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IT governance focuses on setting up formal practices that will ensure IT initiatives effectively align with business goals and add value to the organization. It's a discipline that CIOs follow to make sure strategic IT decisions are made with the appropriate input from the business side and all affected. The CMS IT Governance Office has been established within the Division of Information Technology Governance (DITG), Office of Information Services to ensure these formal practices are being followed. The current CMS IT Governance Officer is Cynthia Anderson. The CMS IT Investment Review Board (ITIRB) was established as the executive review and decision-making body for CMS IT management. The goal is to provide enterprise-wide strategic decision-making, shared leadership, transparency, monitoring, and true ownership of major IT decisions, opportunities and risks. The ITIRB will review and approve IT initiatives and IT expenditures. The ITIRB will ensure that proposed investments contribute to the Secretary's strategic vision and mission requirements, meet the business needs of the agency, employ sound IT investment methodologies, comply with Departmental systems architectures, and provide the highest return on the investment or acceptable project risk. To review the ITIRB Charter, see the link in the "Downloads" section below. The Technical Review Board (TRB) was established to assist the CMS Chief Information Officer (CIO) and CMS ITIRB in project level IT reviews. The TRB serves as the governing body responsible for performing checkpoint reviews defined in the CMS Integrated IT Investment and System Life Cycle Framework (ILC). The TRB is charged with applying uniform and repeatable review practices in achieving enterprise-wide systems integration. The TRB is comprised of IT Subject Matter Experts (SME) within the Office of Information Services (OIS) and is chaired by the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). To review the TRB Charter, see the link in the "Downloads" section below. One of the aspects of the role of the CMS Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to establish and maintain the agency's Technical Reference Architecture (TRA). The TRA is a key living document integral to the CMS ILC Framework and establishes standards necessary to ensure greater success with the lowest possible risk for new and current agency information technology investments. The CTO's Technical Advisory Council (CTAC) is envisioned to encompass key senior technical advisors from around the agency to bring their perspectives on maintaining and shaping the TRA. To review the CTAC Charter, see the link in the "Downloads" section below.
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