1. E-Government Procurement: Standard Transactions and Interoperability David Temoshok Director, Federal Identity Management GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy
OASIS E-Gov Workshop
April 17, 2009

2. U.S. Federal E-Gov Initiatives - Background
In July 2001, the US Government began efforts to make better use of IT investments in order to
reduce federal spending,
lessen government paperwork for itself, citizens, and businesses, and
improve government response time
In November 2001, 24 projects were defined as a starting point that would lay the foundation for a citizen-centric government
Integrated Acquisition Environment is one of these and has been developed as a shared services environment that promotes competition, transparency and efficiency in the federal acquisition life cycle
Redundant systems have been shut down, paper forms have been eliminated and procurement systems are sharing data
leveraging IT investments across agencies and sharing resources

3. U.S. Federal E-Gov Initiatives
Federal e-Gov strategy is build on common business processes and shared infrastructure.
Government to Citizen
Government to Business
Lead
GSA
EPA
Treasury
HHS
SBA
DOC
Lead
GSA
Treasury ED
DOI
Labor
1. Federal Asset Sales
2. Online Rulemaking
Management
3. Simplified and Unified
Tax and Wage Reporting
4. Consolidated Health
Informatics
Business Gateway
Int’l Trade Process Streamlining
1. USA Service
2. EZ Tax Filing
3. Online Access for Loans
4. Recreation One Stop
5. Eligibility Assistance
Online
Cross-cutting Infrastructure: Federal Identity and Access Management GSA
Government to Govt.
Internal Effectiveness and Efficiency Lead
Lead
SSA
HHS
FEMA
DOI
1. e-Training
2. Recruitment One Stop
3. Enterprise HR Integration
4. e-Travel
5. e-Clearance
6. e-Payroll
7. Integrated Acquisition Environment
8. e-Records Management
OPM
GSA
NARA
1. e-Vital (business case)
2. Grants.gov
3. Disaster Assistance
and Crisis Response
4. Geospatial Information
One Stop
5. Wireless Networks

4. U.S. Government Four Authentication Assurance Levels: M-04-04
Increased $ Cost
Multi-Factor Token
PKI/ Digital Signature
Cryptographic functions
Biometrics
Knowledge
Based -
Level 4: VERY
HIGH
Confidence
Strong Password
Level 3: HIGH
Confidence
PIN/User ID
Level 2: SOME
Confidence
1: LITTLE/NO
Confidence
Access to
Applying
Obtaining
Employee
Govt.
Screening
Protected
for a Loan
for a High
Website
Online
Benefits
Risk Job
Increased Need for Identity Assurance

5. The Quest for Interoperability
Interoperability can be defined as the ability of:
“…Diverse systems and organizations to work together (inter-operate).” Wikipedia
“…Two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged.” IEEE
“…Two or more devices, components, or systems to exchange information in accordance with defined interface specifications and to use the information that has been exchanged in a meaningful way.” GSA

6. The Starting Gate for Cross-Domain Interoperability
Standard data model
Common protocols and data exchange standards
Standard data interface specifications to implement protocols
Standard Testing Programs for interface specifications - Products
Reference Implementations - data interface specifications
Standard Testing Program for cross-domain data interface specifications

7. Integrated Acquisition Environment – Key Goals
Create a simpler, common, integrated business process for buyers and sellers that promotes competition, transparency of process, and integrity.
Increase data sharing to enable better business decisions in procurement, logistics, payment and performance assessment.
Take a unified approach to obtaining modern tools to leverage investment costs for business related processes.

8. 1. Business Partner Network
IAE – Business Areas
1. Business Partner Network
Deploy a single point of registration and validation of supplier data accessed by all agencies.
2. Acquisition Information Reporting
Implement a central point for consolidated collection and access of statistical and management information related to Government acquisitions.
3. eMarketplace
The centralized and integrated group of market research and acquisition tools that facilitates buying activities across the federal government. These tools provide access to interagency contracts, Federal and open market eCatalogs, solicitations/responses, and small business opportunities. Includes: FedBizOpps, FedTeDS, WDOL.gov

9. 4. Intra-governmental Transactions
IAE – Business Areas
4. Intra-governmental Transactions
Transform intra-governmental ordering and billing, reduce payment and collection problems, and enable swift and accurate revenue and expense elimination processes for preparing consolidated financial statements.
5. Standard Transactions
Develop a standard glossary and vocabulary to facilitate exchange of data between and within agencies.

10. IAE – Standard Transactions
Define the “common language” used to support
interoperability among:
IAE shared systems
IAE shared systems and agency back office
financial, acquisition, program applications
IAE shared systems and vendor systems
The 2 major
components
Information Exchanges define WHAT information needs to be passed,
WHERE it needs to go (to/from which systems), and WHEN it needs
to go (in response to what business event or schedule)
Standardized Vocabulary defines the MEANING (semantics) and
FORM (syntax) of the information used in the Information Exchanges –
both required if systems are to understand each other

11. Lessons Learned
Establish federal governance framework based on key cross-agency components
Executive commitment and alignment
Collaborative System Steward management
Collaborative commercial software provider management
Engage stakeholders- It’s still the people!
Across agencies and levels
Throughout the life cycle
Communicate widely, deeply, often
Emphasize the benefits for every type stakeholder
Inform and persuade decision makers and influence leaders
Solicit feedback regularly
Don’t underestimate the challenge of implementation
Agency business process owners role
Implementation maps and scorecards
Migration and alignment has individual challenges in each Department

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David Temoshok
Director, Federal Identity Management
GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy