"The Bush administration plans to continue its push to integrate agencies' performance expectations with budget allocations this year. He emphasized the role that federal financial managers play in this process, and called on them to help show whether past budget expenditures were effective."

Mitch Daniels, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, FEBRUARY 4, 2002
Speaking on the upcoming FY 2003 budget to the Association of Government Accountants

What Does That Mean To You?

Taxpayers want to "get their money's worth" and want a Government that is more businesslike and focused on core mission competencies and service requirements. Federal Managers need hard answers to the fundamental questions that define their strategic directions: Why are we in this business? Have changes in industry impacted the extent to which we should provide this service? Is our approach cost effective? Does the Government have a legitimate continuing role? If so, what is the proper mix of in-house, contract, and inter-service support agreement resources?

Nortel Government Solutions Gets the Job Done

Nortel Government Solutions leads the industry in providing practical solutions and fast results that help decision-makers get the most for the taxpayer's dollar. Whether you require Business Process Reengineering, Financial Management, Automated Tools, Outsourcing Assistance, Acquisition Support, Contract Conversion, or Activity Based Costing - Nortel Government Solutions is your solution. Our cadre of seasoned program managers, financial analysts, systems engineers, and acquisition experts apply the critical knowledgebase and practical experience to ensure your success. With repeat customers throughout the DOD, DOJ, and Intelligence Community, we bring not only the cleared personnel and best practices for secure and non-secure environments, our teams well understand the challenges you face.

How Can Nortel Government Solutions Help You?

Program Management:
Keep on Schedule, Stay Within Budget, Get the Most from Your Team

• Program Management Support:
  Sound Program Management is critical to the success of every project. Nortel Government Solutions can provide seasoned project management professionals who can assist decision makers like you with the full project life cycle - from requirements capture, planning, and scheduling to budget, cost containment, quality assurance, and risk management.
• Requirements Analysis:
  Successful Requirements Analysis means translating operational needs into the specifics needed to determine the best solution. Nortel Government Solutions uses innovative tools, processes, and approaches to quickly assess and quantify need and speed the process to final resolution.
• Life Cycle Planning/Analysis:
  Systems grow as the need evolves. Long-term success often depends upon the flexibility of a system to meets today's dynamic user requirements. Nortel Government Solutions will apply Life Cycle Analysis to help you determine when to modify and when to retire fielded systems.
• Group Facilitation:
  Effective Facilitation allows you to bring together stakeholders, quickly achieve consensus, and foster a path of action where everybody wins. Nortel Government Solutions uses proven facilitation techniques to assist clients start new initiatives, form partnerships, resolve disputes, expedite coordination, and get programs back on schedule.

Business Case Development:
Explore Solutions, Determine Path, Realize Greater Savings

• Feasibility Studies:
  A feasibility study enables decision-makers to take a realistic look at both the positive and negative aspects of the opportunity before committing resources. Nortel Government Solutions will assist you in gaining insight into the approaches that could be used to overcome issues and capitalize on strengths.

How Can Nortel Government Solutions Help You?

• Benchmarking:
  Benchmarking is focused market research that allows you to identify cost saving ideas, determine market capabilities, and know how much a capability should cost. Utilizing current market prices, trends, and indices, Nortel Government Solutions can project realistic costs and capabilities.
• Cost Analysis:
  A successful Cost Analysis starts from the ground up. Nortel Government Solutions identifies individual costs, creates common cost pools, and develops effective cost structures. We can develop an expert variance cost analysis to identify potential funding shortfalls, cost overruns, and areas for improvement that may be the deciding factor in your success.
• Analysis of Alternatives (AoA):
  You are often faced with decisions between two or more correct choices. NGA will examine and weigh the viable alternatives in an Analysis of Alternatives based on your current and future needs.

Acquisition Strategy:
Convey Requirement, Get What You Need, Ensure Quality

• Tailored Acquisition Strategies:
  No cookie cutter solutions here, but Acquisition Strategies customized to fulfill your organization's requirements by considering your mission needs and constraints. We go the extra mile to provide you with the practical solutions, acquisitions know-how, planning, and facilitation that deliver results.
• Performance Based Statements of Work (SOW):
  Increase the level of service you receive without incurring costly contract modifications. Nortel Government Solutions can develop new or convert existing Statements of Work into performance driven work statements (PWS) with incentive options that drive greater levels of performance without increasing costs.
• DoD 5000-Compliant Acquisition Documents:
  Nortel Government Solutions takes the worry out of translating your ideas into the DoD 5000- compliant documents needed to achieve your vision. Capture your innovative proposals in SSP, RFP, RFI, SOW, and Award plans - with professionals who are experts at understanding federal acquisitions.

Business Process Reengineering:
Save Time, Save Money, Gain Efficiencies

• Business Process Reengineering (BPR):
  We recognize the need for organizations to become more efficient and can offer strategies to accomplish this goal. Our BPR processes allow decision-makers to examine current resources and recommend achievable process, operational, and cost efficiencies.
• Activity Based Costing (ABC):
  Facing a budget cut or supplemental funding, how should you proceed? Activity based costing is founded on the reality that not all tasks or functions were created equal. Nortel Government Solutions can assist you to find resource imbalances and establish balance between output and cost.
• Change Management:
  Implementation is the difference between an idea and a reality. Change Management provides the agent to control change through processes and tools that enhance organizational buy-in and counter organizational push back.

Outsourcing/Insourcing Cost Comparison:
Cut Costs, Gain Resources, Take Care of Your Employees

• FAIR Act:
  What is an Inherently Governmental function? What is a Commercial Activity? Is a Commercial Activity restricted against Government performance? We help organizations examine their business functions and develop answers that withstand Congressional scrutiny.
• Outsourcing, A-76:
  Does it make more sense to keep a function in-house or outsource to the private sector? Sometimes the answer can be surprising. Nortel Government Solutions has trained professionals who can provide viable options while avoiding often overlooked pitfalls that can derail an OMB A-76 cost comparison.
• Workforce mitigation plans:
  When faced with downsizing or management mandated terminations of employees, what are your options? How do you help the affected employees? Nortel Government Solutions is well versed in the range of federal programs and incentives that can made a difference in your handling of these high impact events.