Shared-First

Overview
The Shared-First strategy (also called the Federal Information Technology Shared Services Strategy) is part of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 25-Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management, which seeks to increase return on investment, eliminate waste and duplication, and improve the effectiveness of IT solutions in federal government agencies. The Shared-First approach will:


 * Improve return on investment across the agency's entire IT portfolio through the coordinated use of TechStat program reviews ; PortfolioStat investment reviews ; and the consolidation of commodity IT4 systems, services, and related contracts.
 * Close productivity gaps by implementing integrated governance processes and innovative IT service solutions at the program, bureau and agency levels. Agency implementation is to be consistent with guidance contained in the Federal Cloud Computing Strategy; the Digital Government Strategy, and the Common Approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture.
 * Increase communications with stakeholders as shared service managing partners, customers, and providers work together to ensure transparency, accountability, and ongoing collaboration in the full lifecycle of intra- and inter-agency IT shared service activities. Collaboration resources that are available to support this are CIO.gov, ITDashboard.gov, Performance.gov, and BusinessUSA.gov.

Source

 * Federal Information Technology Shared Services Strategy, at 3.