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Investment Description

A major investment that provides NFC customers personnel, payroll and payroll accounting applications and services. The systems operate to meet OPM requirements established for the NFC as a Shared Service Provider (SSP).
Agency Department of Agriculture
Point of Contact Gary Washington - CIO email 202-720-8833
Investment Type Major IT Investments
Bureau Office of Chief Financial Officer
Mission Support Not Applicable
Shared Service Category Multi-Agency (Inter-or Intra-Agency)
Shared Service Identifier 1208
TMF Initiatives
  • Not Applicable
FY 2025 IT Spending $43.86 M
Current CIO Rating 4
Data As Of: 07/23/2025

Total Projects

17

Cost Variance

  • 17Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Schedule Variance

  • 17Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Cost Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Cost Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Cost Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Cost Variance
Cost Variance: ((Planned Total Costs - Projected or Actual Total Costs) / Planned Total Cost) x 100

Schedule Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Schedule Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Schedule Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Schedule Variance
Schedule Variance: ((Planned Completion Date - Projected or Actual Completion Date) / Project Duration) x 100

Cost and Schedule Variance color coding is based on absolute values. For example, a +40% variance and a -40% variance are both High/Red.
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  • This section displays the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Risk ratings for the investment. CIOs rate each investment using a set of pre-established criteria and issue a CIO Evaluation Number that reflects the investment’s ability to accomplish its goals within the current fiscal year. This number ranges from 1 - 5, and the higher it is, the better the investment has been rated to meet its goals.
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  • The Investment Details section views help answer questions about how an investment's financial resources are being utilized, and which funds are being assigned.
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  • The IT spending visualization below provides the selected IT investment's spending over 5 fiscal years. The IT Investment's spending is further broken down by Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and Development, Modernization, and Enhancement (DME). For each listed fiscal year you will see:
    • Requested amount - The IT $ amount the agency requested from Congress in the President's budget request for that fiscal year.
    • Enacted amount - The IT $ amount Congress actually funded through that fiscal year's appropriation.
    • Actual amount - The IT $ amount the agency actually spent that fiscal year based on what was appropriated by Congress.
    The availability of data for each fiscal year will depend on where in the federal budget process we currently are, and will continue to be updated as the annual appropriations process progresses.

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  • Project Name Project UID Status Planned Total Cost ($M) Cost Variance (%) Planned Start Date Planned End Date Schedule Variance (%) Schedule Variance (Days) TMF Initiative
    FY21 Release 218050 Completed 0.62 0 2020-11-15 2021-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    FY21 Software Renew 224872 Completed 2.12 0 2020-01-01 2021-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    FY2022 Reimbursable 241404 Completed 5.59 0 2021-10-01 2022-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    FY22 Payroll Personnel System 241407 Completed 1.15 0 2021-10-01 2022-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    Paycheck8 Hosting 243635 Completed 1.63 0 2022-01-14 2023-01-13 0 0 Not Applicable
    FY20 Release 2 174766 Completed 0.62 0 2019-12-22 2020-01-25 0 0 Not Applicable
    FY20 Release 3 175112 Completed 0.42 0 2020-03-15 2020-04-04 0 0 Not Applicable
    FY20 Release 4 175113 Completed 0.39 0 2020-06-21 2020-07-11 0 0 Not Applicable
    FY20 Release 4 203773 Completed 0.09 0 2020-03-16 2020-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    WebTa Upgrade to GovTA-USDA 258423 Completed 0.7 0 2022-08-01 2023-07-31 0 0 Not Applicable
    GovTa Implementation DEA, NGA, Peace Corp, GAO 258856 Completed 1.85 0 2022-07-15 2023-07-31 0 0 Not Applicable
    Retirement Modernization 258864 Completed 1.15 0 2022-09-01 2023-02-28 0 0 Not Applicable
    GESD Technical Services 258865 Completed 1.03 0 2022-08-01 2023-07-31 0 0 Not Applicable
    GovTa Multifactor authentication 269924 Completed 0.46 0 2022-12-04 2023-07-31 0 0 Not Applicable
    GovTA USPTO 277330 Completed 0.05 0 2023-03-17 2024-03-16 0 0 Not Applicable
    Technical Service Support 287485 Completed 2.83 0 2023-09-01 2024-08-31 0 0 Not Applicable
    FY24 NFC Enterprise Modernization Assessment 301839 In Progress 4.7 0 2024-04-01 2025-08-26 0 0 Not Applicable
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  • Metric Description Performance Measurement Category Unit of Measure Reporting Frequency Agency Baseline Capability Measurement Condition Target 2025 CY Latest Actual Result Date of Latest Actual Result Met Target
    Application availability: on-line availability of Hosting Environment (internal network, infrastructure, and operating system) to users to perform business functions. Strategic and Business Results Percent Monthly 90 Over target 99 99.1 2025-07-13 MET
    Security Access Strategic and Business Results Percent Quarterly 90 Over target 99 100 2025-06-16 MET
    WebTA Hosting Plus Strategic and Business Results Percent Monthly 90 Over target 98 98 2025-07-16 MET
    The percentage of scheduled operating minutes, excluding scheduled downtime, that the required NFC General Support Systems for critical user applications are Customer Satisfaction Percent Monthly 90 Over target 99 100 2025-07-16 MET
    Payroll System available to customers between the hours of 6 AM and 6 PM CT Monday - Friday, excluding Federal holidays and scheduled system outages Strategic and Business Results Percent Monthly 90 Over target 99 99.1 2025-07-16 MET
    Salary payments(excluding manual checks) are issued and available to employees on scheduled paydaydays PPS Production Financial Performance Percent Monthly 90 Over target 99 100 2025-07-16 MET
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