Universal Sharing System: A Case Study

Most IT departments agree that less is more in the grand scheme of systems to maintain, manage and administer. This recommendation follows that

The implementation of “10-Point Plan for IT Modernization” began as Teri’s big initiative to upgrade the information technology infrastructure. An assessment on typical IT infrastructures we look at the organization, technological, and the strategy overall. In order to begin implementing new plans, the current infrastructure and architecture must be assessed, a design and model for the new system must be created and then the strategy to implement the new

The primary performance measures are related to student achievement based on standardized tests. Still, as with any organization today, cyberspace support plays an important part in reaching the strategic goals which include organization excellence and outreach. The IT division supports the DoDEA goals by “delivering reliable, secure, high-performing and cost-effective networks and services to our students, teachers and staff.” (CSP, 2013) The IT division is comprised of five branches: CIO-Enterprise Architecture, System Development, HQ Operations & Customer Support, Information Resources, and Information Assurance.

The selected agency chosen for this paper is the City of Memphis Information Services, (IS). The City of Memphis has existing and emerging technologies in government operations, and its delivery of services to the public. The IS works to improve City government efficiency through technology and to make communications with the City uncomplicated and clear. The vision of the IS is to be recognized as a leading provider of innovative IT solutions for municipal services. The mission statement is: “Collaborate with City divisions in leveraging technology which provides responsive and cost effective services which support the City’s four priorities” (The City of Memphis, 2015). The Information Services Division’s FY 2015-2019 IS strategic

As government agencies began to realize that their corporate and customer information was not as private and as safe as they had advertised, they called upon The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to construct a set of guideline to control and protect information security. The growing need to safeguard such information caused agencies, particularly government agencies, to seek assistance collectively to avoid security breach escalations.

Title III of the E-Government Act, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requires each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided or managed by another agency, contractor, or other sources (Staff, 2016). FISMA was amended by The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014. The amendment was established to modernize the Federal security practices to focus on security concerns. The results of these changes will strengthen continuous monitoring, continue focusing on agency compliance, and report on issues caused by security incidents. FISMA, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 (Clinger-Cohen Act), clearly highlights the plans for a cost-effective security program. In support of and reinforcing this legislation, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) through Circular A-130, “Managing Federal Information as a Strategic Resource,”1 requires executive agencies within the federal government to:

US Citizenship and Immigration Services are in the midst of an unprecedented shift in technology where end-user and mission demands are fast exceeding IT’s capacity to fulfill them. The office of the CIO needs to deploy an enterprise wide architecture to meet the demanding agency needs. The Next generation applications such as an electronic immigrant processing, record submission and online status verification require a next generation infrastructure architecture. The goal is to establish an operational model where resources can be provisioned dynamically and minimize capital investments in order to expedite time to production with agency capabilities. The question is should the USCIS government agency switch from their current operational

The Department of Defense needed an architecture model to address growing complex systems where integration and interoperability were posing problems. February 1996, the Information Technology Management Reform Act, more commonly known as the Clinger-Cohen Act, was to reform and improve the ways that Federal agencies managed and acquired information technology resources with specific guidance in the United States Office of Management and Budget Circular (OMB). “The Clinger-Cohen Act supplements the information resources management policies by establishing a comprehensive approach for executive agencies to improve the acquisitions and management of their information resources by; focusing information resource planning to support strategic missions,

The purpose of this paper is to implement an Information Technological (IT) operational plan into the Fresno region of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). A successful IT operational plan identifies specific activities and projects that will support the information service strategy within an organization. An IT operational plan contributes to the organization’s framework, and outlines operational plans that will achieve strategic goals. IT operational plans will layout the ground works of how different entity or servers communicate and work together. A successful IT operational plan will result in various systems working in collaboration with each other and enhance organizational flexibility.

Without centralized IT leadership defining program goals, alignment within the agency’s IT programs was not possible. Culturally, existing tools, such as the Automated Case Support (ACS) system, were under-utilized, and agents did not trust them to protect evidence and confidential sources (OIG Audit Report 05-07, 2005). Numerous techniques exist that would have allowed Trilogy leadership to gain key input from system users, which would have had the dual benefit of creating understanding of the ground-level needs of users and fostering user buy-in at the project’s outset.

Abstract. The Internet is permeating all aspects of our lives. This includes business and organizational endeavors as well as our personal lives. Businesses have become to depend on the Internet for their supply chain, advertising, and sales. E-commerce has experienced a tremendous growth in the last decade. Organizations are looking for new ways to leverage the Internet for business growth. Web Services is a growing technology in the Information Systems field. Data Management is also an ever-increasing endeavor for many organizations. The need for information is

I believe one of the major reasons why companies have had difficulty realizing productivity gains from investments in IT is because the users of the systems were not involved enough with the creation and implementation of new information systems. System implementations often focus on getting the technical solution designed and developed instead of focusing on the user and what information they need. This can create poor user interfaces that can confuse users and prevent or slow access to time saving opportunities. When selecting, developing and implementing new IT systems management and all users should be working closely with their IT staff to communicate what information they need or want. They also must ensure that the information will be delivered to them in user-friendly way and that the system is set up to help meet the organization’s strategy.

In deploying the use of IT in an agency there will be challenges which will be encountered, in the case where the federal agency could be moving to a cloud, it may not be welcomed by most employees of the federal agencies. It was the case of City of Pittsburgh, they had some strict limitation and challenges in the deployment of their new IT project involving the use of the Cloud. They did some analysis on the Internal and External Environment. Some specific challenges they were faced include;

The impact of information technology has been tremendous within the public sector. Over the years, the growth and development of technology has caused the public sector to change. One of the most significant changes in technology has been the evolution of the information systems and how their development has reshaped the way the world uses technology. “It has been just over fifty years since the worlds first programmable computer became operational. It cost millions of dollars to build and processed an unprecedented 5,000 instructions per second. By 1971, Intel was able to pack 25 times that power into a single, two hundred-dollar chip. Today’s personal computers process

Day by day standalone system and software is morphing into distributed environment. So does physical infrastructure. When adopting the cloud services, we also have to consider its security challenges. Cloud offers services like application, platform and infrastructure. These services are used by different organization for different purpose. Moving traditional infrastructure to cloud is still a question for many organizations and this question will continue to persist until there is some level of cloud assurance.