The Army has created a slew of organizations to oversee IT spending with the goal of helping to centralize its purchasing of services and digital modernization.
As part of a new digital strategy published Wednesday, the Army announced the creation of an IT Oversight Council and Army Digital Oversight Council. It has also introduced a new tool for managing software licenses.
Increased oversight and reform of IT acquisition is one of the three pillars to the Digital Transformation Strategy, the other two being “modernization and readiness,” and “people and partnerships.”
The new councils will provide deeper oversight into how the Army is spending the $15 billion allocated for the procurement of digital technology and services. The Army wants to move towards a central enterprise IT management structure, rather than the current constellation of disparate systems.
“The Army must maximize the value derived from its digital transformation investments, which begins with transparency into all phases of the Army’s [planning, programming, budgeting, and execution] process from planning through execution,” the strategy states. The strategy was signed by Army CIO Raj Iyer.
The strategy also says that the Army must “fundamentally reassess how the digital budget is addressed in the PPBE process.”
The Army is following the Air Force and Navy in moving towards an enterprise management approach to its IT services.
The strategy also highlights the overarching IT Investment Accountability effort, which was launched in fiscal 2021 along with the other councils.
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