MANAGING THE FEA REFERENCE MODELS

Dick Burk
Chief Architect and Manager, Federal
Enterprise Architecture Program
Management Office (FEA PMO)

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AGENDA

Architecture Principles for the Federal

Government

Citizen-Centered Services

FEA Reference Models

LoBs and Services

CONOPS

EA Assessment Framework

Federal Transition Framework

Making Progress

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ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPLES

The federal government focuses on citizens

The federal government is a single, unified enterprise

Federal agencies collaborate with other governments
and people

The federal architecture is mission-driven

Security, privacy and protecting information are core
government needs

Information is a national asset

The federal architecture simplifies government
operations
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 CITIZEN-CENTERED SERVICES
The Historical Approach … The Future Approach …
IT & IT &
IT & Services
Services
Services
IT & EPA IT & IT & HHS
HHS Services Services EPA
Services
IT &
Service for Health IT &
Services IT & Citizens Services Services
DOI DOD Services IT & DOD
IT & DOI
Services IT & Services
IT & IT & Services
Treasury VA IT &
Services Services
IT & Services
IT & Services Service for Mortgage
IT & IT & Services VA
Services DOJ USDA Services Citizens Insurance
IT &
Services Treasury IT &
IT & IT & IT & Services
Services Services State HUD Services
IT &
Services
DOJ State HUD USDA
IT & IT &
IT & IT &
Services IT & IT & Services
IT & IT & Services Services
Services Services IT &
Services Services IT & IT &
IT & IT & IT & IT &
IT & Services Services
Services Services IT & IT & Services
IT & Commercial Services Services Services Commercial
Services Services Services Provider Provider

Service for
Citizens = Service for Citizens

IT & IT &
Services = Agency-specific Service Services = Common Service

Commercial
Provider = Commercial Provider
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 FEA REFERENCE MODELS

Performance Reference Model (PRM)

Component-Based Architecture
• Inputs, outputs, and outcomes
Business-Driven Approach

• Uniquely tailored performance indicators

Business Reference Model (BRM)

• Lines of Business
• Agencies, customers, partners

Service Component Reference Model (SRM)

• Service domains, service types
• Business and service components

Data Reference Model (DRM)

• Business-focused data standardization
• Cross-agency information exchanges
Technical Reference Model (TRM)
• Service component interfaces, interoperability
• Technologies, recommendations

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LOBs AND SERVICES
SBA
Treasury
Defense

es
EPA

ci
Interior
en Justice
Ag

DHS
Energy
HHS

Community and
Social Services

Development
Management

Education

Resources
Resources

Homeland
Economic
Financial

Security
Natural
Human

Health
Service

Mapping / Geospatial / Elevation / GPS

Cross-cutting
Components
Services

Security Management
Reusable

Records Management

Management of
Government Resources Services to Citizens

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 CONOPS

ARCHITECT INVEST IMPLEMENT

Architectural Portfolio
• Develop and • Select IT initiatives • Develop and

Investment Portfolio

Transition Strategy
maintain to define the maintain segment
enterprise agency’s IT architectures
architecture investment • Develop IT
• Review, reconcile portfolio program
and approve • Control IT management plan
segment investments • Execute IT projects
architectures for • Evaluate IT
the agency’s core investments
lines of business
and common IT
services

END-TO-END GOVERNANCE

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 EA ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK

Integrated IT Lifecycle
Architect Invest Implement

Completion Use Results

Assessment
Framework 1.5

Assessment
Framework 2.0

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 FEDERAL TRANSITION FRAMEWORK (FTF)

What it is…
– A single information source for government-wide IT policy
objectives and cross-agency initiatives, including
• OMB-sponsored initiatives – E-Gov initiatives, LoB initiatives
• Government-wide initiatives – IPv6, HSPD 12
– A simple structure to organize and publish existing information
– Three documents
• FTF Usage Guide
• FTF Catalog
• FTF Meta-model Reference

What it isn’t…
– Does not define new government-wide IT policy or strategy

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 FTF BENEFITS

Goals
– Increase the alignment of agency enterprise architecture with federal
IT policy decisions or other forms of official guidance
– Increase sharing and reuse of common, cross-agency business
processes, service components and technology standards
– Increase collaboration through agency participation in cross-agency
communities of practice

Agencies can
– Get more consistent, complete, and detailed information about
cross-agency initiatives more quickly to inform their enterprise
architecture, capital planning, and implementation activities
– Use that information to make more informed decisions about their
IT investments
– Improve the effectiveness (i.e., performance) and efficiency (i.e., cost
and schedule) of their IT investments

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 FTF PACKAGE

FTF Usage Guide
– Provides guidance to agency decision-makers and cross-agency
stakeholders on how to apply and extend the FTF
– The first document to read when getting started with the FTF

FTF Catalog
– Provides information on cross-agency initiatives included in the FTF
• Published in both PDF and XML formats (XML for 1.0 release)
– Pilot release will include IPv6, IT Infrastructure LoB, and E-
Authentication
– Version 1.0 release will include additional 14 cross-agency initiatives

FTF Meta-model Reference

– Provides information on the internal structure of the FTF
– Provided as a technical reference for architects

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 FTF CATALOG STRUCTURE

FTF Catalog is organized into sections

FTF Catalog will be published in both PDF and XML format

Federal Transition Framework (FTF) Catalog Structure

Initiative
... Performance & Strategy

Layers
Section 3
Business
Section 2
Section 1 Data

Cross-agency Service
Initiative Technology

FTF Catalog Section

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 FTF TIMELINE

FTF Pilot Version to be released shortly
– FTF documents will be posted on www.egov.gov

Release of FTF Version 1.0 on September 1st

– Updated FTF Version 1.0 documents posted on www.egov.gov

Updated versions of additional FEA documentation also

released on September 1st
– Consolidated Reference Model
– EA Assessment Framework
– Cross-Agency CONOPS

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 MAKING PROGRESS

The FEA and E-Gov initiatives are helping to control

growth in Federal IT spending and encourage more
efficient IT investment practices among agencies.

At the same time, there is evidence that customer

satisfaction with Federal IT remains high.
– For example, a recent (June 2006) ACSI (American Customer
Satisfaction Index) study shows customer satisfaction at an all-
time high for Federal web sites.

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 RELATIONSHIP OF EA TO IT SPENDING
10.0

8.0 8.2%
7.5%
IT Spending %

6.6%
6.0

4.0
3.8%

2.0

0.0
<3.0 Federal >3.0 >3.3
Government
EA Assessment Scores
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For Further Information:
www.egov.gov

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