The O/S IT Review Board is established as a review and decision-making body for IT management in the O/S. The Board will review and approve IT initiatives and IT expenditures. The O/S IT Review Board ensures that proposed investments contribute to the Secretary's strategic vision and mission requirements, employ sound IT investment methodologies, comply with Departmental systems architectures, and provide the highest return on the investment or acceptable project risk. Of overall importance is the need to ensure that administrative systems are developed with the interfaces necessary to be implemented across the Department.