1 DAS Annual Review June 2008 “Build to Share” Suzanne Acar, US DOIAdrian Gardner, US National Weather ServiceCo-Chair, Federal DAS [email protected]@noaagov.

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DASAnnual Review

June 2008

“Build to Share”

Suzanne Acar, US DOI Adrian Gardner, US National Weather ServiceCo-Chair, Federal DAS Co-Chair, Federal [email protected] adrian.gardner@noaagov

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Agenda

Federal CIO Council Context

The Basis for DRM Implementation

FEA DRM Governance Strategy

Federal DAS Activities Directions

Where Should We Go?

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Federal CIOC Strategic Plan(FY 2007-20009)

Goal 2: Information securely, rapidly and reliably delivered to our stakeholders Three Objectives:

• Improve information integrity, delivery and usability through policies and best practices

• Implement the DRM as a common framework• Improve management of knowledge and use of

knowledge-based solutions

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Planning and ExecutingInformation Sharing Objectives

Business &

Data Goals

drive

Information Sharing/Exchange

(Services)

Information Sharing/Exchange

(Services)

Governance

Data Strategy

Data Architecture(Structure)

The Rule: All 3 pillars are requiredfor an effectivestrategy.

Data Sharing

Query Points and Exchange Packages

Query Points and Exchange Packages

Data Description

DataData

Data Context

TaxonomiesTaxonomies

How do I exchange the data?

What does the data mean?

How do I find the data and access

it?

Based on FEA DRM Version 2.0

FEA Data Reference Model Framework

FEA Data Reference ModelImplementation Framework

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FEA DRM

Three Pillar Data Strategy Framework

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Information Sharing Challenge:Proliferation of non-standard languages and need for mediation

- Each program/system defines and maintains it’s own language- Each program/system share information through translation/mediation

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Value of Federal Universal Core Standards: Reduce # of languages and need for mediation

Recreation Community

FinanceCommunity

Land ManagementCommunity

Fire ManagementCommunity

Health Community

Law EnforcementCommunity

HR Community

Common standardized information facilitates understanding and sharing between Communities for WHO, WHAT, WHERE, and WHEN language

- Focus on Core Standards to provide widest use across government communities

- Facilitate reuse of broadly accepted commercial standards

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FEA DRM Abstract Model(Guidance for Organizing Information About Agency Data)

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Basic Data Sharing Concepts:Provision Services for Data

Types of Data Exchange Services: Extract/Transform/Load Publication Entity/Relationship Extraction Document Translation

Types of Data Access Services Context Awareness Structural Awareness Transactional Services Data Query Content Search and Discovery Retrieval, Subscription and Notification

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The DRM Data Strategy Framework

Goals drive; governance controls; structure defines; and services enable data strategy.

Business &Data Goals drive

Information Sharing/Exchang

e(Services)

Information Sharing/Exchang

e(Services)

Governance

Data Strategy

Data Architecture(Structure)

The Rule: All 3 pillars are requiredfor an effectivedata strategy.

Special thanks to Laila Moretto and Forrest Snyder, MITRE Corp.

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Mapping the Strategy to the DRM

Data Contextenables…

Data Contextenables…

Data Descriptioncaptures…

Data Descriptioncaptures…

Data Sharingguides…

Data Sharingguides…

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Governance Overview

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Governance Strategy

Two Key Components of DRM Governance

Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee (DAS) Inter-agency Launched May 2006

Communities of Interests (COI) Discussed in Draft DRM Management Strategy Examples include OMB LOBs, and E-Gov initiatives

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Federal CIO Council Organization

Executive CommitteeDirector, Administrator of the Office of e-Government (OMB)

Chair, Deputy Director for Management (OMB)Vice Chair (Agency CIO)

Architecture &

Infrastructure CommitteeWorkforce & Human

Capital for IT CommitteeBest Practices Committee

Emerging Technologies

Subcommittee

Governance Subcommittee

Services Subcommittee Data Architecture

Subcommittee

The Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee is one of four subcommittees under theArchitecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC).

The Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee is one of four subcommittees under theArchitecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC).

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Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee

(DAS)

Chartered by Federal CIO Council May 2006 2 Co-chairs appointed by AIC Suzanne Acar – U.S. Department of the Interior Adrian Gardner – U.S. National Weather Service Membership Federal CIO + Agency representation (135) Various work groups Meets monthly

Charter Highlights1. FEA DRM and associated document updates and revisions2. Implementation strategies, best practices, and success stories3. Establish an authoritative knowledge center for Federal data-

related issues and opportunities

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DAS Activities

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DAS Strategic Goals

Improve decision making by citizens and government

Improve availability of government information and services to citizens

Improve communication among government entities and with citizens

Improve quality, visibility, discovery, accessibility of and confidence in available information

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Work Groups are established for:1. DRM Governance 2. DRM Communications and Outreach3. PERSON Harmonization4. DRM Best Practices5. XML Interoperability6. OMB 300 DRM Questions7. Federal Data Quality Guide8. Metadata Management9. IAC Data Architecture – Quick Guide

DAS Organizational Structure

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DAS Communication

Currently using: collab.core.gov Instructions for access are available

Public wiki now activehttp://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FederalDataArchitectureSubcommittee

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FY 08 Planned Accomplishments1. Federal Data Quality Guide

2. Draft FEA DRM Implementation Guide Outline

3. Information Sharing Conference/Track

DAS Action Plan

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DiscussionDoing What Matters Most

What should be the focus of DAS for FY09? – – – –

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Close

Contact info:Suzanne Acar:U.S. Department of the InteriorSenior Information Architect, andCo-Chair Federal Data Architecture SubcommitteeE-mail: [email protected]

Adrian Gardner:U.S. National Weather ServiceCIO, andCo-Chair Federal Data Architecture SubcommitteeE-mail: [email protected]