1. Fido.gov Flexible Support for Government bruce.troutman@fido.gov 202-460-8020 FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online

2. Purpose and Ownership Fido.gov was established 10 years ago to support reporting and data collection projects for multiple agencies of the Executive Branch and the Congress. GSA is the registered owner of the Fido.gov domain FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online

3. Projects Government-wide Financial Operations (OMB) Committee Management (GSA) eGov (xml.gov et.gov) Agency-wide Financial Operations (DHS) Fleet management (GSA) Congress Overseas Basing Commission FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online

4. Advantages to Federal Customers Web location is trusted and secure Time to deployment is very short (in days and emergency projects are ok) Pricing is fixed and competitive Solution does not require additional funding for customer equipment or internal network management FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online

5. Fido Project Steps Identify Reporting / Data Collection Issues Get Initial Requirements Create a Fixed Cost Procurement Iterate Development until Complete FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online

6. Identify Reporting / Data Collection Issues Some customer issues Presentations and charts take time Periodic reporting not automated Data collection is difficult Collected data is not accurate FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online

7. Get Initial Requirements For Reporting Solutions Get copies of data usually in spreadsheets or Access data For Data Collection Solutions Get list of data to be collected and rules for validation. For Both Get system access requirements FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online

8. Create a Fixed Cost Procurement A Fixed Development Cost will be established based on Initial Requirements A Fixed Monthly Cost will be established for ongoing systems based on size of customer base FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online

9. Iterate Development until Complete The first delivery (usually within a week) will be a working site based on the Initial Requirements The customer/developer team will make suggestions and implement them until the system meets the requirements New requirements discovered in this process will be added to the requirements for additional phases FIDO GOV Federal Interagency Databases Online