Reflections on the DOT Headquarters Move
While working on lesson plans for some of the classes I teach, I came across the summary and lessons learned I wrote up after we finished the move of the US Department’s of Transportation headquarters from L’Enfant Plaza to the Navy Yard. It original appeared in Federal Times, I thought some of it might be applicable to other large IT projects and have reprinted it here:
The Department of Transportation Moves to a New Headquarters
Daniel G. Mintz, Chief Information Officer
Department of Transportation
“We’ve done the impossible and that makes us mighty.”
– Mal, Serenity Captain, Firefly TV Series
The weekend of June 22, the last employee was moved out of the old Department of Transportation headquarters building at L’Enfant Plaza and moved into the new building on the Southeast Federal Center. That weekend the entire Office of the Secretary, including all of the communications associated with relocating a Cabinet Level Secretary were also moved.