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Avoid data blindness with strategic IT portfolio management
Managing risk is the most critical priority for government CIOs and CTOs. Government agencies operate in an ever-changing environment with increased expectations by the public and legislatures to do more with less, prevent data breaches from cyber attacks, deliver robust new functionality for citizen-facing applications, upgrade IT infrastructures for the 21st century and more, all the while ensuring the mission of the agency is accomplished. However, the reality is that most agencies are ill-prepared with the right tools, processes, and data visibility to take a strategic approach to risk management. By launching an initiative into strategic IT portfolio management tools, senior leadership in agencies will gain better visibility into their IT portfolios and how IT investments enable and ensure alignment to agency mission, processes and external stakeholders. As the former CTO and CIO for the IRS, I can share that mitigating risk was an ongoing challenge for the agency and continues to be a critical challenge…
