KeyLogic Begins New Partnership with DOI Contract Award

In March, KeyLogic added the Department of the Interior (DOI) to its ever-growing list of Federal government clients with a new contract to support the agency’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO).  Members of KeyLogic’s Portfolio & Performance Management Strategic Business Unit will provide Portfolio Management Tools Operations Support to the agency for up to three years.  A variety of software tools and systems will be used to enable the department to better track its IT investments on an enterprise-wide basis and provide decision-making support for DOI management.

New Customer Profile: Department of the Interior

On the final day of our nation’s 30th Congress, a bill was passed to create a department to take charge of the country’s internal affairs and be responsible for activities involving the internal development of our nation and supporting the welfare of its people.  On March 3, 1849, the DOI was created with initial responsibilities including the construction of the Washington, D.C. jail and water systems, exploration of the western wilderness, regulation of territorial governments, hospitals, universities and public parks, and oversight of Indians, public lands, patents and pensions.  Thomas Ewing was named the first Secretary of the Interior, and in 1852, the first Interior Building – The Patent Office building – opened and served as the DOI headquarters until 1917.  This building now houses the Smithsonian Institution’s Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art.

Today, the DOI has an annual budget of $16.4 billion and consists of more than 80,000 employees, 180,000 volunteers, and 2,400 operating locations across its territories, which includes not only the United States, but also Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the Virgin Islands.  The agency’s mission is:

• To protect America’s treasures for future generations
• Provide access to the nation’s natural and cultural heritage

• Honor responsibilities to American Indians, Alaska Natives and island communities
• Conduct scientific research
• Foster sound use of land, water, energy and mineral resources
• Conserve and protect fish and wildlife
• Offer recreation opportunities

The DOI oversees approximately 1/5 of the land in the U.S., serving as our nation’s primary land development and preservation service.  With this, the DOI manages about 30 percent of the land and water our nation relies on for our energy supply.  Approximately 1/3 of our natural gas, coal and oil, ½ of our geothermal, 17% of our hydropower, and 8% of our wind power are produced in areas managed by the DOI.  Annually, the DOI raises more than $6.3 billion in revenues collected from energy, mineral, grazing, timber, recreation and land sales.  For more information about DOI, please visit their website (http://www.doi.gov).

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