1 DAS Annual Review June 2008 “Build to Share” Suzanne Acar, US DOIAdrian Gardner, US National Weather ServiceCo-Chair, Federal DAS

2 Agenda Federal CIO Council Context The Basis for DRM Implementation FEA DRM Governance Strategy Federal DAS Activities Directions Where Should We Go?

3 Federal CIOC Strategic Plan (FY ) 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

4 Planning and Executing Information 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 required for an effective strategy. Data Sharing Query Points and Exchange Packages Data Description Data Data Context Taxonomies 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 Model Implementation Framework

5 FEA DRM Three Pillar Data Strategy Framework

6 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

7 Value of Federal Universal Core Standards: Reduce # of languages and need for mediation Recreation Community Finance Community Land Management Community Fire Management Community Health Community Law Enforcement Community 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

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

9 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

10 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 required for an effective data strategy. Special thanks to Laila Moretto and Forrest Snyder, MITRE Corp.

11 Mapping the Strategy to the DRM Data Context enables… Data Description captures… Data Sharing guides…

12 Governance Overview

13 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

14 Federal CIO Council Organization Executive Committee Director, Administrator of the Office of e-Government (OMB) Chair, Deputy Director for Management (OMB) Vice Chair (Agency CIO) Architecture & Infrastructure Committee Workforce & Human Capital for IT Committee Best Practices Committee Emerging Technologies Subcommittee Governance Subcommittee Services Subcommittee Data Architecture Subcommittee The Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee is one of four subcommittees under the Architecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC). The Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee is one of four subcommittees under the Architecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC).

15 Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee (DAS) Chartered by Federal CIO Council May 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 Highlights 1. FEA DRM and associated document updates and revisions 2. Implementation strategies, best practices, and success stories 3.Establish an authoritative knowledge center for Federal data- related issues and opportunities

16 DAS Activities

17 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

18 Work Groups are established for: 1.DRM Governance 2.DRM Communications and Outreach 3.PERSON Harmonization 4.DRM Best Practices 5.XML Interoperability 6.OMB 300 DRM Questions 7.Federal Data Quality Guide 8.Metadata Management 9.IAC Data Architecture – Quick Guide DAS Organizational Structure

19 DAS Communication Currently using: collab.core.gov  Instructions for access are available Public wiki now active

20 FY 08 Planned Accomplishments 1.Federal Data Quality Guide 2.Draft FEA DRM Implementation Guide Outline 3.Information Sharing Conference/Track DAS Action Plan

21 Discussion Doing What Matters Most What should be the focus of DAS for FY09? –

22 Close Contact info: Suzanne Acar: U.S. Department of the Interior Senior Information Architect, and Co-Chair Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee Adrian Gardner: U.S. National Weather Service CIO, and Co-Chair Federal Data Architecture Subcommittee