Award Committee for E-Government (ACE)

The purpose of the Award Committee for E-Government (ACE) is to provide the Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE) E-Government initiative with:

• federal acquisition community vision, perspective and guidance, and
• executive level decision-making and oversight regarding scope, priorities, budget and funding.

The ACE is an executive steering committee established under the Chief Acquisition Officers Council (CAOC), a senior level forum established for monitoring and improving the federal acquisition environment.  The Council promotes effective business practices that ensure the timely delivery of best value products and services to the agencies, achieve public policy objectives, and further integrity, fairness, competition, and openness in the federal acquisition system.

The responsibilities of the ACE are to:

• provide strategic direction for the IAE,
• establish IAE Initiative’s portfolio, which contains acquisition-related projects/systems that support multiple agencies,
• recommend the inclusion and prioritization of initiatives and projects within the IAE portfolio to OMB,
  • approve IAE’s annual budget and work plan and move them forward to the CAOC for final approval,
  • provide rulings on IAE Change Control Board (CCB) recommendations that exceed approved current scope and budget,
• ensure the alignment of IAE information technology capital investments with business goals as required by the E-Government Strategy, applicable statutes, Federal architecture framework specifications, Financial Systems Integration Office (FSIO) requirements and acquisition regulations,
  • review the IAE initiative’s OMB Exhibit 300 in coordination with the IAE Program Management Office (PMO) and provide input and feedback prior to OMB submission
    • review and approve the business case,
    • review and approve the funding model,
  • review each application investment in an annual internal program review (IPR) presentation,
  • review, approve, and enforce IAE architecture specifications (e.g., standards, constraints, guidelines, processes, and products) for use within the acquisition community,
• review the Source Selection Authority’s recommendations for competitive range and award,
• serve as liaison to other government-wide councils as needed.

Leadership

TBD