Priority Objective 11: Shared Services

Implement the recommendations and activities of the Federal IT Shared Services Strategy among appropriate stakeholders to facilitate adoption of shared services.

Steward

Federal CIO Council supported by the ISA IPC and the SISS SC

Problem Statement

ISE agencies lack awareness of the Commodity IT, Support, and Mission Services platforms currently in use and available to them in order to build considerations for shared services into their strategic investment and planning processes.

Desired Outcome

Create a "shared-first" culture in the ISE that enables agencies to integrate existing capabilities that best align with their needs, missions, and goals. This will enable better delivery of targeted services to end-users, helping to eliminate inefficient spending and duplicative service offerings and systems.

Approach

The Federal IT Shared Services Strategy provides the foundation for the work by the Federal CIO Council’s Shared Services Sub Committee (SS SC). The Classified Shared Services Working Group (CSS WG), reporting to the Federal CIO Council and the SISS SC, allows the SS SC to govern and set priorities for Federal-wide services across security classifications. Priority Objective 4, FICAM, is one such priority that will assist and inform in future shared service implementations.

The Sensitive but Unclassified Working Group (SBU WG) of the ISA IPC is a forum to discuss and resolve implementation issues identified through the shared services activities of other NSISS Priority Objectives. Stewards for NSISS Priority Objectives will also make use of the governance structure and processes described in the Federal Shared Services Implementation Guide.

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