USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender. To file a complaint of discrimination, write: USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC or call (800) (voice), or (202) (TDD). ACT-IAC March 17, 2016 Chief Information Officer Jonathan Alboum United States Department of Agriculture

Helps keep America's farmers and ranchers in business despite the weather and market uncertainties via commodity, credit, conservation, disaster, and emergency assistance programs. Works to end hunger and improve health in the U.S. through domestic nutrition assistance programs and science-based dietary guidance, policy and education. Ensures that the Nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and properly labeled and packaged. Facilitates domestic and international marketing of U.S. agricultural products and ensures the health and care of animals and plants. Supports a safe, sustainable, competitive U.S. food and fiber system, as well as strong communities, families, and youth through integrated research, analysis and education. Helps improve the rural economy and quality of life through financial programs that support essential public facilities and services. Promotes economic development by providing loans to businesses. A Diverse Mission & Portfolio Through 17 agencies and 17 offices, USDA:

CIO Jonathan Alboum Policy & Planning Deputy CIO, Joyce M. Hunter Operations & Infrastructure Deputy CIO, Richard Coffee(Acting) Enterprise Geospatial MGMT Director, Stephen Lowe Information Resource MGMT Associate CIO, Claudette Millsap (Acting) Policy, E- GVMT & Fair Information Practices Associate CIO, Ray Payton IT Workforce Planning Director Jerome Davin Client Tech Services Associate CIO, Nancy Reeves-Flores Data Center Operations Associate CIO, Richard Coffee Enterprise Network Services Director, John Donovan Enterprise MGMT Executive Officer, Sue E. Bussells Enterprise Business MGMT Services Admin Officer, Chris Wren CIO Special Assistant Ted Kaouk Enterprise Program MGMT Services Director Cliff Gonzales Enterprise Management United States Department of Agriculture Cybersecurity Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chris Lowe Agriculture Security Operations Center Office of the Chief Information Officer

The Federated Environment within USDA Without a sense of larger identity, the environment has a tendency to become “stove-piped,” with a lack of cohesion and collaboration between USDA agencies Agencies and Offices would naturally tend to operate as individual entities rather than coordinating across functional areas United States Department of Agriculture 4

CIO Council United States Department of Agriculture Chaired by Dept CIO with 25 voting members Chaired by Elected Vice-Chair with Dept CIO and 4 elected Bureau-level officers Chaired by CIO or expert with interested Bureau SMEs Composition Senior enterprise IT Officials that meet monthly to advise the Department CIO Council Executive Officers meet weekly for routine governance issues and to plan CIOC agendas Issue-specific workgroups established by, and reporting to, the Council Function CIO Council Advisory Board CIO Council Workgroups

United States Department of Agriculture USDA FY16 IT Priorities

Cybersecurity USDA launched an anti-phishing campaign to identify strategies to counter phishing attacks. Although employees are trained to recognize and respond to phishing s, technical safeguards are also needed to render phishing attacks less effective. Testing the use of warning messages at the beginning of FY16 demonstrated that the click rate of phishing attempts could be reduced through the use of warning messages. USDA developed a cybersecurity scorecard for component agencies that represents key hygiene factors such as public-facing critical vulnerabilities, the status of system Authorizations To Operate (ATO), and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card compliance numbers. USDA has begun implementing a means of detecting cyber security incidents and attacks that traditional “signature-based” tools can’t achieve, by identifying trends and correlating Big Data from different sources. United States Department of Agriculture 7

Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) FITARA outlines specific requirements related to: Chief Information Officer (CIO) Authority Enhancements Enhanced Transparency and Improved Risk Management in IT Investments Portfolio Review Expansion of Training and Use of Information Technology Cadres Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) Maximizing the Benefit of the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (SSI) Government-wide Software Purchasing Program United States Department of Agriculture 8

Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) USDA’s Common Baseline Plan submitted August 2015, Implementation Plan submitted November USDA was the first agency to have its plan approved by OMB. USDA is preparing for the April 2016 update submission of the Baseline Plan and OMB assessment by: -Reviewing existing policies, processes and procedures -Identifying where changes are required for policies -Identifying where the CIO can be inserted into existing processes and procedures -Validating where oversight support is needed to ensure compliance United States Department of Agriculture 9

IT Network Modernization Developing a comprehensive network modernization plan that fully supports the integration of the field based-agencies and HQ customers networking requirements, while improving overall network reliability for customers Determining feasibility of collapsing 17 agency networks FY 2016: Prepare for GSA NS2020 Acquisition -Continue technical refinement of the SOO -Prepare various Task Order Requests under GSA’s new NS2020 Contract FY 2017: Begin Transition and Modernization of USDA’s Wide Area Network (WAN) – January 2017 United States Department of Agriculture 10

Cloud Strategy Established a Cloud Strategy and Policy Office (CSPO). CSPO has the responsibility to coordinate and align agency and staff office initiatives to improve mission effectiveness through Infrastructure, Platform, and Software as a Service (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS) solutions Coordinated with component agencies to elicit their concerns and issues and build trust Developing a USDA cloud computing strategy in a collaborative effort with USDA component agencies and offices. the goal: an agile, flexible, secure, and cost-effective service environment that can rapidly respond to changing mission needs United States Department of Agriculture 11