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OMB and GSA to oversee the adoption of TBM tools
The federal government is taking con- crete steps to require agencies to use technology business management (TBM) methodology and data standards to measure IT costs and create a cross- agency framework for understanding IT spending.
The Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration are teaming up to create a review board to supervise agency procurement of TBM tools and services. Agencies are required to adopt TBM and go through the com- ing Task Order Review Board as part of the acquisition process.
At stake is how $80 billion to $90 bil- lion in federal IT spending is measured and managed.
According to contracting documents, the board will exercise considerable authority over TBM acquisitions and pro- vide technical expertise and documents to support procurements. It will also ulti- mately issue approval to proceed with an acquisition or recommend revisions to an agency’s TBM plans “to address deficien- cies or concerns.”
The news came in a combined announcement and request for informa-
tion for a governmentwide TBM solution released in August.
OMB policymakers have been pushing TBM adoption for awhile. The President’s Management Agenda includes a goal of achieving federal IT spending transpar- ency that incorporates TBM, and the lat- est iteration of the A-11 budgeting docu- ment notifies agencies that TBM is no longer optional.
At an industry day event covering TBM in June, Kelly Morrison, a former
ment solutions, to implement TBM and take advantage of standardized data. Potential technologies include robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning.
Officials plan to use GSA’s Schedule 70 for TBM tools and services. The RFI identifies two special item numbers — one covering cloud and cloud-related IT professional services and another cover- ing IT professional services — that can
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The fourth quarter of 2019 is the target for establishing a “governmentwide acquisition approach to enable agencies to procure services and tools relating toTBM implementation.”
performance analyst at OMB, said, “IT is either a black box of IT spending or \[it is\] difficult to align IT Dashboard data to authoritative budget, acquisition and finance data. We want to change that and believe that with advances in tech- nology we are at a perfect opportunity to do that.”
According to the RFI, the Task Order Review Board is looking for emerging technologies, beyond financial manage-
serve as vehicles for prequalified TBM vendors to offer products and services. The White House priority goal for IT
spending transparency sets the fourth quarter of 2019 as the target for estab- lishing a “governmentwide acquisition approach to enable agencies to procure services and tools relating to TBM imple- mentation.” Governmentwide TBM adop- tion is scheduled to be in place by 2022.
— Adam Mazmanian
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