National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Status Update April 26, 2006 Paul Embley (NIJ, XSTF Chair) Kshemendra Paul (DOJ Chief Enterprise Architect, NIEM PM)

2 Agenda Vision for NIEM Goals & Objectives NIEM Defined in Context Benefits of NIEM Governance –Organization Model –Roles & Responsibilities –Target Concept of Operations Upcoming Milestones State/Local/Tribal Involvement Risks Questions & Discussion

3 Vision for NIEM NIEM will be the Standard, by Choice, for Government Information Exchange Scope is Cross-Government –Local / State / Tribal / Federal –Build from initial partnership led by DOJ, DHS, and Global Justice –Expand to include Intelligence Community and then other aspects of Government Business Driven Focus on Data Layer Inter-Operability –Harmonize most commonly used data elements –Organized by mission and interoperation requirements (domains and communities of interest - COIs) –Clear inter-operation, not replacement, with existing standards Widespread Reuse of Information Exchanges to Reduce Cost and Improve Inter- Operation –Practitioner starting point is reuse of existing Information Exchanges –Basis for vendors to build support for Information Exchange into products Championing Innovation in Information Exchange –NIEM anticipates major evolution in its lifecycle –Change will be incremental, vetted, and evolutionary –Change will be accompanied by a clear roadmap and value proposition

4 Goals & Objectives for NIEM (CY 2006) Executive Sponsorship and Funding –Deepen commitment and put in place accompanying structures –Extend Federal participation through the ODNI Information Sharing Council (ISC) –Secure enhanced multi-year funding commitment from Federal Stakeholders Enhance Current Organizational, Program, and Governance –Refine, get buy-in, and launch current structures –Put in place permanent management team Deliver NIEM into production via community process in 2006 –Executive communication including roadmap, value proposition, concept of operations –v1.0 Product, including documentation, governance, and formal communications –Migration strategy (jointly with Global Justice) for existing GJXDM Users Rollout Practitioner Outreach and Support (4Q CY2006) –Leveraging partner’s outreach and communication channels

5 NIEM Defined in Context Policy Performance Business Data Services Technology Operations Scope of FEA Information Exchange Architectural Profile Business – Standard Information Exchanges –Focus on reuse –Discover / register exchanges via repository Data – Common Vocabulary for Building Information Exchanges –Organized by business domains –Harmonize cross domain data –Domain specific data management –Interoperate with external standards Performance – Measure Information Sharing –Number of registered information exchanges –Reuse of registered information exchanges –Line of sight to/from data, business domains Focus of NIEM Influenced By NIEM

6 Benefits Enabled by NIEM Practitioners can understand one another –Across levels of government –Between mission areas Information Sharing Comes Built into Products and Applications Faster & Lower Risk Information Exchange, at Lower Cost Direct Ability to Frame Information Sharing in Business and Policy Terms Note – Full realization of benefits requires complementary efforts targeting other architectural layers

7 NIEM Organization Model Exec Steering Committee Ken Bouche (GJXDM), Scott Charbo (DHS), Van Hitch (DOJ), Kent Holtgrewe (DOJ), TBD (HSOC). TBD (ODNI/IC) Federal Practitioner Relations Director Technical Director NIEM Executive Director Business Development Director NIEM PMO Sponsorship NIEM Technical Architecture Committee (NTAC) Technical Development Training, Outreach, Technical Assistance, Program Support NIEM Business Architecture Committee (NBAC) State, Local, & Tribal Practitioner Relations Director NIEM Committee for Issues, Requirements, and Quality (NCIRQ) Help Desk Ad-Hoc Tiger Teams

8 Roles and Responsibilities - Committees NIEM Committee for Issues, Requirements, and Quality (NCIRQ) –Actionable practitioner advocacy –Capture and frame requirements, bugs, and issues –Working with data contribution sources through standards adoption processes –Insure quality of releases and associated documentation –Coordination, tracking, and implementation of priorities NIEM Business Architecture Committee (NBAC) –Domain architecture, IEPD template & registry, concept of operations, governance –Umbrella group for Universal & Common Core Management –Community of Interest Liaison NIEM Technical Architecture Committee (NTAC) –Core structure and architecture including Naming and Design Rules –Coordinating architecture with domain partners to insure continued inter-operability –Coordination with external data standards bodies –Coordination with parallel information exchange efforts

9 Roles and Responsibilities – Tiger Teams IEPD Template & Pilot Requirements –IEPD Template & Repository –Structured definition of current Pilots Concept of Operations –Roles-based view of operation: Practitioner, Data Steward, Data Architect, Government Manager –Define how business value is realized Governance –Define requirements for target governance structure –Develop roadmap for evolution to meet target requirements Business Domains –Based on FEA BRM, put forward straw man structure harmonizing DOJ & DHS –Iterate with Local, State, and other Federal stakeholders Issues and Planning –Identify, consolidate and frame all known issues for resolution –With appropriate (development team, NTAC, NBAC, tiger teams) input develop recommendations –Help drive resolution of 1.0 scope

10 NIEM Straw Man Concept of Operations – Mainline Operational & Governance View Exec Steering Committee NBAC NCIRQ Technical DevelopmentHelp Desk NTAC PMO Requirements Issues / Ideas, & New Data Operational Issues Escalated Trouble Tickets Agenda Issues / Ideas Agenda Issues / Ideas Recommendations Bugs Data Ingest / Release QC / Minor Requirements Roadmap & Tasking Recommendations Strategy, Policy, Funding, Vision, Goals & Objectives Priorities Practitioners Training, Communications, Program Support Outreach

11 Upcoming Milestones NTAG in Atlanta in May Start community review of Tiger Team Work Products in May NIEM 0.4 Released End of May NIEM 1.0 –Release for public comment (Beta) end of June –Production release 4Q06 NIEM 1.1

12 State/Local/Tribal Involvement List of those involved, and in what Mike Hulme – NTAC, IEPD Tiger Team co-lead, Global Tech Team Tom Carlson – NTAC, IEPD Tiger Team, Global Tech Team Lead Ken Bouche – Executive Steering Committee Paul Embley – NTAC, NCIRQ co-lead, Global Tech Team Scott Came – NTAC, Global Tech Team Andrew Owen – Global Tech Team Scott Fairholm – NBAC co-lead Dave Roberts – Concept of Operations Ashwini Jarral – IEPD Winfield Wagner – IEPD Paul Wormeli – Governance Multiple individuals from DHS, DOJ, DNI

13 Risks Schedule – Aggressive dates with need to maintain quality while building processes and community Growth – Very large and have a very diverse group of stakeholders Funding – Currently, no dedicated funding Federal & National Balance – need to mandate with some constituents while encouraging voluntary participation by those not “mandatable” Other Initiatives –large number uncoordinated initiatives and standards GJXDM – how do we migrate existing users, education TA & Training – need a plan & resources

14 Questions & Discussion