| Misson: |
The Financial Management Systems
Inventory Project was conceived and created in 2001 with the goal of
collecting and distributing data from 30 agencies of the federal
govenment. The use of XML was emphasized.
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Costs: |
The contact
price for this system was $68,000 and it was completed in 4 months.
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| Hardware: |
The web site was added
to an existing GSA server, which also hosts www.facadatabase.gov.
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Server
Software: |
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Windows NT
4.0 is the operating system.
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SQL Server
7.0 is the database server.
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Internet Information Server is the web server.
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All provided
by Microsoft.
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Application
Software: |
- Programming is done in Visual Basic.
- Programming is executed by Active Server Pages.
- Database connectivity is provided by Microsoft Data Access.
- All provided by
Microsoft.
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Application
Methodology: |
- Use KISS principle.
- Simple hardware
- Simple software
- Free Internet
- No cost to agencies
- Any browser
- ADA 508 compliance
- Security
- XML capabilities
- Improve Management for
OMB
- Assist Agency Reporters
- Provide easy to use
validation
- Provide completion
features
- Assist Data Analysts
- Provide XML
capabilities
- Provide Browser
capabilities
- Provide Spreadsheet
capabilities
- Provide ASCII
capabilities
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