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OPENING
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Dan Matthew, CIO Council Vice Chair opened the meeting.
Mr. Charlie
Hauekost, new CIO for HHS, was welcomed and cordially invited
to attend the Management of Change Conference.
Karen
Evans and John Gillian presented Bob Haycock with Hi-Tech
Award. Bob Haycock will be leaving April 15, 2004.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- The
CIO Council Off-site will be held at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia;
Penn’s Landing on May 23, 2004.
On
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Arrangements
have been made for Council members to take a train from
Union Station to Philadelphia. If you need to return before
the conference ends, you must make your own arrangements
for your return transportation (AMTRAK or plane) and for
taxicab service to the train station or airport. Registration
at: www.fgipc.org/events/0406/index.htm
12:00
pm Train leaves from Union Station
2:00 pm Train arrives in Philadelphia
3:00
pm Hotel Check in
3:30 pm – 8:30 pm The CIO Council Offsite is scheduled
with a working dinner.
Monday, May 24, 2004
Strategic
IRMCO @ The Management of Change Council
All four Councils:
Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO)
Chief Information Officers Council (CIOC)
Federal Acquisition Council (FAC)
Chief Financial Officers Council (CFOC)
Clay Johnson and Kay Cole James are invited
Monday, May 24, 2004
6:00
pm Reception Management of Change Conference
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The
Management of Change Conference is scheduled for May 24
- 26, 2004, in Philadelphia, PA.
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The
Federal CIO Council Best Practices Committee is partnering
with the American Council for Technology (ACT) to provide
the Federal CIO Community with a series of special seminars
designed to identify, promote and share best practices
from industry and government on technology areas in which
you have expressed interest.
The
next seminar will be Electronic Records Management (ERM)
- Wednesday, April 28th at the White House Conference
Center
Following:
Privacy - Wednesday, May 19th at the White House Conference
Center
Enterprise Architecture (EA) - Wednesday, July 21st
at the White House Conference Center
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The
CIO Best Practice Committee will have a CIO Boot Camp.
The Council of Excellence in Government will be conducting
the CIO Council Boot Camp. Announcement will be released
soon. CIOs will nominate participants.
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A
Request for Nominations for the CIO Council Leadership
Award will be released soon. This is a new prestigious
award presented to Federal employees in the information
technology field for their dedication and commitment to
advancing and substantially improving the way government
does business. Recognition will be given for electronic
government and information technology advancements that
will have major impact on the way government conducts
business on a government-wide basis.
These
awards were instituted to further ensure that IT innovations
and
Achievements are recognized and maximized by Government
and sponsored by the General Services Administration in
partnership with the Federal Chief Information Officers
Council, the Chief Financial Officers Council, the Federal
Acquisition Council, and the Chief Human Capital Officers
Council. There will be three awards; each award has a
monetary value of $5,000, $4,000, and $3,000.
On
September 9, 2004, these awards will be presented at the
43rd IRMCO at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge,
Maryland.
OMB
and E-GOV UPDATE – Karen Evans
E-Gov
initiatives guidance PMC E-Gov Working Group.
Chart compared 2002-2003 strategy milestones not matching
strategy. Redid the project plan and sent to PM. Karen to
distribute MOU to PMC members.
Federal
Enterprise Architecture (FEA)
Milestones
3rd quarter scorecard. Heads up on requiring a blueprint EA
self-assessment @ FEAPMO must be done May 15. Finalize MOU
May 31st.
FEA reference
modules used FY06 released early next week. Pulled specific
reports “TBD” means defined late no longer category
TBD. Did away with ‘999’ must find a LOB sub function.
Information technology 1/3 of inventory mapped to this narrow
definition to specific infrastructure. Draft data reference
model next two weeks. Three weeks comments not using the ‘06’-budget
process.
OMB
Announcements
Make sure
G2C are in by May 4th.
End April/May
draft FISMA due.
GSA extended
date on SMARTBUY to May 1.
Security
Guidelines will be out in May.
