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OPA News Release: [03/09/2005]
Contact Name:
Peggy Abrahamson or Camille Anderson
Phone Number: 202-693-7909 or x4676
Release Number: 05-0373-NAT
Government Technology Magazine Recognizes
Labor Department’s Pizzella for 2004 Accomplishments
WASHINGTON—Patrick Pizzella, assistant secretary of
labor for administration and management and chief information officer, has
been named one of Government Technology magazine's Top 25 “Doers, Dreamers
and Drivers” for 2004. The annual honor, published in the magazine's March
issue, profiles 25 men and women who have achieved major accomplishments
and “pushed the envelope” in government information technology and reform.
“Over the last four years, the Labor Department has made major strides in
using technology to deliver services and information more effectively,” said
Steven J. Law, deputy secretary of labor and chairman of the President's
Management Council E-Government Committee. “The federal government is on
the cusp of a new era in terms of integrating technology, and Pat deserves
a lot of credit for making our department an e-government leader.”
On Sept. 30, 2004, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) upgraded the
Department of Labor's (DOL) score for E-Government to green, the highest
achievable on the President's Management Agenda (PMA) scorecard. President
George W. Bush sent his PMA, a strategy for improving the management and
performance of the federal government, to the Congress just months after
taking office in the summer of 2001. DOL is one of only two of 26 federal
agencies that have scored a “green” in four of five PMA categories.
“Under the direction of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao, who endorsed
a blueprint for transforming the department into a digital agency, Pizzella
revamped major operations with IT while balancing the twin challenges of
cost and performance,” according to a profile of Pizzella in the March issue
of Government Technology. The magazine also noted that Pizzella and DOL achieved
success in computer security, information technology (IT) investment planning,
enterprise architecture and a host of other critical IT functions.
Another accomplishment that placed Pizzella among the “top 25” was GovBenefits.gov,
an interagency, one-stop website, managed by DOL, that contains over 1,000
federal and state benefits programs. Pizzella also streamlined the department's
infrastructure with a common e-mail system, automated procurement, automated
property tracking, enterprise-wide directory services, and a safety and health
information management system for worker compensation claims.
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