Library of Congress OIG Releases “IT Modernization Evaluation Report” (Final Report)
From the Report:
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) engaged an independent contractor, Obsidian Global, LLC, to evaluate the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s (OCIO) plan for the Library’s information technology (IT) modernization efforts. Specifically, Obsidian was engaged to determine whether the Library’s IT modernization plans provide a logical and measurable methodology to ensure its progress towards a modern IT infrastructure. Obsidian compared OCIO’s IT modernization efforts with industry and federal best practices for project, schedule, and cost management.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.