Common use of Planning and Resource Allocation Clause in Contracts

Planning and Resource Allocation. Facilitate the planning of IT investments, as well as determine and manage managing overall IT resources to efficiently and effectively support agencies’ mission operations. This service area includes, but shall not be limited to support for the following functions: Budget Formulation/Execution: Facilitate the integration of budgets and plans, at agency and departmental levels, to effectively link IT functions, activities, and resources with mission objectives. Capital Planning: Facilitate the selection, management, and evaluation of IT investments relative to Federal government agencies’ overall capital asset portfolios. Enterprise Architecture (EA): Development and use of EA work products to manage current and future needs of Federal government business operations (i.e., “baseline” and “target” architectures). The services include transition planning and migration support for all EA components (e.g., business, information, application, and technology architectures), to advance the development and implementation of “core EA capabilities.” The services shall provide support relative to Federal government mandates for measuring and reporting on the completion and usage of EA programs, as well as evaluating results for E-Gov alignment and implementation of Federal lines of business and other cross-governmental initiatives (e.g., SmartBUY, IPv6, HSPD-12).

Planning and Resource Allocation. Facilitate the planning of IT investments, as well as determine and manage managing overall IT resources to efficiently and effectively support agencies’ mission operations. This service area includes, but shall not be limited to support for the following functionsfollowingfunctions: Budget Formulation/Execution: Facilitate the integration of budgets and plans, at agency and departmental levels, to effectively link IT functions, activities, and resources with mission objectives. Capital Planning: Facilitate the selection, management, and evaluation of IT investments relative to Federal government agencies’ overall capital asset portfolios. Enterprise Architecture (EA): Development and use of EA work products to manage current and future needs of Federal government business operations (i.e., “baseline” and “target” architectures). The services include transition planning and migration support for all EA components (e.g., business, information, application, and technology architectures), to advance the development and implementation of “core EA capabilities.” The services shall provide support relative to Federal government mandates for measuring and reporting on the completion and usage of EA programs, as well as evaluating results for E-Gov alignment and implementation of Federal lines of business and other cross-governmental initiatives (e.g., SmartBUY, IPv6, HSPD-12).