On Consolidation and the Cloud: Last week, Ravi Bansal wrapped up his description of the Five E’s of IT Consolidation with a discussion of exposure and execution.  The exposure post connects COOP efforts to the consolidation approach; CIOs can manage risk to the mission of their organization by ensuring the plans are flexible, clear, and well understood. 

This week, Johnny Barnes, our Public Sector Chief Technology Officer, shared details about a tool that has helped many commercial and government users migrate to a consolidated environment – reducing risk, speeding results, and saving money.

Johnny also shared insightful comments on how cloud impacts the end user.  Moving to the cloud directly connects to the user and the mission of the program.  Given the predominance of the term in our ecosystem, I look forward to your comments.

On Program Consolidation: More details as requested on the GAO report I mentioned in my last wrap up post.  As directed by new legislative action last year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its first annual report to Congress which identified opportunities to reduce potential duplication in government programs, save tax dollars, and enhance revenue.  Comptroller General Gene Dodaro’s opening statement before Congress on March 3, 2011, highlighted the GAO’s report that set forth 34 areas of potential duplication, overlap, and fragmentation in federal programs, and 47 areas where other types of cost savings or revenue enhancement could be achieved.

The report has also been made available on GAO’s website via an E-Reporting format, an improved interactive design sought to facilitate navigating through the 350-plus pages of the report by being able to sort by areas of interest, including duplication and cost savings.

If you haven’t listened to Patricia Dalton, GAO’s Chief Operating Officer, in the Watchdog Report, I encourage you to devote your next metro ride to the podcast.

On GPRA Implementation: I would be remiss if I didn’t highlight a series of blog posts that John Kamensky created that helped me digest GPRA 2.0.  It is tempting to constrain implementation to planning, budgeting, or PMOs teams across government; however, all managers and leaders have a role to play appropriately managing resources, finding opportunities for improvement and reporting progress. Leaders have to lead.

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