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NAO 212-6

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLANNING SYSTEM

Issued 06/12/91; Effective 05/30/91

SECTION 1. PURPOSE.

This Order supplements the policies and procedures prescribed in Section 6 of the Department of Commerce (DOC) Information Technology (IT) Management Handbook. It prescribes the responsibilities and procedures within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the IT Planning System.

SECTION 2. RESPONSIBILITIES/PROCEDURES.

.01 The Director, Information Systems and Finance Office, Office of Administration is responsible for carrying out the IT planning functions DOC has assigned to organizational units' Senior Officials for Information Resources Management (IRM). These duties include the approval of an annual IT Plan for submission to the DOC Senior Official.

.02 The Information Resources Management Staff, Information Systems and Finance Office, Office of Administration is responsible for:

a. establishing and maintaining an internal planning and management process for developing IT plans;

b. preparing, for the Senior Official's signature, the call for Line and Staff Office submissions to the NOAA IT Plan;

c. reviewing and approving the IT plan submissions to ensure that they comply with policy guidelines as well as proposing efficient and effective solutions to information problems that coordinate with other proposed solutions in NOAA;

d. preparing the comprehensive annual IT Plan for submission to NOAA's Senior Official for IRM;

e. identifying opportunities and issues affecting the cost-effective acquisition and use of IT resources, and

f. appropriately disseminating NOAA's approved annual IT Plan.

.03 Line and Staff Office IT Coordinators, as defined in NOAA Administrative Order (NAO) 212-1, are responsible for:

a. submitting to the Information Resources Management Staff, in response to NOAA's annual call for IT Plans, their organization's annual updates of Previews, Management Overviews, and Concept Studies;

b. reviewing Concept Studies prior to submission to ensure that an efficient, effective, and unified IT approach is being taken to accomplish the organization's missions and objectives;

c. ensuring that each Concept Study identifies the major milestones for the proposal, including the submission of a Requirements Initiative; (After a Concept is approved, the Requirements Initiative will provide a more detailed description of the requirements than that given in the general Concept Study. See NAO 212-7.)

d. maintaining copies of endorsed Concept Studies for the period of time required by NOAA policy, and

e. maintaining the names of project managers and authors of Concept Studies.

SECTION 3. EFFECT ON OTHER ISSUANCES.

None.

SIGNED,
Director, Office of Administration

Office of Primary Interest:
   Office of Administration
   Information Systems and Finance Office
   Information Resources Management Staff (OA1x1)

 


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