The Office of the Department of the Air Force Chief Information Officer is harnessing Headquarters Cyberspace Capabilities Center to ensure the right priorities in the service’s IT spending, said Venice Goodwine, DAF CIO and a two-time Wash100 awardee.
The center, designated as a CIO field operating agency in December, coordinates with Air Force A6 and Space Force S6 in assessing investment priorities in IT capabilities, Space Force said in an announcement Monday.
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To drive the IT funding prioritization across the Air Force and Space Force, Cecily Odom, 71st Communications Squadron director, has taken the role of senior adviser at the CIO’S enterprise IT programming and financial management team.
“I’m excited to build our efforts toward helping others understand the value in IT spending across the Air Force and Space Force,” Odom said. “Our Airmen and Guardians deserve to know that we’re focusing on the capabilities they need to be effective,” she added.
Guidance in Service Catalogs
According to Goodwine, the CIO’s team works to ensure that Air Force and Space Force IT stakeholders tap governance processes in their priority setting. The effort includes assuring airmen and guardians’ capability to access the service’s catalogs providing a detailed list of IT products and services jointly developed by government and industry for commands to use or modify to fit their needs.
Goodwine noted that DAF organizations spend an estimated $10 billion annually on IT services, with the CIO having “visibility” on just $2 billion. “We don’t need to control those funds, but we need robust governance to make sure the money is spent in a way that is best for the enterprise, and we aren’t reproducing capabilities that already exist,” Goodwine stressed.
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