Adapting to the New
Information Technology
Directives: A Guide for
Federal Government CIOs
Published May 2012
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1875 Explorer Street
4th Floor
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Executive Summary
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Adapting to the New
Information Technology
Directives: A Guide for
Federal Government CIOs
Published May 2012
Corporate headquarters
1875 Explorer Street
4th Floor
Reston, VA 20190
703.
442.
8844
appian.
com
Executive Summary
Federal Government IT performance has been poor.
Despite spending
hundreds of millions of dollars on information technology over the past
decade, the Federal Government has achieved just a small portion of
the productivity improvements realized by private industry on similar
investments.
In response, the Chief Information Officer of the Federal
Government has mandated dramatic changes in the way IT systems
are developed and deployed.
These changes are substantial and far
reaching, unlike anything Federal Government CIOs have seen before.
Complying with these mandates requires a new way of thinking and very
different approaches to IT system development.
This paper provides an overview of the new directives and introduces a
set of operating principles that will
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