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For many agencies, the move to cloud computing services is predicated by policy, legal and contracting decisions made by more than just the chief information officer.
Andrew Wasser, the associate dean in Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College School of Information Systems and Management and the executive director of the CIO Institute, said 12-month classes try to align people, processes and technology to make sure the students can deal with the speed at which all three of these areas are changing.
Ray Coleman, the chief information officer of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Agriculture Department, and James Porter, an IT portfolio manager for Immigration and Customs Enforcement at DHS, say their agencies have a better understanding of where new IT efforts exist.
Zach Goldstein, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s chief information officer, said the agency will expand the N-Wave network to offer mission areas access to the 100-gigabyte network in the coming year.
Adriane Burton, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s chief information officer, said she is using data analytics tools to better understand the agency’s business needs.
Ann Dunkin, the EPA chief information officer, said her office hasn’t been updated since 1999 and was in a severe need of a new approach to meet internal and external customer needs.
Howard Williams, the GAO’s chief information officer, said Comptroller General Gene Dodaro is asking the agency to develop a long-term road map to expand and improve its use of data analysis tools.
Shane Compton, the National Park Service’s associate CIO, said his office is looking at how best to increase bandwidth so citizens can take advantage of online tools and services at national parks.
Sonny Bhagowalia, Treasury’s chief information officer, said over the last year the department has closed 17 core data centers and reduced the time to deliver IT capabilities by more than 60 percent.
The Office of Management and Budget is prepping another memo to set new agency-specific and government goals to consolidate and optimize data centers.
Stephen Rice, the Transportation Security Administration’s chief information officer, used the governmentwide cyber sprint initiative to help make the case for a one-time bump in technology spending.
Sean Gallagher, the NASA Glenn Research Center chief information officer, said the OMB cyber sprint is helping his center change its perspective not only with cyber, but with cloud and mobility too.
Greg Smithberger, the NSA chief information officer, said the Intelligence Community IT Enterprise (ICITE) program is taking some of the concepts of the commercial cloud and applying special cybersecurity technologies on top.
Hari Bezwada, the chief information officer of the Army’s Program Executive Office-Enterprise Information System, said he’s taking measured approach to migrate five ERP systems to a shared services provider.
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