Mission
The Office of the Information Technology has a dual mission: conducting evaluations of the Department's information management and information security program, and managing the OIG's internal IT operations. To support this mission, the office has two main components: IT evaluations and IT operations, as explained below.
IT Evaluations
The IT evaluations section is comprised of three divisions--Information Security Audits, Information Security Inspections, and Information Management, as follows:
Information Security Audits: This division addresses issues related to the Department's efforts to protect its global information technology infrastructure. It includes reviews of the Department's compliance with the Government Information Security Reform Act and other related statutes, and issues concerning the threat from information warfare.
Information Security Inspections: This division conducts comprehensive review of the effectiveness of information security management programs at bureaus and overseas posts
Information Management: This division reviews issues related to the cost effective acquisition, development, implementation, and management of major IT systems, telecommunications networks, and other technologies across the Department. This area also includes reviews of the Department's compliance with IT-related statutes, including Clinger-Cohen, and the Government Paperwork Elimination Act.
IT Operations
The IT operations section provides both classified and unclassified information system support to all OIG offices. This includes LAN management and software applications support, hardware acquisition and maintenance, telecommunications support, help desk, security monitoring, and other related IT activities. IT Operations also conducts long term planning to ensure OIG IT systems are kept up to date in terms of available technology, and to ensure user needs are met.
