1. Microsoft Confidential Building Reusable InfoPath forms for US Government Jonny Chambers WW Lead – SSN Program Microsoft Corp

2. Agenda What is the Solutions Sharing Network Program? How are we trying to align program with Federal Government: Why InfoPath? IT Solutions Sharing in Public Sector The SSN Program Pillars Content Aims Community Aims Hosting Aims Did you know? Suggested Approach

3. Presentation Objective In principle agreement to explore how MS and Federal Government can collaborate on the generation on reusable eForms.

4. IT Solutions Sharing in Public Sector Public Sector customers want to be able to share experiences, expertise and content. Pockets of expertise – not being utilized effectively …and when expertise walks out the door, key knowledge is often lost Great solutions – not being reused effectively …and budgets are not growing A lot of customers want insight/collaboration from Microsoft …because we have breadth of experience and contacts …because we have a global perspective

5. The Solution Sharing Network Program Drive Information Technology solutions and best practice sharing within Public Sector technical communities Content Communities Portal Research Key element for government that will drive reuse and inspire new ideas The energy that generates content – leadership, common purpose, new connections A solution that can join communities and content How can all of this be made more effective?

6. Aligning the SSN Program Support the collaborative development of reusable Forms in Microsoft InfoPath.

7. Why InfoPath XML based at the core. Offline Capability Extensible – forms can be tailored on the fly based on responses Understands Web Services natively

8. Content Aims Build an impactful set of InfoPath forms that will: Provide more choice for US Citizens, Businesses, Gov Departments. Drive XML as a key entry point to government. Inspire a community of form developers. Enable US to make progress against Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness objectives.

9. Community Aims Support the already established xmlCoP in attaining any necessary skills to author/publish forms. Important that community is self- sustaining. Training will be a key success factor.

10. Hosting Aims Align with US Government Policy Host final InfoPath fat client form templates at www.forms.gov www.forms.gov Support with collaborative XMLCoP site at www.core.gov www.core.gov

11. Did you know? The license coverage for InfoPath today in US government is substantial because many government agencies have usage rights via Enterprise Agreements We want to better demonstrate the value of what you already own. In future your options will become more flexible: Office Forms Server - no requirement for InfoPath on every desktop

12. Approach Identify organizations/forms /usage scenarios to target for building in InfoPath Focus on specific agencies Focus on citizen-centric forms OR internal government usage forms Etc. Identify Community of potential form authors/standards/schema contributors Closely collaborate upfront, or provide converted forms for review? Identify Partner to collaborate with author community on production of forms – what should their role be? Implement forms. Upload forms to www.forms.gov. www.forms.gov

13. Questions?

14. Appendix Other examples of successful content sharing around globe.

15. Parthenay - France

16. The Borough of Newham – CRM Solution

17. LGCSB LGCSB – Local Government Computer Services Board Provide central IT Services to 35 Municipalities in Ireland Hosting, Consultancy, Support, Network Management, Procurement Frameworks, etc Had ‘remote’ pockets of expertise in Geographical Information Systems application development Had valuable content, and basic community structures, but no consistent mechanisms to share with peers Email? Phone? Shared Folders? SharePoint? SSN Deployed to support GIS Community "All government agencies share common technological and administrative challenges. By taking advantage of the Solutions Sharing Network, Local Government in Ireland has been able to establish a valuable knowledge bank that will bring tremendous benefit to our community. The development of an SSN is a significant step forward in sharing and collaborative technologies for ICT communities across all governments." Tim Willoughby, Assistant Director, Local Government Computer Services Board (Ireland)

18. SSN Info Contacts: Jonny Chambers – SSN Program Manager jonncha@microsoft.com jonncha@microsoft.com solshare@microsoft.com Extranet Website: https://ssn.team.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/ External Website: http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/SolutionSharingNetwork.mspx