J3 Consulting is proud to announce it has added Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) Scorecard Readiness services to its list of service offerings.
“When government agencies either have difficulties documenting standard procedures and processes, seek a way establish repeatable process and improvements, or simply need support improving their Agency’s overall FITARA Scorecard, they turn to J3,” said Peter Cipriano, J3 Chief Information Officer. “We help improve the quality of their submission, which can lead to a more accurate score.”
Ayesha Nichols, J3 Chief Contracts Officer, added that J3’s standard approach to any contract is to become familiar with the customer’s culture and environment to gain an understanding of their mission and business needs.
“J3 uses this methodology to produce tangible results in aiding customers with meeting goals and objectives,” she said.
Since 2018, J3 has supported agencies with implementing FITARA requirements, as well as advancing the maturity levels of key functional areas contained in the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) IT Management Maturity Model (ITMMM, versions 1 and 2).
As part of continuous improvement and implementation of efficiencies, J3 has developed an automated Microsoft-based tool using common government-owned licenses that centralizes assessment documentation, enabling stakeholders to easily reference and access required information.
“Agencies already have Microsoft, so they don’t have to purchase a dashboard company or own some power package. At a very low cost, we can combine our IP with their current technology to help them improve FITARA scores,” Cipriano said.
J3 implements process improvements to enforce consistent scoring and efficiencies in completing assessments for the FITARA Program, including workflow and procedures for use in completing self-assessments and the ITMMM Verification & Validation process, he continued.
“Our methodology has supported Agency goals for achieving demonstrated maturity across the agency,” Cipriano said.
J3’s FITARA Support Services include:
- Implementing the requirements of FITARA laws and requirements, including the OMB Memorandum M-145-14 regulations;
- Establishing a consistent Agency-wide interpretation of FITARA terms and requirements;
- Strengthening the relationships between the Agency leadership, including CIOs, mission areas, and Assistant CIOs (ACIOs);
- Improving maturity of IT management across the portfolio;
- Providing detailed FITARA Scorecard analysis and reporting;
- Providing a dashboard with real-time results to identify gaps and support resolution;
- Meeting maturity modeling and compliance criteria;
- Offering Verification and Validation Analysis Reviews (V&V) and IT workforce support services.
Alongside FITARA Support, J3’s IT Workforce Support Services include:
- Providing workforce Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis;
- Identifying major and minor compliance gaps;
- Corrective action planning and implementation;
- Offering regulatory compliance review, assessment, and reporting;
- IT and non-IT Workforce Planning & Development;
- Reporting Organizational Performance Metrics (Agency Scorecard);
- Process documentation and artifacts development (policy, process, procedures & records);
- Quality assurance and compliance;
- Manual and automated self-assessments tools.
Additionally, J3 has further supported Agencies in accomplishing the FITARA goals by:
- Providing guidance to leadership through a documented roadmap and a set of tools to support closing performance gaps at individual and organizational levels, improving maturity across critical functional areas within the FITARA Scorecard;
- Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of IT management and IT workforce, including developing, documenting, and implementing a sustainable strategic workforce planning process and authoring a functional IT workforce plan;
- Developing and administering IT competency assessments of parentheticals for IT workforce;
- Analyzing data collected from the IT roles previously assessed to develop strategies to mitigate identified gaps.
About J3 Consulting LLC
J3 Consulting, LLC (J3) is a certified SBA 8(a), HUBZone, Economically Disadvantaged Woman-owned Small Business (EDWOSB), with more than 15 years of experience in providing strategic solutions for government and commercial organizations. J3 is a leader in effectively delivering support for Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) Services, CIO Advisory Services, Cybersecurity including Zero Trust Consulting and delivery, Advanced Data Analytics, Risk Management Framework (RMF), Agile Project Metrics Development, and FITARA Scorecard services. For more information, visit J3llc.com.