United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-03-21 monographic deposited born digital 28 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-389T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-389T P0b002ee18037f653 f:d02389t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-389T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-389T GAO-02-389T Accountability Electronic government Information resources management Information technology Strategic planning Testimony A02928 Enterprise architectures are high-level blueprints for transforming how a given entity, whether it be a federal agency or a federal function that cuts across agencies, operates. E-government refers to a mode of operations to enhance access to and delivery of government information and service to citizens, business partners, employees, other agencies, and other levels of government. Enterprise architectures provide a vital means to a desired end--successful deliver of e-government applications, which in turn promise improved government performance and accountability. Under the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) leadership, the president's fiscal year 2003 budget proposes 24 e-government initiatives, most involving multiple agencies. These initiatives have laudable goals, including elimination of redundant, nonintegrated business operations and systems that could produce several billions of dollars in savings from improved operational efficiency and improved service to citizens, private-sector businesses, and state and local governments. The success of these initiatives hinges in large part on whether they are pursued within the context of enterprise architectures. Approved architectures for most of these initiatives do not currently exist. OMB has been a proponent of enterprise architectures, and has recently devoted increased attention to them; in moving forward, however, it can and should play a larger role. The maturity framework and benchmark data about 116 departments, component agencies, and independent agencies GAO reviews in this testimony provide important baseline information against which targeted improvement across the government can be defined and measured. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-389T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-389T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-389T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-389T.pdf GAO-02-389T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-389T Testimony GAO-02-389T; Information Technology: OMB Leadership Critical to Making Needed Enterprise Architecture and E-government Progress; Accountability Electronic government Information resources management Information technology Strategic planning Volume 110 Page 684 110 Stat. 684 Public Law 104-106 Public Law 105-277