From: FCW
By Adam Mazmanian
In size and funding, the Office of Management and Budget is a small agency, with a head count of about 500 and a fiscal 2015 budget request of $93 million. But in terms of its impact on the federal government and its interaction with Congress, it punches above its weight. So it’s not a big surprise that OMB Director Sylvia Burwell was pressed at an April 9 Appropriations subcommittee hearing about a $12 million increase for IT oversight to improve efficiency in development and procurement.
The request comes in the wake of the troubled launch of HealthCare.gov, and the lessons learned from diagnosing the problems that led to the development of a site that didn’t work. “That is what the money in the budget is about,” Burwell said.
She told the subcommittee that OMB identified three management issues that need to be fixed to help IT procurement. OMB wants to put in place stronger connections between business owners and IT specialist, shift from a waterfall approach to development to a more iterative process, and improve end-to-end accountability on projects.
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