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NBC’s Information Technology Directorate wins the 2008 GITEC Project Management Excellence Award for Retooling the Infrastructure

NBC’s Information Technology Directorate (ITD) was awarded the 2008 Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC) Project Management Excellence Award for “Retooling the Infrastructure” with their IBM 104 Mainframe Efficiency Improvement Project (The Project). The award was presented to Mr. Spencer Bessette of the NBC, today at this year's IPIC conference held in Orlando, FL. Mr. Bessette led the efficiency improvement effort. Congratulations go out to the entire project team for a task well done. The project was designed to improve the current NBC architecture which supported two National Business Center (NBC) Lines of Business (LoB) and more than eighteen Federal Government customers that depend on the NBC’s federalized financial and payroll systems. To view the full news release visit our Press Room at http://www.nbc.gov/press/.
(March 2008)

NBC Updates Strategic Plan for FY 2008 - FY 2012

NBC is pleased to announce the publication of the National Business Center Strategic Plan for FY 2008 – FY 2012.  The process of revising the NBC Strategic Plan required a broad range of collaboration, analysis, and feedback from sources both internal and external to the NBC.  Strategic accomplishments during the previous period were accounted for, results and performance analyzed against plan, and follow-on strategies and roadmaps created to capitalize on NBC’s significant momentum.

The NBC continues to link its strategic direction to both the Presidents Management Agenda, and the Department of the Interior Strategic Plan, by aligning its own mission, vision, and goals to their strategic direction.  NBC’s mission, To Provide Quality Services and Efficient Solutions to Meet Customer Business Needs, through it’s Most Important Asset – its People remains at the forefront of all that NBC strives to accomplish.

NBC encourages everyone to download and read the Plan which provides detail regarding the strategies developed and the actions necessary over the course of the next five years to achieve the roadmap activities that contribute to the NBC Mission, Vision, and Goals and benefit employees and customers alike.  NBC is committed to continuing its public service mission as a premier Shared Services Provider in the Federal Government.

Questions and comments related to this plan should be addressed to Mr. Joseph Nassar, at Joe_Nassar@nbc.gov.
(February 2008)

Interior’s Aviation Management Approved as a Federal Assets Sales Center

Aviation Management Directorate (AMD) has received conditional approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to become one of the five approved eGov Federal Assets Sales Center (eFAS) in the Federal Government. Full certification is expected by June of 2008, which will provide AMD the authority to sell surplus aircraft and aircraft parts for all Federal Government entities. To view the full news release visit our Press Room at http://www.nbc.gov/press/.
(January 2008)