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OPENING
REMARKS
Ms. Karen
Evans (DOE), Vice Chair, opened the meeting with the following
announcements and comments:
- The
CIOC wishes to recognize Ira Hobbs (USDA) for the work he
has done on the IPIC agenda.
- Barry
West, NOAA CIO, was welcomed as an ex-officio member representing
the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils
(FGIPC).
- There
is a Digital Government Performance Metrics and Management
Conference April 3, 2003
OMB
and E-GOV UPDATE
Dan Chenok
(OMB) shared regrets from Mark Forman who was ill and unable
to attend as planned. Mr. Chenok provided the updates on Mr.
Forman’s behalf. The E-gov Act will become effective
April 17, 2003 and OMB is working on high-level guidance on
agency responsibilities. Mr. Chenok anticipates that there
will be a roll out event for the OMB Office of E-gov and the
E-strategy document for this year.
Clay Johnson
has been nominated for the OMB Deputy Director of Management.
Mr.Chenok
encouraged participation in the A-11 update process. He also
reminded participants that comments are due soon on the Services,
Technical, and Business Reference Models. The Presidents Management
Council postponed discussion on the consolidation along lines
of business.
Kamela
White (OMB) will contact agencies regarding the draft section
on each agency in the FISMA Report to Congress.
Jeanette
Thornton (OMB) is producing a draft PKI policy for comment.
Ms. Evans encouraged getting comments in so that the policy
could be complete by the end of March and could be used for
the FY2005 budget cycle upcoming.
Mr. Chenok
reported that guidance on how to develop a Workforce Plan
is “in the works”, in collaboration with the CIOC
Workforce Committee.
AIC UPDATE
John Gilligan
(USAF) presented a copy of the March CIOC Enterprise Architecture
(EA) Newsletter that will be published monthly. The AIC has
integrated its efforts with the Federal Enterprise Architecture
Program Management Office and is operationalizing its architecture
efforts. He encouraged participation in the three subcommittees
and observed that resources are more committed, and expectations
are more formal, than previously. Mr. Gilligan provided an
overview of the subcommittees.
- Governance
Subcommittee:
–Works with the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program
Management Office (FEA PMO) to reconcile alignment of agency
EAs with the FEA Reference Models.
-Leads in Business Reference Model (BRM) and Performance
Reference Model (PRM) maturation.
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Components Subcommittee:
-Vets and provides a repository for re-useable components.
-Identification of preferred, components based solutions.
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Emerging Technology Subcommittee:
-Provides a clearinghouse for technologies.
-Oversees existing Working Groups, i.e., PKI, Universal
Access, XML, and XML Web Services.
The deliberations
and strategies in these subcommittees are expected to influence
policy. The AIC will provide updates at future CIOC meetings.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Mr. Hobbs
(USDA) introduced special guests from the Walt Disney Company
and Walt Disney World: Ty Tastepe, Director, Architecture,
Walt Disney World IT; Mushid Khan, Director, Corporate Telecommunications,
Corporate IT, The Walt Disney Company; and Percy Cohrs, Director,
Business Services, Corporate IT, The Walt Disney Company.
Disney uses the federated model of EA, similar to the Federal
Government.
The discussants
described the Disney organizations and commented that they
are (re)-centralizing certain functions back to Corporate.
Core functions don’t differ much across the businesses.
For example, telecommunications is consolidated corporately
for cost reduction and security. (Concern was expressed for
wireless technology security).
There
is a governance structure that establishes standards agreeable
across the company. The Corporate Architecture Council provides
the technical decision making framework and reports to the
Disney World Council. There is also a Security Council. Both
the Security and Architecture Councils report to the CIO.
The President of each company reports to a second level Chairman.
The CIO reports to the President of the business unit and
dotted line reports to the corporate CIO.
Project
Authorization Requests (PAR) must describe how each proposed
project fits with the corporate architecture. There are escalation
thresholds for review of investments greater than $500K. There
are six to eight stakeholders reviewing the Business Cases,
and issues are iterated until resolved. They are not yet very
mature in validating compliance with the Business Case once
the initiative is in implementation. Disney is good on the
cost side, and less good on the benefits. Performance metrics
are another area that is maturing.
Data Centers
are internally owned and operated. In telecommunications there
is limited outsourcing. The decision to out- or in-source
is revisited periodically.
There
are approximately 13 people devoted to architecture at the
Corporate Council level, and several hundred across the enterprise.
At Walt Disney World, there are 42- 600 in IT, with a $100M
technical budget.
The initiative
“Destination Disney” was described as their largest
and most significant at $200M over several years. Nearly 40
people are assigned, as well as about a dozen consultants.
It involves call centers and customer relationship management
(or customer relationship “magic”).
There
is an Annual Operating Plan to understand the Business Partners’
Five-year Plans. The architecture is an enabler to deliver
solutions. However, IT still is often viewed as (just) a cost
center.
OPEN
DISCUSSION
Mr. Ira
Hobbs (USDA) provided an update on the IPIC agenda. He shared
that the GITEC Board was pleased with the CIOC participation
and sends its thanks.
Marty
Wagner (GSA) announced that E-authentication now has a budget
and that inter-agency agreements have gone out.
Barry
West (FGIPC) announced the Management of Change Conference
in May and invited CIOC participation.
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