Information Infrastructure Task Force Working Group

Plan for effective use of information technology throughout government.

By January 1994, the Information Infrastructure Task Force (IITF) should
expand its workto include a Government Information Technology Services
(GITS) Working Group. At a minimum, the working group will be composed
of representatives from OMB and agencies directly affected by the
recommendations made in this report, e.g., the Departments of the
Treasury, Justice, Defense, Energy, Agriculture, Commerce, Health and
Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and the General Services
Administration. The GITS Working Group will assist the IITF in
performing the following:

---Developing a strategic vision for using information resources within
thefederal government. This vision will define an overall program and
plan for IRM in the federal government and should include specific
models of operation, goals for improving government use of IT in mission
performance--both across and within agencies--and measures for improving
service to the public.

---Developing strategies to improve leadership and authority within
federalagencies, and to include information resources management in
agencies' mission strategic planning.

---Setting priorities for federal information resources management and
assessing the adequacy of resources to support and facilitate important
goals.

In addition, the GITS Working Group should perform the following:
---Develop an implementation plan for the recommendations made in this
report.

---Work with state and local governments and private sector advisers to
promotecooperation and information sharing.

---Establish a continuous improvement plan and process to design,
develop, and implement technology-enabled, governmentwide business
initiatives--the electronic government as described in this report.

---Identify additional opportunities and oversee follow-up on those
opportunities for sharing information resources across agencies to
improve program performance.

---Use existing interagency groups such as the Federal IRM Policy
Council (FIRMPoC) for assistance where applicable.

---Serve as the focal point for implementing the recommended actions of
this accompanying report.