Panel breaks down the fundamentals, and payoffs, of Lines of Business
Agency CIOs face a broad array of issues and concerns in adapting the Office of Management and Budget’s Lines-of-Business initiatives into their enterprise architectures. The Association for Federal Information Resources Management and GCN last month hosted a roundtable discussion to discuss those issues. The 10 participants generally agreed that Lines of Business make sense, while acknowledging that a lot of challenges remain. Among them, the initiatives:
help streamline redundant processes and policies, not just IT systems
focus agencies, as some companies do, on core missions rather than acillary activities
still require a mechanism to address poor performance and give agencies the ability to move to new providers
don’t need additional legislative tools, for now, to nurture improvements
run the risk that small agencies won’t have the clout of large departments in making business cases
depend on good service-level agreements and a competitive pool of service providers
still need franchise-type, working capital funds to fully enable LOB transition efforts
need to include information sharing as a new LOB.
What follows is an abbreviated version of the discussion. To read more, go to /www.gcn.com and enter 428 into the Quickfind search box. Tom Temin, editor in chief for GCN and Washington Technology, moderated the discussion.
The participants:
Scott Charbo, Agriculture Department CIO
Linda Cureton, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives deputy CIO
Larry Gross, Treasury Department acting CIO for e-government
Charles Havekost, Health and Human Services CIO
Randolph Hite, Government Accountability Office director for IT architecture and systems issues
Mark Krzysko, Defense Department deputy director for electronic business, Defense procurement and acquisition policy
Tarrazzia Martin, Immigration and Customs Enforcement CIO
Price Roe, Justice Department special assistant to the CIO
John Sindelar, General Services Administration deputy associate administrator, Office of Governmentwide Policy
Melissa Wojciak, House Government Reform Committee staff director.
TEMIN: There is not a lot known about how Lines of Business will be accepted. What’s your perspective on where we actually stand with picking Lines-of-Business Centers of Excellence and moving toward them?
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