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Trends in the government contracting space
that have implications on IT capabilities
(from the perspective of the contractor/service provider)
Tom Uva
V.P. & Chief Information Officer – Sensis Corporation
Adjunct Professor – Syracuse University, School of Information Studies
September 17, 2010
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Trend #1 - Increased adoption of Earned Value Analysis (EVA)
• Government entities (military & civilian) are requiring the use of Earned Value Analysis with increasing frequency.
Observation:
Impacts:• Increased performance measurement & reporting requirements
• Business processes and technology enablement in the following areas:
• Accounting: Billing/invoicing, fixed assets, A/R, etc.
• Compliance: Regulatory audits are being conducted with increasing rigor & discipline
• Operations: Manufacturing, WIP, inventory
• Project/program management: Schedule mgmt, enhanced performance measurement capabilities, entity specific reporting, etc.
• Technology: Infrastructure & tools must be in place to satisfy customer requirements in addition to new/changed internal processes
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Trend #2 - Increased need for collaboration (unclassified environments)
• Increasing demand for secure, multi-organization extranet/collaboration capabilities which are becoming more complex in nature.
Observation:
Impacts:• Partnerships & collaboration requirements are created, modified &
dissolved with increased speed
• Different degrees of “entity trust” can exist within a single program (implications to infrastructure design – external, DMZ, internal
• Security requirements have the potential to increase over time, which can be problematic on military programs
• Teaming agreements and relationships can often be vague during proposal efforts
• Large volumes of data are typically involved, often requiring various degrees of change control
• General collaboration capabilities may/may not be the same by program or government entity
Implication:
A wide range of IT domains come into play
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