1 Data Architecture Subcommittee: A Knowledgebase with Implications for EPA Data Architecture Brand Niemann Senior Enterprise Architect EPA Enterprise.

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Data Architecture Subcommittee: A Knowledgebase with Implications

for EPA Data ArchitectureBrand Niemann

Senior Enterprise ArchitectEPA Enterprise Architecture Team

U.S. EPAMarch 29, 2008

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Overview

• 1. Charter and Plans

• 2. Meeting Minutes

• 3. Offsites

• 4. Presentations

• 5. Data Quality Profile

• 6. Implications for EPA Data Architecture

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1. Charter

• Charter - April 2006:– Authority– Subcommittee Purpose– Expected Outcomes– Responsibilities– Leadership , Roles, and Reporting

• Note: Within the context of this charter data includes metadata. Also within the context of this policy, data is used interchangeable with information.

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1. Plans

• Plans - January 11, 2007:– Engage COIs in advancing the management of

Federal data as a valued national asset.• Each COI will implement the 3 pillar framework strategy.

– Authoritative knowledge center for: Best practices, DRM, Implementation solutions, Strategies, Frameworks, Standards, and Policies, procedures, and other guidance

– Stewards of the FEA DRM and related documents.– Federal Data Broker.

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Communities of Interest (COI) Vision

Each COI will implement the 3 pillar framework strategy.

Business &

Data Goals drive

Information Sharing/Exchange

(Services)

Governance

Data StrategyData Architecture

(Structure)

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1. Plans

• Six Strategic Goals for DAS:– 1. Improve decision making by citizens and

government.– 2. Improve availability of government information and

services to citizens.– 3. Improve communication among government

entities and with citizens.– 4. Reduce cost of government through re-use of

quality data.– 5. Increase business driven Federal data production

and management.– 6. Improve quality, visibility, discovery, accessibility of

and confidence in available information.

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1. Plans

• 2006 Accomplishments - January 11, 2007:– Six Strategic Goals for DAS:

• Goal 1 and 6: No activity yet on these two goals. • Goal 2: Initial Results.• Goal 3: Initial Results.• Goal 4: Haven’t touched on this, but work

accomplished by PERSON work group might fit here.

• Goal 5: Initial Results.

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1. Plans

• 2007 Potential Activities:– DRM Implementation Guide – Feedback from Best

Practices Work Group says the demand for this guide is high. Development is pending resources.

– Develop recommendations for services to enable discover and access available information.

– Federal Data Quality Profile Development.– Explore and Expand on DAS collab.core.gov, DRM

portal, and other communication tools (e.g. registry search, wikis, requirements tools.

– DRM version 3.0 – Only if changes are requested. To date, nothing reported.

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2. Meeting Minutes

• March 13, 2008 (?)• February 14, 2008 (Y)• January 10, 2008 (no meeting)• December 13, 2007 (Y)• November 8, 2007 (Y)• October 11, 2007 (?)• September 13, 2007 (Y)• August 9, 2007 (Y)

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2. Meeting Minutes

• July 12, 2007 (Y)

• June 14, 2007 (?)

• May 10, 2007 (Y)

• April 12, 2007 (Y)

• March 8, 2007 (Y)

• February 8, 2007 (Y)

• January 11, 2007 (Y & P)

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2. Meeting Minutes

• December 14, 2006 (2Y)

• October 12, 2006 (Y)

• September 14, 2006 (P)

• August 10, 2006 (Y)

• July 13, 2006 (Y)

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3. Offsites

• June 20-21, 2006:– Workgroups: Communications, Integration,

Governance, Person, None of the Above.

• August 16, 2007:– DAS Offsite Meeting Summary.– Meeting Agenda.– Participant Meeting Expectations.– DRM implementation Success Stories.– DRM Implementation Barriers and Enablers.– DAS Future Implementation.

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4. Presentations: 2008

• March 13, 2008, Driving for Reach, Agility and Speed in Government, How Mass Collaboration is Revolutionizing The Way We Drive Change, Frank DiGiammarino, NAPA.

• February 14, 2008, National Housing Locator, Ramesh Ramakrishnan, Citizant.

• February 14, 2008, Managing Data as Product, Mike Daconta, Oberon Associates, Inc.

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4. Presentations: 2007• December 13, 2007, Measuring Data Management Practice

Maturity: A Community’s Self-Assessment, Peter Aiken, VCU School of Business.

• December 13, 2007, Megacities & Megatrends/Data Management Implications (Managing Data as a Global Asset), Michael F. Wells, Siemens One, Inc.

• November 8, 2007. Web 2.0, Some Semantics and a Bit of Ontology, Sam Chance, SAIC.

