3. Use cost-effective, interoperable, commercially available technologies to improve quality of services.


Objective 2: Advancements in information technology will be leveraged to streamline and transform governmental services.


Objective 3: A culture of collaborative innovation will be fostered through the effective use of new technology enabling more efficient sharing of creative IT solutions.


1. Foster engagement of the public as co-creators of new applications, new ideas, and new ways of doing business through the establishment of collaborative government web sites (e.g., Innovate.gov).

2. Leverage colleges and universities, industry, and technology communities of interest to cultivate new and more effective and efficient IT solutions.


Workforce/Leadership/Culture

Goal Statement

A culture of innovation, diversity, empowerment, and personnel development attracts and retains the highest quality personnel.


1. Develop and implement a Federal IT workforce collaborative workplace strategy to serve as a model for the entire Federal workforce.

2. Maximize the use of collaborative technology across the Federal IT workforce to improve agency performance.

3. Create a knowledge base within the Federal IT workforce on the use of emerging collaborative technologies to meet agency mission objectives.

Objective 1: An agile IT workforce will lead the Federal Government in the use of collaborative technologies to achieve agencies’ missions.



1. Invigorate and increase participation in formal CIO certificate programs to provide additional opportunities for leadership development.

2. Ensure a pipeline of candidates with strong leadership competencies to fill requirements for future IT leaders.

3. Provide cross-agency executive leadership coaching and mentoring to strengthen leadership development.

Objective 2: IT Leadership will utilize open communications, clear expectations, professional development, and mentoring to develop and retain strong federal IT leaders.



1. Establish functional groups (communities of practice) and identify leaders by areas of expertise to communicate best practices across the federal IT workforce.

2. Partner with the Human Resource community to address recruitment, development and retention requirements for the IT workforce.

3. Ensure the federal IT workforce has current skill sets and credentials commensurate with their cybersecurity job role.

4. Provide career development guidance to enable consistent skill sets for high priority job roles.

Objective 3: The Federal IT workforce will have current, relevant and consistent skill sets across Federal agencies.



1. Develop a government wide IT workforce plan that identifies and ensures the necessary inherent skills and resources to execute the CIO mission.

2. Establish a centralized IT workforce development fund to ensure training needs are properly resourced.

3. Create a strategy that will provide the proper balance between contractor and federal employees to ensure federal agencies employ an IT workforce with necessary skills.

Objective 4: The CIO will be responsible for leading the agency IT workforce through effective workforce planning and development.



Goal Focus Area Cybersecurity

Goal Statement

Confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Federal government information is ensured, enabling secure interaction with the public and other stakeholders.


1. Develop a Federal strategy for cyber security.2. Implement standards, guidelines, references and

tools, in order to prioritize security improvements and make cost-effective risk-based investment decisions.

3. Create an oversight program to shift agency security performance reporting process to mission security.

4. Increase the efficiency of FISMA reviews by automating the process.

Objective 1: Information assurance, security and privacy will be institutionalized throughout the Federal Government.



1. Develop a Federal identity, credential and access management roadmap.

2. Develop risk-based and cost-effective solutions for enabling secure access with public.

3. Develop a framework for ensuring appropriate controls for web applications used for services to the public, business and other governments.

4. Develop a framework for consistent application of Federal PIV card standards and integration with agency logical and physical access systems.

Objective 2: Identity, credential, and access management programs will be integrated across the Federal government, enabling ease of public use.


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1. Develop a Federal strategy to secure the information and communications infrastructure.

2. Develop a framework for research and development strategies that focus on game-changing technologies that enhance the security, reliability, resilience, and trustworthiness of digital infrastructure.

3. Establish secured technical implementation guides and standards for computer platforms.

Objective 3: Federal information and communications infrastructure will assure trust and resilience.



1. Establish a public private partnership to jointly develop best practices and improve security properties of products, solutions and services.

2. Develop common security requirements and standard core security contract language.

3. Develop agency information sharing of IT product solutions and services supply chain incidents

4. Create a framework for cyber security incident management and risk mitigation.

Objective 4: IT products, solutions and services will be acquired with a known level of assurance.



Collaboration/Transparency/Info Sharing

Goal Statement

An open government platform of common technologies that enables universal access to information with improved interoperability, feedback, collaboration, and dissemination of information.


1. Develop policies and recommendations that facilitate data sharing with the public to ensure secure, seamless delivery of online information and services.

2. Integrate best practices for secure services and customer protection currently used by Information Sharing Advisory Council member organizations for all public engagements.

3. Modernize policies, standards and guidance to secure access to social media tools to deliver mission objectives.

Objective 1: Policies for transparent, accountable and efficient government will balance openness with the need to maintain privacy and security.



1. Establish standards that contribute to global integration of government data across federated information domains.

2. Ensure Federal agencies’ compliance with existing information requirements by leveraging the Federal Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework and the e-Gov-related dashboards.

3. Streamline agreements and procurements between agencies and providers for free tools and services commonly available to the public.

Objective 2: Standardized government data will improve information sharing throughout government and with the public.



1. Utilize and promote the Data.gov platform to provide public access to government data, and increase the consistency of information dissemination efforts across the Federal Government.

2. Develop guidance regarding information quality, accessibility, privacy, confidentiality, and security that supports the Administration’s program for “Open Government and Transparency.”

3. Leverage GSA’s Cloud strategy and procurement tools to allow agencies to quickly and easily develop, test and share applications across government.

Objective 3: Government and social platforms will be used to make information findable, understandable, relevant and useful, ensuring a positive customer experience.



1. Leverage Section 508 tools such as BuyAccessible to assist developers and program managers to deliver systems that provide Federal information and access to the public.

2. Foster government-wide collaboration to develop and coordinate solutions to common accessibility obstacles and issues, including model procurement vehicles for accessible web software.

Objective 4: Information will be disseminated in accessible formats, based on a shared architecture.


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Next Steps• Committee Review - October 2nd to 23rd

– Review and upgrade Strategy Elements:– Provide Success Stories

• Contact Goal Leads for detailed content questions:– Operational Effectiveness and Efficiencies – Loise Russell,

VA ([email protected])

– Workforce/Leadership/Culture – Robert Naylor, SBA ([email protected])

– Collaboration/Transparency/Info Sharing – Sally Kiel, GSA ([email protected]) and Phil Loranger, DOED ([email protected])

– Cybersecurity – Brian Burns, Dept. of Navy ([email protected])

• Provide inputs by October 23rd to:Sandy Smith ([email protected]) and Jack Hawxhurst (

[email protected])

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October 2, 20091 CIO Executive Committee Federal CIO Council Strategic Plan Development Presented at October 2, 2009 Meeting