USDA Information Technology Strategic Plan, 2014 – 2018

The USDA Information Technology Strategic Plan, 2014 – 2018 is a national sectoral strategic plan of the United States of America. Its main mission is to enable citizens, employees, and partners to seamlessly access and exchange information and services to sustain, protect, and enrich the global food supply, strengthen the Agricultural commodity supply chain, improve land management and water quality, preserve our nation’s forests and wild lands, and promote U.S. rural prosperity, foreign trade, and marketing.
More specifically, the Plan aims to align IT investments with mission and business priorities; enable innovative business driven solutions by simplifying and unifying information technology; optimize the use and value of information technology; protect and defend the enterprise information infrastructure, critical assets, and capabilities; enable information as a strategic asset for decision makers and citizens at any level; and develop a high-performing workforce to support the USDA mission today and tomorrow.