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State Information Systems
Planning for WIC's Future
Technology Needs :
A Report to Congress
This
report responds to a Congressional mandate for the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) to establish a long-range plan for the
development and implementation of State agency Information Systems
(IS) in the WIC Program.
In the development of this plan, FNS reviewed State agency
system capabilities and consulted with the National WIC
Association as well as systems experts.
The WIC 5-Year Technology Plan included in this Report to
Congress outlines the Agency’s goals, objectives, and strategies
to address the current and future needs of WIC systems.
Note:
The files are provided here in Adobe
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Report Cover
Executive Summary
Provides an introduction to the Report and highlights the
issues and challenges of Information Technology in the WIC
Program.
WIC 5-Year Technology Plan -
Fiscal Years 2001-2005
Describes WIC's technology goals and objectives, as well
as plans for achieving them.
Attachment A
Describes core and future core automated functions.
Attachment B
Describes various WIC IT funding sources.
Attachment C
Provides an overview of FNS' oversight of State agency
systems.
Attachment D
Outlines the results of a meeting held December 1999 to
identify technology goals and strategies for achieving goals.
For more information on MIS, go to the
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Document Library.
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