Raines' Rule #5 says agencies' IT investments should: Be consistent with Federal, agency, and bureau information architectures which: integrate agency work processes and information flows with technology to achieve the agency's strategic goals ... and specify standards that enable information exchange and resource sharing, while retaining flexibility in the choice of suppliers and in the design of local work processes.    (38GV)

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Insert here information on roads that have not been taken and why they have not been taken with respect to this "rule":    (38GX)

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