Government agencies are facing a unique dilemma; limited resources (retirements and shrinking budgets), changing expectations (citizen centric solutions and Web 2.0), and growing demands (HSPD-12, TIC, EINSTEIN and e-Discovery) in an increasingly complex economic and political environment.  These agencies must learn how to solve these new “non-traditional” challenges in non-traditional ways.  Innovation, governance, and good project oversight are key pillars to delivering value in this new economy.

Change has come to the Federal Information Technology community.  How do we assess how suited we are for transformation?  As the economy continues to stagnate, how do we know our current contracts and services are priced effectively?  Where is the Agency going and how do we use the new tools of today to get us there? How does the stimulus impact our current processes and systems?  Anerian hears these, and other relevance questions, every day from our clients.  And we can help.

Anerian’s focus areas, allow us the ability to comprehend and leverage the balance between governance (IT Management), project and portfolio management (Resources), effective utilization of staff (IT Workforce), and development of Web 2.0 solutions (Application Systems) to create an organizational transformation.  It is all about getting the desired results, at the right time and at the right value (cost and benefit).

Below are a brief summary of our extensive expertise in IT strategy.

* Service Portfolio Management

Our service assessment and design practice enables leaders to make prudent portfolio management decisions about investment mix and policy, asset allocation and balancing risk against performance.

* Re-invent IT Service Delivery
Organizations that refuse to innovate and formulate new ideas will miss opportunities to restructure and rethink their services, resulting in increased future investment to “catch up”. We can assess your Agency, IT, Security, or Business Process and provide a detailed report of your “As Is” condition and a strategy for reaching “To Be” outcomes.

* Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC)
Anerian consultants have supported CPIC initiatives well before Congress enacted the Clinger-Cohen Act in 1996. As a result, we bring expertise ripened with time and adaptable to your organization. We help oranizations make investment decisions, examine process effectiveness, and refine investment policies and procedures to minimize risk and maximize return.

* Enterprise Architecture (EA)
We view EA as more than just satisfying OMB requirements, our business cases demonstrate business, data, application, and technology layers in relation to corresponding projects, reflecting the integration and standardization of your operating model.

* Governance
Anerian has worked with Government and Fortune 500 on projects that require fundamental changes to technology, culture, and even the organization. We thrive in tackling the gnarly IT governance challenges that often result in delays, cost overruns, and loss of accountability.

* Open Government
Our consultants are considered experts in Open Government and have helped the largest agencies adopt key components of transparent government policies, systems and practices. We offer innovative workshops to help agencies develop their Open Government strategy and ultimately increase their transparency, participation, and collaboration.

* Information Security
Protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your information has never been more important. We provide security assessment, audits and solutions for government organizations.

* Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)

Anerian can provide clarity and direction for your technology life-cycle. We offer a customized ”Service Portfolio Innovation” approach to increase value while working on your toughest integration challenges.

* IT Dashboard - we have implemented scorecards for OMB, DOE, USMC and many other agencies and associations who are looking to improve collaboration, communication and clarity on priorities.

We have worked with senior executives in many of the largest government agencies, including the Department of Energy, the British Government, the Office of Management and Budget, Marine Corps, Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, and Health and Human Services.