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A year ago this week President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. In just 12 months, the benefits this historic legislation introduced are already at work, improving care for millions of Americans--your friends and your neighbors, your parents and your children.

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IT Department at White House Saves taxpayers 3 Billion $$

On my first day on the job, at the beginning of the Obama Administration, I was handed a portfolio that included $27 Billion in IT projects that were years behind schedule, and over budget. I quickly found that the sheer size of the portfolio often led to a sense of faceless accountability and quickly set out to fix that. That’s why just months after President Obama took office, we launched the IT Dashboard (June, 2009) – which provides a clear window into Federal IT projects, bolstering transparency and accountability.  The IT Dashboard shines a light on these projects, including if they are on schedule and within budget -- and posting the photo and name of the official responsible -- and agencies continue to increase transparency and improve data quality.

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