NEW
5 E-GOV LINES OF BUSINESS – Karen Evans
- LoB
Managing Partners: The five LoBs and their agency task-force
leads are:
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Financial Management (FM) – The Departments of
Energy and Labor
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Human Resources Management (HR) – The Office of
Personnel Management
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Grants Management (GM) – The National Science
Foundation and the Department of Education
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Federal Health Architecture (FHA) – The Department
of Health and Human Services
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Case Management (CM) – The Department of Justice
- RFI:
OMB and four of the LoB Task Forces (FM, HR, GM and CM)
will develop RFIs for interested parties that define business
performance requirements. Based on the LoBs’ visions,
goals and objectives, the RFIs include broad strategic questions
that span across all LoB initiatives, as well as questions
specific to individual LoBs. RFI responses will be due in
mid-May.
FY06
PROCESS – Glenn Schlarman
A-11 Guidance
Process – Lauren & Kim Nelson.
They have
been reading over 900 comments received on the A-11 Process.
Many provided comments on specific topics concerning Exhibit
300. Eight major comments supported the concept of consolidated
three to no value. Reorganized the structure of the 300. Make
it more understandable. Reduce 2 to 1 business case evaluation
versus scoring. Not precise with terminology. Ensure diagnosis
is of the investment the paper represents. April 29th assemble
a team to come up with scoring to align with evaluation of
300.
Comments:
1.
Guidance changed yearly to suit someone’s need.
2. Dates inconsistent with process- can’t change on
a dime. May 15th no more changes.
FEDERAL IT PROJECT MANAGER INITIATIVE
Ira Hobbs
briefed the council members on “Federal IT Project Manager
Initiative”. This is an issue our workforce is grappling
with. Within the next 1 ½ years we will be seeing more
demands on our staff as part of the scoring process and it
is more important to have the right people in place to satisfy
OMB. The CIO Workforce and Human Capital for IT Committee
is working hard on identifying training, and experience to
ensure that Federal Government employees have the necessary
competencies to perform their jobs. In March 2004 the Project
Management Working Group developed a paper on Raising the
Capability and Maturity of Project Management in the Federal
Government. The next steps will be to develop a Federal-wide
IT Project Manager Certification and Training Standards.
CYBER
CORPS PROGRAM PRESENTATION
Sujeet
Shenoi presented “The Federal Scholarship for Service
(Cyber Corps) Program”. This program attracts exceptional
college students majoring in computer science and information
technology to careers as information assurance and forensics
professionals with the Federal Government and Military. The
program was expanded after the aftermath of the 9-11 attacks.
There
are nearly 300 Cyber Corps students from twenty-eight universities
engaged in an intense two-year programs of study that integrate
information assurance and forensics studies with research,
professional development projects and outreach activities.
It is
hoped that the Federal CIO Community will embrace and nurture
this program because of the potential to significantly impact
the Federal Cyber Security workforce.
CYBERCRIME
PRESENTATION
Christopher
Merriam and Jay Prabhu presented “Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
File Sharing Software. P2P generally refers to any software
or system that allows individual users of the Internet to
connect to each other and trade computer files. These systems
are highly decentralized and are designed to facilitate connections
between persons who are looking for certain types of files.
The majority of files that are traded on P2P networks are
copyrighted music files. However, these files may pose security
risk, significant potential effect on bandwidth and public
perception.
Security
risk:
- P2P
ports may be vulnerable to intrusion
- Files
on government computer may be accessed
- P2P
programs may contain spyware working in background
- Downloaded
files may contain malicious code
Significant potential effect on Bandwidth
- Cost
to government of additional Internet resources
- Slows
network speed
Public perception
- Failure
to oversee government computers would likely significantly
undermine any P2P infringement prosecutions
- Relationships
with software vendors would likely be harmed
- Large
amounts of pornography are available on P2P
There
are possible solutions: Institutional Awareness, Clear employee
policies, Employee Education, Bandwidth-throttling, Monitor
your bandwidth, and Monitor your network.
HANDOUTS
1. Strategic IRMCO @ The ACT Management of Change Conference
2. CyberCrime.Gov
3. The Cyber Corps Program
4. Federal IT Project Manager Initiative
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