Managing information technology in the federal government: Assessing the development and application of agency-wide policies

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-82

  Holden, Stephen H ^a  

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EID: 0030525259     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-624X(96)90007-6     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. For this research, IT includes such terms as information systems, automated data processing (ADP) systems, telecommunication systems, and automated information systems.
2. See Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 1995;. P.L. 104-13.
3. General Accounting Office. Improving Mission Performance through Strategic Information Management and Technology: Learning from Leading Organizations. 1994;GPO, Washington, DC.
4. Office of Management and Budget. Revisions of OMB Circular No. A-130, Transmittal No. 2. Federal Register. 59:25, July 1994;37906-37928.
5. Office of Management and Budget. Information Resources Management Plan of the Federal Government. 1995;I-2 GPO, Washington, DC.
6. Cohen Senator William S. Summary of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1995. 1995;U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.
7. General Accounting Office. Summary of Federal Agencies' Information Resources Management Problems. 1992;1 GAO, Washington, DC. (GAO/IMTEC-92-13FS).
8. Caudle Sharon L. Federal Information Resources Management: Bridging Vision and Action. 1987;National Academy of Public Administration, Washington, DC.
9. Levitan Karen B., Dineen John. Integrative Aspects of Federal IRM. Information Management Review. 4:Spring, 1986;61-67.
10. Levitan Karen B., Dineen John. Integrative Aspects of Federal IRM. Information Management Review. 4:Spring, 1986;61-67.
11. Bishop Ann, Doty Philip, McClure Charles R. Federal Information Resources Management (IRM): A Policy Review and Assessment. Katzer Jeffery, Newby Gregory. Managing Information and Technology: Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science. 1989;40-47 Learned Information, Medford, NJ.
12. GAO, Improving Mission Performance through Strategic Information Management.
13. See Caudle Sharon L. Strategic Information Resources Management: Fundamental Practices. Government Information Quarterly. 13:1995;83-97. this issue.
14. See Holden Stephen H. Managing IT in the Federal Government: New Policies for an Information Age. 1994;Virginia Polytechnic and State University, This article presents a portion of the author's Ph.D. dissertation.
15. Office of Management and Budget. Proposed Revisions of OMB Circular No. A-130. Federal Register. 57:April 29, 1992;18296-18305.
16. OMB, Revisions of OMB Circular No. A-130, Transmittal No. 2.
17. See Holden Stephen H. Managing IT in the Federal Government: New Policies for An Information Age. 1996;Ablex Publishing, Norwood, NJ, This study will be published in its complete form, with revisions, reflecting recent changes in public law and OMB policy.
18. For the purposes of this article, the term "agency" refers to the highest level of a Federal organization, for example, the Department of Agriculture, which contains several components that others may call agencies, such as the Farmers Home Administration. Consistent with the PRA and the Brooks Act, military services within the Department of Defense and the Office of the Secretary of Defense are considered agencies.
19. The universe of potential agencies responding to the data call included Federal agencies subject to OMB's policy and budget control. These agencies included Executive Branch agencies and independent regulatory agencies listed in the PRA and the Brooks Act. Using FY 1991 data, 48 reported data in response to section 43 of OMB Circular No. A-11 and were subject to OMB's PRA and Brooks Act oversight. To devote attention to those agencies that managed most of the Federal government's IT resources, OMB sent the data call to agencies that planned to obligate over $50 million in the President's FY 1991 budget. The remaining 23 accounted for $20 billion of the $20.5 billion (97.6%) in IT spending requested by those 48 agencies in the President's FY 1991 budget.
20. Executive Level Group for Defense Corporate Information Management. A Plan for Corporate Information Management for the Department of Defense. 1990;Department of Defense, Washington, DC.
21. See Department of Defense. Automated Information System (AIS) Life-Cycle Management Review and Milestone Approval Process. Department of Defense Instruction 7920.2. 1990;Department of Defense, Washington, DC.
22. Life-Cycle Management of Automated Information Systems (AISs). Department of Defense Directive 7920.1. 1988;Department of Defense, Washington, DC.
23. Office of Management and Budget. Management of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 1988. 1987;47-59 GPO, Washington, DC. OP