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The IIS community faces sustainability challenges due to rising costs, funding constraints, workforce turnover, and modernization needs. This toolkit provides a practical guide to help state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) health agencies strengthen and sustain their IIS through diversifying funding and controlling or reducing costs through optimizing efficiency.

The “IIS Modernization” section of the Data Modernization Planning Toolkit provides IIS programs with broader context and specific details to support programmatic alignment with national and local data modernization initiatives. The strategies in this section draw on insights from the IIS community about current modernization work, what successful collaboration looks like, challenges IIS programs face in their modernization efforts, and resource needs specific to IIS programs.

This toolkit provides a roadmap to guide you through an IIS platform migration or other large-scale IT project. Leverage project management best practices and dozens of tested tools to direct the process, save time and ensure project success. Access tools by chronological project phase or by topic area.

Adhere to best practices in the procurement process to help your IIS program improve performance and sustainability. Information technology procurements are often complex, both technically and legally, and require thoughtful planning and lots of lead time. The guidance in this toolkit can help you to avoid frustrating, time-consuming and even costly missteps.