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Architecture & Infrastructure Committee |
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Architecture & Infrastructure Committee Documents |
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The Architecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC), of the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council, develops policy, direction, and guidance in concert with the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEA PMO) to drive business process improvement, investment management, and technical decisions. The partnership of the AIC and the FEA PMO is designed to further the development and implementation of the FEA. The purpose of the AIC is to support the CIO Council’s mission for a Federal government that is transparent and responsive in servicing citizens and business needs and agile in meeting critical mission requirements. The AIC will lead efforts to enable and support government agencies and their business partners to effectively architect, invest, and implement solutions to improve the performance of government. The results of this work will be documented and demonstrated by improved performance in terms of both mission outcomes and operational efficiency. |
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The AIC will support the CIO Council Mission and the AIC’s goals by: |
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• Providing guidance to agencies on how they can align their enterprise architectures to the FEA; |
• Facilitating cross-agency development and implementation of shared services though avenues such as the Chief Architects Forum (CAF) and CORE.Gov, the Shared Services Web Portal; |
• Implementing and providing guidance on data management strategies; and |
• Providing a mechanism that allows modifications to be made to the FEA reference models and the capital planning and investment control process to create greater synergy between technology push cycles and market pull cycles to support a performance-based framework |
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The AIC has established four working subcommittees to execute its goals and objectives. These subcommittees are the Governance Subcommittee, the Services Subcommittee, the Data Architecture Subcommittee, and the Emerging Technology Subcommittee. The subcommittees of the AIC play a significant role in assisting the CIO Council with jointly achieving collaborative efforts between the CIO Council, Federal Agencies, and the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEA PMO). |
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Activities: The AIC has been a high-impact committee since its inception and will continue to pursue
activities that advance the practice of EA. Some highlights of recent activities are listed below. |
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• Provided support for the IPv6 transition process and continue to lead efforts in support of the FEA PMO to ensure federal agency implementation by 2008. |
• Provided sponsorship and support for over 50 “Collaborative Expedition Workshops” focused on topics such as multiple
taxonomies, software components development, reuse, and management, intelligent information use in manufacturing, and semantic technology tools and applications. |
• Supported the development and coordinated feedback on the Data Reference Model (DRM) v2.0 (including Testing and Management Strategy). |
• Developed and implemented an effective Reference Model Maintenance Process (RMMP) to assist with the maintenance, revision, and implementation of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) reference models. |
• Assisted in the redesign of the CORE.gov portal and examining its integration with other registries and repositories. |
• Published and updated future versions of the Service Component-Based Architectures paper to reflect changes to the Service
Component Reference Model and Technical Reference Model, and the Solutions Development Life Cycle. |
• Developed a process whereby the emerging technology life cycle can be more efficiently and effectively managed on a
Government-wide basis. |
• Developed and provided recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on prospective revisions to OMB Circular A-130. |
• Developed and implemented an effective Reference Model Maintenance Process (RMMP) to assist with the maintenance, revision, and
implementation of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) reference models. |
• Assisted in the redesign of the CORE.gov portal and examining its integration with other registries and repositories. |
• Establishing a unifying framework for enterprise transformation or a metamodel that will allow for more detailed architectures
that aid in decision-making. |
• Provided oversight for the development of an Information Security Architecture Profile. |
• Developed and completed the Records Management Profile. |
• Created and provided support for the Geospatial Profile. |
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Subcommittees |
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The purpose of the Data Architecture Subcommittee is to advance the management of Federal data as a valued national asset that supports the business of the Federal Government. This will be accomplished by stewardship of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Data Reference Model (DRM), FEA DRM Management Strategy, and
other emerging FEA DRM documents, promotion of the use and improvement of data and data standards across the Federal Government and; the facilitation of community collaboration and information sharing within and among communities of
interests, both federal and intergovernmental. |
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The purpose of the Emerging Technology Subcommittee is to develop processes and procedures that
support the discovery and assessment of maturing technology offerings
responsive to E-government goals. The goals are to: (1) create greater synergy
between technology push cycles and market pull cycles in order to support a
performance-based framework for innovation prototyping and adoption; and (2)
provide a scalable, robust process to respond to the rapidly increasing number
of proponent offerings, while accelerating the discovery, creation, validation,
and maturation of FEA aligned technologies most likely to yield strategic
contributions. The Subcommittee will employ mechanisms for interacting with
industry that create value and mitigate risks for all parties.
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The Governance Subcommittee provides policy guidance, and advice and assistance in the definition, design and implementation of Enterprise Architecture (EA) discipline and practice
throughout the Federal Government. The Subcommittee serves as a focal point for
the development and coordination of Federal government-wide policy, guidance,
including best practices for EA development and implementation. The
Subcommittee establishes common terminology definitions, frameworks, and
practical guidance for use by Federal agencies to effectively implement and
sustain EA.
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| Governance Subcommittee Co-Chairs: |
| Darren Ash, Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| Phone: 301-415-7443 |
| Email: darren.ash@nrc.gov |
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| John Sullivan, Environmental Protection Agency |
| Phone: 202-566-0328 |
| Email: sullivan.john@epa.gov |
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The Services Subcommittee will analyze the principles and patterns of Shared Services and Service
Oriented Architecture, and develop communications collateral and architectural
assets to advance the goal of resource rationalization across the Federal IT
Portfolio by using shared services. The
purpose of the Subcommittee is to understand the dynamics associated with
designing and deploying Shared Solutions and Services and, in particular, composite
applications using Service Oriented Architecture technologies and
standards. In addition the Services
Subcommittee will recommend solutions to the deployment, governance,
performance, and program challenges involved with Shared Services, and will promote
the sharing of reusable components through CORE.Gov.
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| Services Subcommittee Co-Chairs: |
| George Thomas, General Services Administration |
| Phone: 202-219-1979 |
| Email: g.thomas@gsa.gov |
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Advisory Communities |
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The Chief Architects Forum (CAF) is an advisory body that supports the AIC. The Forum is a partnership with the AIC, where Chief Architects can
collaborate, share lessons learned, and can request and give assistance to
their colleagues with specific strategic, management and operational enterprise
architecture (EA) challenges. The Forum serves as a formal mechanism for the
voice of the Chief Architect community to be heard by the AIC leadership, CIO
Council and Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The input from CAF also
assists the AIC in providing policy guidance, and advice and assistance in the
definition, design and implementation of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) discipline
and practice throughout the Federal Government. |
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Anyone wishing to participate in the AIC or to be added to
the AIC membership list should contact AIC support staff, Stephanie Powers Sonnenfelt at
703-284-7377 (direct) or stephanie_sonnenfelt@sra.com. |
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Leadership: |
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| Co-Chair |
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Mr. Michael W. Carleton
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| Chief Information Officer |
| Department of Health & Human Services |
| 200 Independence Avenue, SW Hubert Humphrey Building, Room 537H |
| Washington, DC 20201 |
| michael.carleton@hhs.gov |
| Office Phone: 202-690-6162 |
| Fax: 202-690-8715 |
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| Co-Chair |
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Ms. Molly A. O'Neill
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| Chief Information Officer |
| Environmental Protection Agency |
| 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 5000 |
| Washington, DC 20460 |
| oneill.molly@epa.gov |
| Office Phone: 202-564-6665 |
| Fax: 202-501-1622 |
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| Staff |
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Ms. Stephanie Powers Sonnenfelt
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| AIC Support |
| SRA International |
| 3434 Washington Boulevard |
| Arlington, VA 22201 |
| stephanie_sonnenfelt@sra.com |
| Office Phone: 703-284-7377 |
| Fax: 703-284-1377 |
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