SAVE Award 2011 Ideas

CIO staff should be linked in looser affiliations throughout their agencies/departments. A few central positions could be maintained for basic network services, but the rest of the staff should sit and work within lower level groups in the organization. The non-IT staff need closer links to those that know what is technologically available, and how to organize information in an efficient way.

In the name of saving money the USFS and I would guess other agencies created help desks for IT issues. Every time we call that number the FS is charged a fee. It gets frustrating when the person on the phone then cannot help you and has to refer you to the next level. Then I get a phone call from the IT person sitting upstairs that she is coming right down to fix the problem. Really?????? These are the same... more »

Many government agencys have duplicative IT development efforts going on within their Agency because the Agency's CIO does not have the authority or responsibility to oversee all Agency IT development efforts.

Make each Agency's CIO responsible for all IT development within the Agency. The CIO would receive all the Agency's IT funding. All IT efforts would have to be approved through the Agency's IT Configuration Control... more »

Ask the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the organization how much they pay for telephone service?

A lot of times the CIOs are focused on the data network side and does not put much oversight on telephone services. A telephone bill audit – removing lines that are no longer needed - can result up to a 25% reduction in telecommunications costs. GSA as an agency can assist agencies in conducting a telephone bill audit... more »

HHS has many, many CIOs, and the technological disparities between the Divisions and Offices are significant. HHS should be a leader overall in this field, especially considering its mission with respect to Health Care Information Technology. The Department needs to undertake a serious approach to achieving technology excellence, parity and consistency. Right now, there are too many Chief Information Officers (CIOs)... more »