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1. Agencies must adjust their vision of IRM future

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, Administrative agencies -- Planning, Electronic data processing -- Management, Information resources management -- Planning, Forecasting
Abstract

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 mandated that federal agencies prepare five-year plans for utilizing information technology. As with many well-intentioned laws that seek to improve management, the results have […]

Published
1991

2. Outlook rosy for civilian agencies, grim for DOD

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company systems management, Market trend/market analysis, Administrative agencies -- Information management -- Forecasts and trends, Electronic data processing -- Forecasts and trends, Information resources management -- Planning -- Forecasts and trends, Forecasting -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

With the same inevitability as the blooming of the daffodils in the spring come the forecasts of information technology (IT) spending for the new fiscal year. Actually, most of the […]

Published
1991

3. Meat-and-potatoes computing works at HUD

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Technology application, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development -- Technology application -- Planning, Administrative agencies -- Technology application, Office automation -- Planning -- Technology application
Abstract

Sometimes bigger isn't best. Too often in information technology, we look to the Defense Departmet and the giant civilian agencies for innovation, but size also can be a barrier to […]

Published
1992

4. Questions to ponder when choosing expert systems

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Productivity, Project management software, Expert systems -- Planning, Industrial productivity, Project management systems -- Planning
Abstract

In these days of austere budgets, the computer often is touted as a productivity enhancer. And indeed, when one notes that the size of the federal work force has remained […]

Published
1992

5. Bob's 1992 IT Almanac: it beats a fortune cookie

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Electronic data interchange, System conversion, Market trend/market analysis, Microcomputer industry, Computer industry, Administrative agencies -- Planning -- Political aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Electronic data interchange -- Planning -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Management -- Planning -- Political aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Information resources management -- Planning -- Political aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Computer system conversion -- Planning -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Forecasting -- Political aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Computer industry -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

It's amazing how many people, in government and out, depend on information technology for their livelihood. Venture out to dine at a neighborhood Chinese restaurant in the Washington are and […]

Published
1992

6. Touring agency IRM plans through the government

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company business management, Company systems management, Administrative agencies -- Information management, Electronic data processing -- Management, Information resources management -- Planning
Abstract

Over the past year or two, several agencies have published strategic IRM plans, and a number of others have such plans under development. In my last column, I did an […]

Published
1991

7. Explaining the mystery of the '91 civilian budget bulge

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Company systems management, United States. Department of Defense -- Information management -- Planning, United States. Office of Management and Budget -- Planning -- Information management, Growth
Abstract

Explaining the Mystery of the '91 Civilian Budget Bulge Recently I attended two meetings devoted to previewing the federal government's information technology spending plans for fiscal year 1991. Both sessions […]

Published
1990

8. Pentagon has a fatal attraction to unwieldy systems

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Rapid application development, United States. Department of Defense -- Planning, Information systems -- Planning, Applications programming
Abstract

Pentagon Has a Fatal Attraction to Unwieldy Systems And now, from the Pentagon mind-set that in the past has brought forth Ada, the Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable Systems program […]

Published
1990

9. Food for thought in Bennington report's findings

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, Federal Telecommunications System (Computer network) -- Planning, Business plans -- Reports, Information systems -- Planning -- Reports, Business planning -- Reports
Abstract

Food for Thought in Bennington Report's Findings In my last column I reviewed Bernard Bennington's report, Beyond FTS 2000: A Program for Change. The title of this study is somewhat […]

Published
1990

10. Agencies ready forces for data security campaigns

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Computer Security Act of 1987, Company business planning, Data security issue, United States. National Institute of Standards and Technology -- Planning -- Standards, United States. Congress -- Standards -- Planning, Business plans, Data security, Legislation, Business planning
Abstract

Agencies Ready Forces for Data Security Campaign Listen closely and you can hear the sound of caissons unlimbering. Listen again and you can detect the distant shuffle of troops falling […]

Published
1988

11. MBO succeeds when agencies follow up on plans

Author

Head, Robert V.

Subjects
Company business planning, United States. Office of Management and Budget -- Planning, Information resources management, Management by objectives
Abstract

MBO Succeeds When Agencies Follow Up on Plans MBO is back! Not only are political operatives who served in the Nixon era being reappointed these days; even the acronyms are […]

Published
1989

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