AFCEA Mission IT Day

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AFCEA Mission IT Day

• Modernization Efforts at NASA/Goddard Space
  Flight Center
• Linda Y. Cureton
• Chief Information Officer, NASA/Goddard Space
  Flight Center
• Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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Agenda

• Mission of NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center
• State of the IT Union at NASA and Goddard Space
  Flight Center
• Modernization Initiatives at Goddard

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The NASA Mission
NASA's mission is to pioneer the future in space
exploration, scientific discovery, and
aeronautics research.

• Safely return the Space Shuttle to flight
• Complete the International Space Station and
  retire Space Shuttle by 2010
• Begin robotic missions to the moon by 2008 and
  return people there by 2020
• Continue robotic exploration of Mars and the
  Solar System
• Develop a Crew Exploration Vehicle and other
  technologies required to send people beyond low
  Earth orbit

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The Goddard Mission
Goddard currently manages a total of 77 flight
projects, from formulation through operations
The mission of the Goddard Space Flight Center is
to expand knowledge of the Earth and its
environment, the solar system and the universe
through observations from space. To assure that
our nation maintains leadership in this endeavor,
we are committed to excellence in scientific
investigation, in the development and operation
of space systems and in the advancement of
essential technologies.
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GSFC Facilities

• Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland
• Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
• IVV Facility, West Virginia
• Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York
• White Sands Ground Station, New Mexico

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State of the IT Union at NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center
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Why Modernize
It takes a lot of intentional energy to get back
to nice and new
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State of the IT Union

• GSFC culture optimizes IT at the program/project
  level, resulting in sub-optimization at the
  Center level
• Fragmented infrastructure (servers, desktops,
  data centers, websites, etc.)
• Inconsistent information security posture
• Center IT governance process is not fully
  imbedded into IT investment decision-making
  processes across the Center
• Center EA technology roadmap is not yet completed

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CIO Vision The Future State Supporting the
Mission

• The 21st Century Space Flight Center
• Building and launching satellites and delivering
  instruments that exceed scientific expectations
• Advancing purposeful scientific knowledge
• The 21st Century Chief Information Officer (CIO)
• Educator and Utility Provider
• Information Steward and Integrator
• Strategist and Leader

• The 21st Century IT Organization
• No security problems
• More cost-effective IT to strengthen our
  competitiveness
• The 21st Century Workforce
• Creative, Leading, Thinking, Customer-focused
• Connected and communicating in new ways

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IT Initiatives

• IT Governance
• IT Transformation and Consolidation
• Reorganization of IT workforce
• Unification of Networks
• Desktop Management Strategy
• Data Centers
• Migration to Agency Email Solution
• Sourcing Strategy
• Goddard Unified Enterprise Services Technology
  (GUEST)
• Helping to Optimize Enterprise Strategies for
  Transformation (HOEST)

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Morsels for Thought
I feel like they have opened my chest and ripped
out my heart GSFC employee about moving their
desktop under enterprise seat management
IT Modernization is Hard! With apologies to
1994 Teen Talk Barbie
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.
Knowing is not enough we must apply. Being
willing is not enough we must do. -- Leonardo
da Vinci