OJP IT OVERVIEW
Lowell David Denning
7 June 2005
Slide 1
Mission Statement
Position OJP information technology, which supports the
nationally critical mission of providing grants for law
enforcement and national security initiatives, to be the
fundamentally finest operation in the Federal Government
Slide 2
The Team
Allocate staff assignments with emphasis on allowing all
staff members to have impact on the organization based on
talent, skills and training
CIO Senior Management Leaders optimally assigned to
maximize positive organizational impact
- Security Chief
- Business Chief
- Operations Chief
- Systems Chief
- Special Projects and E-Government
Slide 3
Enterprise Architecture
- Microsoft Desktop with Wordperfect
- Cisco
- Sun
- Oracle
Slide 4
Major Initiatives
- E-Government
- COOP/DR
- Unified Financial Management
- Grants.gov
- SDLC compliance
Slide 5
Opportunities
Problems and opportunities:
- Manageable desktop technology that emphasizes user needs and concerns
- Simplified infrastructure that is manageable and secure
- Grants management that emphasizes the E-Gov approach of one portal for Find and Apply, namely Grants.gov
Slide 6
Goals & Objectives
Five-year goals
- Grants management is integrated fully with Grants.gov portal, with
all financial data accessed via a secure IFMIS (and DOJ) financial
system bi-directional interface.
- Outsource all management of desktop and infrastructure hardware and
software
- All IT initiatives tied completely to ROI analysis, with full
integration to DOJ leadership goals
Slide 7
Resource Requirements
- Complete Systems Development and Integration Services
- Security C&A Services and Administration
- Network and Application Integration Support plus Help Desk and Desktop Support
- Development Business: Requirements, IV&V, Test, Program Management
- Business Process Support plus Consultants
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Risks & Rewards
Risk and Assessment Management
- Policy Compliance to assure that security best practices are built,
under rigorous metrics
- Vulnerability Management to assess and secure all OJP platform
environments
- Enterprise Administration to deploy and optimize all directories
in the enterprise
Rewards
- Maximize operational integrity and efficiency by minimizing risk
via an aggressive, forward thinking strategy that attacks problems
before they happen
Slide 9
Key Issues
Governance and CM Plan to provide critical assessment, strategic planning
and resource allocation through a rigorous, disciplined structure
Keep DOJ and OJP senior management informed on all impact and assessed
long-term impact decisions in a timely fashion at all times
Slide 10
Top Ten Issues for OJP CIO
- Align IT enterprise to meet the most stringent security standards of
the civilian agencies
- Simplify the management structure to maximize the benefit to all human
capital, minimize negative effects on employee contributions
- Align development of the Grants Management System with the established
practices of the systems design industry, minimize affect of contractor
bias through performance based standards
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Top Ten - Continued
- Tighten cooperation and coordination between OJP systems development
decisions and DOJ and OMB standardization of development
- Prioritize the participation of OJP IT with initiatives in the OMB
E-Government Office
- Deploy a Security Action Team to monitor security related issues
with all OJP systems and enterprise operations, including alignment of
OJP security with DOJ and Homeland Security initiatives
Slide 12
Top Ten - Continued
- Human Capital assessment is conducted on a monthly basis to assure
that the team is operating on a peak efficiency level at all times
- OJP desktop systems for all users are optimized to insure that all
users are knowledgeable on what resources are available and can best be
used to maximize efficiency of the organization
- OJP CIO Office will establish an OJP Hot Sheet which will contain a
daily, weekly and monthly list of key IT concerns for all staff, within
the CIO Office and outside as well
Slide 13
Top Ten - Continued
- Establishment of a Business Office that will monitor all contracts on
a performance based metrics basis. A constant reassessment of contractual
relationships will be done to insure maximum efficiency and benefit to OJP.
All OMB required reporting on investment analysis and benefit assessment
will receive priority, with emphasis on standardization of reporting
techniques and data gathering processes
Slide 14
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