Maximizing Current IT Resources and Investments DOT

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Maximizing Current IT Resources and Investments
-- DOT

• Darren Ash
• Associate Chief Information Officer
• Department of Transportation
• Darren.ash_at_dot.gov

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Topics

• The big move
• Department of Transportation at a glance
• Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO)
• What Is It
• What Does It Do
• Goals, Priorities and other actions

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The big move --NASSIF to Southeast Federal Center
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST)
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(FMCSA)
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA)
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA)
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
(RITA)
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
(SLSDC)
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DOT Strategic Goals

• Safety. Enhance public health and safety by
  working toward the elimination of
  transportation-related deaths and injuries.
• Reduced Congestion. Reduce congestion and other
  impediments to using the Nations transportation
  system.
• Global Connectivity. Facilitate an international
  transportation system that promotes economic
  growth and development.
• Environmental Stewardship. Promote transportation
  solutions that enhance communities and protect
  the natural and built environment.
• Security, Preparedness and Response. Balance
  transportation security requirements with the
  safety, mobility and economic needs of the nation
  and be prepared to respond to emergencies that
  affect the viability of the transportation
  sector.
• Organizational Excellence. Advance the
  Departments ability to manage for results and
  achieve the goals of the Presidents Management
  Agenda.

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OCIO at a Glance

• FY06 (Enacted)
• Budget 11,895,000
• Direct federal staff positions 25
• WCF IT costs 65,699,506
• Total WCF budgeted federal staff positions 21
• New HQ IT Budget 34,421,364

• FY07 (Presidents Budget)
• Budget 12,281,000
• Direct federal staff positions 25
• WCF IT Costs 74,435,117
• Total WCF budgeted federal staff positions 21
• New HQ IT Budget request 24,000,000

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OCIO What Do We Do

• Design, engineer, build, a state-of-the-market IT
  infrastructure for the new DOT Headquarters
  Building
• Manage 2.5 billion IT portfolio
• Support a consolidated common operating
  environment for 10 operating administrations plus
  the Office of the Secretary (OST)
• Provide strategic direction for supporting IT
  business strategies, new technology innovation,
  policies and standards
• Direct and coordinate IT shared services across
  DOT

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OCIO What Do We Do

• Develop agency-wide policy on a variety of topics
  including privacy, information assurance, capital
  planning, and enterprise architecture
• Conduct oversight of DOT compliance with various
  laws and requirements report on compliance
  within DOT and to external stakeholders (i.e.,
  OMB, Congress, GAO)
• Serve as agency focal point for other topics,
  such as grants management
• Operate the Common Operating Environment
• Plan and manage the IT portion of the move to the
  new headquarters building

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OCIO Priorities

• Information Assurance/Privacy. Establish policies
  and implement procedures that provide the highest
  possible level of protection of sensitive
  information while allowing the Department to
  carry out its mission effectively.
• Business Partnership. Align Information
  Technology with and provide support for
  Departmental and Modal Business Goals and
  Strategic Priorities.
• FY 2007 Focus Governance
• FY 2008 Focus Project Management,
  Department-wide Processes
• Information Access/Web Services. Exchange
  information in a consistent format and
  easy-to-access manner with key external and
  internal stakeholders, in particular the American
  public.
• Operations. Oversee the judicious use of
  Departmental IT resources within declining
  budgets and against increasing demands while
  meeting or exceeding agreed to service level
  agreements.
• New Headquarters. Complete New Headquarters IT
  infrastructure and IT relocations while providing
  move support in a professional, transparent
  fashion.

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Other Actions in 07

• Earned Value Management
• Expanded portfolio management functions
• Improved usage of EA, maturity by Operating
  Administrations
• Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency
  Act (FFATA) compliance
• Continue taking actions in order to address
  Inspector General findings on disaster recovery,
  contingency testing, and certification and
  accreditation
• Ensure that 100 of IT systems are CAd even
  in light of the move
• Improve protection of privacy information
• Address HSPD-12 requirements

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Thank You
Darren Ash Associate Chief Information
Officer Department of Transportation Darren.ash_at_do
t.gov