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The Commission plans an investment of approximately $23.3 million in FY 2010. This long overdue investment will sustain current services levels while procuring new equipment, software and services.

Broadly summarized, an investment in Information Technology at the CFTC is an investment in:

• Operations and Maintenance of Mission-Critical systems:
  • Integrated Surveillance System (ISS)
  • Trade Surveillance System (TSS)
  • eLaw
  • RSR/SPARK, FILAC, Repcase, and others


• Infrastructure:
  • Network Operations
  • Security
  • Business Continuity
  • Telecommunications
  • Customer Support
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Policy and Planning


• Technology Management and Quality Control:
  • Database Administration
  • Configuration Management
  • Testing and Performance Monitoring


• New Technology Initiatives:
  • TSS
  • Microsoft Vista and Office 2007
  • Document Management and Records Management Program

More specifically this investment is:

• $3.0 million to provide for Capital Equipment and Software Purchases;
• $4.3 million to provide for Telecommunication Services;
• $14.6 million to provide for support services such as financial and legal information services, operations and maintenance, systems analysis for ISS, TSS, and eLaw as well as other smaller mission supporting systems; and
• $1.4 million to provide for IT supplies, operations, and maintenance including intra-governmental payments or cross-services agreements with other government agencies for Internet access and Web-site maintenance, personnel payroll system, GSA telephone services, and continuity of operations (COOP) facilities.

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