Primavera Streamlines CPIC Processes

Introduction
No matter the outcome of the presidential election in November, federal agencies must gain greater visibility into capital investments, along with better tools to evaluate the effectiveness of those investments and provide transparency into government operations.

Industry observers expect that while most agencies are currently at work completing their Exhibit 300 documentation to meet the Office of Management and Budget’s September deadline, many agencies will likely need to report again on the effectiveness of core investments next Spring, once the new president takes office. And the success of their efforts could have an enormous impact both on agency budgets and the long term viability of some of those core projects.

The federal government currently uses IT Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) processes, which are part of the OMB’s requirements for Exhibit 300 and Exhibit 53 reporting designed to bring discipline to IT spending. CPIC was constructed ten years ago to ensure federal spending, including IT investments, are well planned, managed, cost-efficient and able to achieve intended results. CPIC implements provisions of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA) of 1994 and Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 (Clinger-Cohen). Additional requirements have been added with more recent legislation, such as the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002. Other recent amendments, such as the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) were constructed to focus federal departments on implementing a more consistent architecture.

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