4.C: Information Technology
Leverage information technology resources to aid OMB staff in fulfilling their mission requirements. Other Information:
Relationship to Annual Performance Goals: Among the performance goals OMB may use to record achievement of this objective
are: an increase in the number and types of information resources available to the OMB staff; improved methods of accessing
information and information processes to make information more readily available; ensure that the computer systems used in
support of OMB's responsibilities for budget decision making, preparation and execution keep pace with technological change
and evolving budgeting requirements; and improved methods for communicating information internally and between OMB and other
agencies. Means and Strategies: Examples of activities that have been or will be undertaken to achieve this objective include:
placing official statements of policy on the external Homepage; broadening the content and facilitating the use of OMB's internal
Homepage; improving the tracking of controlled correspondence; automating routinely used forms; making legislation-related
information and statistics and status reports on paperwork reviews and regulatory reviews available electronically to OMB
staff; using electronic means to deliver to OMB staff current economic data, economic and technical assumptions, analytical
databases and models, staff analyses of short-and-long term economic and fiscal conditions, and other cross-cutting analyses;
moving budget systems over the next few years from an outdated mainframe computer to distributed technology; improving electronic
communications between OMB and the agencies; and facilitating "Work from Home" via personal computers. External Factors: Implementation
of each of the above depends heavily on the availability of resources, not only in OMB but also in the Office of Administration
(OA) in the Executive Office of the President. Progress is dependent not only on assistance from OA, but also on further refinements
in the products which are available from vendors. Agency cooperation is needed to make progress in moving to the electronic
transfer of information.
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