The National Information Technology Center (NITC) is an organization of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) with a mission to “provide secure, reliable, and cost effective IT solutions to achieve effective mission performance and program delivery for our valued customers”.

The NITC is responsible for the operation and management of USDA Enterprise Data Centers in Kansas City, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, and Beltsville, Maryland. The NITC-managed Enterprise Data Centers provide enterprise-class computer operating environments that enable optimal availability for mission-critical systems and applications that utilize “green” industry best practices as much as possible to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. NITC also manages a Software Development Center of Excellence in Fort Collins, Colorado, to provide a full complement of Enterprise Information Technology solutions and services to support the missions of agencies and offices both internal and external of USDA.

The NITC Enterprise Solutions are developed utilizing government and industry standards and best practices. Our computing facilities utilize state-of-the-art and proven technologies to deliver optimal yet cost-effective solutions. NITC has a diverse and highly skilled staff of Information Technology (IT) professionals who are proficient in systems architecture and integration, infrastructure management and operation, application development and support, and disaster recovery. They work with customers to deliver secure and highly available solutions. The NITC secure IT infrastructure consists of virtualized mainframe and midrange platforms as well as virtualized network and storage infrastructure. The systems and applications managed by NITC are national in scope, mission critical, and essential for the operations of the United States government.

The NITC partners with customers to understand underlying business goals and technology requirements to ensure program and project success.

NITC Executive Presentation (PPT 3MB)

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Last Modified: 02/02/2010