About iManage
The Department launched iManage, in January 2003, as a cost-saving program designed to use technology to meet the challenge for achieving greater management efficiencies. The iManage Program is a key cornerstone in the Department's efforts to implement improved financial performance, integrated budget and performance, and expanded electronic government, as outlined in the President's Management Agenda.
The iManage Program will consolidate and streamline the Department's business systems by integrating management information related to financial and cost accounting, travel, payroll, budget formulation and execution, procurement and contracts management, facilities management, human resources, and research and development. Initial efforts will focus on various system components to include the Standard Accounting and Reporting System (STARS), the iManage Data Warehouse (IDW), the iBudget, the Strategic Integrated Procurement Enterprise System (STRIPES), the Corporate Human Resource Information System (CHRIS), and the E-Travel System (eTS).
This unified system will be supported at the core by a central data warehouse that links common data elements from each of the Department's business systems. Each manager will use the central data warehouse as a "knowledge bank" of information about portfolios, programs or projects including budget execution, accumulated costs, performance achieved, and critical milestones. Managers will have access to all data in their areas of responsibility and the system technology will provide user alerts, based on business rules defined specifically for each program office, directly notifying the appropriate executive or manager on areas requiring immediate management attention.
iManage Strategic Objectives
Achieve President's Management Agenda by implementing initiatives to address Financial Performance, Budget and Performance Integration, and E-Government.
Consolidate Technology Initiatives under One Umbrella by managing projects as a portfolio with visibility and understanding of interrelationships, costs/benefits, and dependencies; ensure common goals and objectives are identified and followed; eliminate redundant systems and data; and provide for more efficient use of finite human resources.
Establish and Follow a Blueprint for Unified Systems by aligning initiatives with CIO's Enterprise Architecture; implement consistent standards, utilizing common architecture to reduce overall cost; replace multiple, outdated systems; and establish strong, consistent standards for cyber-security.
