http://nolastat.org/blog/2009/07/17/best_practices/it-dashboard-halts-45-wasteful-veterans-affairs-projects/ A new operating system for New Orleans | transparency ~ accountability ~ civic participation Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://nolastat.org/blog/2009/07/17/best_practices/it-dashboard-halts-45-wasteful-veterans-affairs-projects/comment-page-1/#comment-3325 Improving return on investment in government IT procurement | NolaStat 2010 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:27:11 +0000 http://nolastat.org/blog/?p=220#comment-3325 [...] Given the size and importance of IT investments at the federal level, the potential savings from improving project oversight is enormous. One example is that Kundra sent a memo to the Environmental Protection Agency’s CIO explaining what he expects to see done to get a project on course again that is now $30 million over its budget and a year behind schedule. If improvements aren’t seen, Kundra could halt projects, as was done earlier last year with a Veterans’ Administration IT project. [...] [...] Given the size and importance of IT investments at the federal level, the potential savings from improving project oversight is enormous. One example is that Kundra sent a memo to the Environmental Protection Agency’s CIO explaining what he expects to see done to get a project on course again that is now $30 million over its budget and a year behind schedule. If improvements aren’t seen, Kundra could halt projects, as was done earlier last year with a Veterans’ Administration IT project. [...]

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