The System Integrator: Government or Contractor?

Who is in the best position to be the system integrator on a large, complex project? The government has to live with the results and has the authority to govern multiple constituents, but may not have the resources to effectively oversee the program. The contractor has the resources and potentially more experience but may add to the overall cost and may not have the ability to influence other stakeholders. The role of the system integrator must be clearly understood prior to the commencement of the acquisition process. Follow the link below to see how GAO has approached system integration.
GAO System Integration

IT Strategic Investments

Many CIOs are faced with the problem of analyzing and prioritizing the IT capital investments, not to mention justifying them to OMB. Infrastructure consolidation, storage, local area Networks, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, eGovernment and high availability are all placing significant capital investment decisions on CIOs and driving the need for detailed business case analysis and a strategic IT investment process. The Information Technology Investment Management: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Process Maturity (ITIM) may help your organization improve it capital IT planning process.
Information Technology Investment Management