1.7: Technology
Actively Use Technology to Foster a Program Management Community. Other Information:
The CIO Council is considering a recommendation to create a program management portal at CIO.gov. That recommendation should
be adopted. Such a portal would be a powerful tool for sharing best practices and lessons learned that today are too often
relegated to an isolated disk drive or bookshelf. But more than that, OMB should actively work to bring Government-wide experience
and insights onto the portal by encouraging Government and industry managers to post lessons learned at the completion of
every major acquisition, and if appropriate, at the completion of key milestones along the way. An application to allow those
who read such a posting and finding it helpful to indicate that they “liked” the posting or to comment on it would both direct
other users to the most-helpful posts and provide recognition for posters who add value to the community. In addition, the
portal should make available social media tools such as blogs, wikis and personal pages to promote more informal communications
among program managers, and perhaps should include industry program managers as well. Finally, OMB should leverage the IT
Dashboard and TechStat evaluations to identify both talent and practices that can provide experiences for the Leadership Academy.
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