• October 11, 2007, DLIS Data Quality, Richard A. Hansen, DLIS-SDQ.

• October 11, 2007, It’s All About the Strategy: Mashing Up the Environmental LOB and GEOSS, Mary McCaffery, US EPA.

• September 12, 2007, AFEI Information Sharing Working Group, Bryan Aucoin, Enterra Solutions, Jarl Magnusson, DNV.

• August 16, 2007, Managing Data As A National Asset, Suzanne Acar, Department of the Interior, and Mary McCaffery, US EPA.

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4. Presentations: 2007• July 12, 2007, DOJ Information Sharing Segment Architecture and NIEM

2.0 Update, Kshemendra Paul, Chief Architect, U.S. Department of Justice.• June 26, 2007, Universal Core Overview, Clay Robinson, and John

McNamara,PM-ISE,• May 9, 2007, Lessons Learned from Data Standardization, Lou Kerestesy,

Consensus Systems, Maureen Findorff, SRA International, and Doug Black, SRA International.

• March 8, 2007, Proposed Data Questions for OMB-300 EA Section, Alma Duque.

• April 12, 2007, Global Justice Entity Relationship Model: A Conceptual Entity Relationship Model, David C. Hay, Essential Strategies, Inc.

• February 8, 2007, Proposed Data Questions for OMB-300 EA Section, Suzanne Acar, DoI, and Mary McCaffery, US EPA.

• February 7, 2007, Data Architecture at CIA, Dave Roberts, CIA.• January 11, 2007, Universal Core Discussion, Suzanne Acar, DOI and Mary

McCaffery, US EPA.

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4. Presentations: 2006

• December 14, 2006, Memorandum of a Agreement for National Data Governance, Bryan Aucoin, Chief Architect, IC Enterprise Architecture (Emeritus).

• December 14, 2006. XML Schema Interoperability Working Group Status Report, KC Morris, NIST, and Ken Sall SAIC.

• November 9, 2006, CIO-G6 JC3IEDM Briefing, Rafael Falagan de la Fuente, Multilateral Interoperability Programme.

• October 12, 2006, Achieving Information Sharing in Federal Agencies via Data Services, SOA, and Controlled Vocabularies, Chuck Mosher, MetaMatrix.

• October 11, 2006, FEA DRM Management Strategy, Suzanne Acar, Department of the Interior.

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4. Presentations: 2006

• September 14, 2006, National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Status and Future, Kshemendra Paul, Chief Enterprise Architect, US DOJ.

• September 11, 2006, How to Manage Data Across Agencies Using the FEA DRM, Suzanne Acar, Department of the Interior.

• July 19, 2006, What Does the DRM Mean to Me? – The FEA DRM Management Strategy, Suzanne Acar, Department of the Interior, and Bryan, DNI.

• June 21, 2006, PERSON Harmonization Work Group, Bob Ridgely, Social Security Administration.

• June 21, 2006, Enterprise Resource Planning - Integration Work Group, Dwayne Jackson, DHS.

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4. Presentations: 2006

• June 16, 2006 , Comments on the Person Work of the Data Architecture Subcommittee (DAS) Person sub-team and Comments from Rick Jordan, FAA Data Architect, with support from Kirk Lutz of IBM Corporation.

• June 23, 2006, Architecture Principles for The Federal Government, FEA PMO.

• August 18, 2006 (September 6, 2006), The Data Reference Model Management Strategy, DRAFT.

• November 9, 2006, DRM Best and Next Practices Workshop: Collection and Collaboration Focus, John Dodd, CSC.

• November 9, 2006, DRM Best and Next Practices Workshop: Collection and Collaboration Focus, SI International.

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5. Data Quality Profile

• Overview:– Background– Work Group Participants– Expectations and Purpose– DQ Profile Content Themes– Next Steps and Timeline– Questions

• Federal Data Quality Guide (12/15/2007)• Federal Data Quality Guide Comments (09/25/2007)• Federal Data Quality Paper (08/13/2007)• Federal Data Quality Profile (07/09/2007)• Measuring Data Management Practice Maturity, IEEE,

Peter Aiken, et. al., 2007.

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6. Implications for EPA Data Architecture

DAS Recommendation

EPA Data Architecture

Implementation

Comments

Web 2.0 Wiki for Collaboration

Piloting Password protected

Data Quality Profile

Implemented for indicators

From ROE 2008

Governance Implemented for indicators

From ROE 2008

DRM 3.0 Suggestions

Implementing From SICoP

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Before: DAS Colab.Core.Gov

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After: epametadata.wik.is

http://epametadata.wik.is/Federal_Data_Architecture_Subcommittee_DAS