USDA Presidential Initiatives Working Group Meeting

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• USDA Presidential Initiatives Working Group
  Meeting
• Ira Hobbs, USDA Deputy CIO
• Chris Niedermayer, USDA Associate CIO

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Agenda

• Welcome and opening remarks Ira Hobbs, Deputy
  CIO
• Review Project Plan Submissions
• Discuss Where Wed Be Proud to Be Template
• QA/Next Steps

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USDA Presidential Initiative Project Plans

• OCIO has received project plans from 14 of the 19
  initiatives. We have not received plans from
• Recruitment One-Stop
• USA Services
• GovBenefits
• eTraining
• Enterprise HR Integration
• Most plans included an appropriate level of
  detail.
• eGovernment Team completing its review of the
  project plans and beginning to prepare
  individual, customized feedback.
• Once all the project plans have been received,
  OCIO will create an overall USDA Presidential
  Initiatives Timeline that will include all
  schedules and milestones.

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Agenda

• Welcome and opening remarks Ira Hobbs, Deputy
  CIO
• Review Project Plan Submissions
• Discuss Where Wed Be Proud to Be Template
• QA/Next Steps

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Where Wed Be Proud To Be

• OMB, through Clay Johnsons recent memo, placed a
  new emphasis on all Federal agencies developing
  goals that state Where Wed Be Proud to Be by
  July 2004.
• USDA pledged 2,000,000 in savings as a result of
  the Presidential Initiatives. The Where Wed Be
  Proud to Be template will clarify how USDA
  intends to meet this and other milestones that
  were included in the USDA Presidential Initiative
  Project Plans.
• Where Wed Be Proud to Be template will help
  determine what is needed to meet our goals, and
  migrate appropriate processes by July 2004.

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Where Wed Be Proud To Be Template

• New report will
• Provide an inventory of the current As-Is by
  Presidential Initiative (PI)
• Show all USDA efforts that can be tied directly
  to PIs.
• Explain current progress
• Describe potential system migration along with
  associated costs and schedules
• All agencies represented on your team need to
  provide ideas and input.
• The more information and detail you provide, the
  better OCIO can assist your team in meeting your
  goals.
• Information should be tightly linked to Project
  Plans.
• Deadline for Where Wed Be Proud to Be template
  is July 11, 2003.

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Sample Where Wed Be Proud To Be Template
Example
Dollar amounts and FTE numbers included in this
example are illustrative and do not represent the
actual amounts for this initiative.

KPIs Key Performance Indicators
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Agenda

• Welcome and opening remarks Ira Hobbs, Deputy
  CIO
• Review Project Plan Submissions
• Discuss Where Wed Be Proud to Be Template
• QA/Next Steps

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Questions and Answers
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Next Steps

• What help do you need to fill out the Where Wed
  Be Proud to Be template?
• What help do you need to meet the milestones
  included in your project plan?
• Where Wed Be Proud to Be Template due July 11,
  2003. If you have questions while filling out
  the template, please contact the eGovernment Team
  at 202.720.6144.
• Next Meeting July 8, 2003 from 10-11am in room
  S107.