The Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEA-PMO) was established on February 6, 2002, in accordance with direction issued by the Associate Director for Information (IT) and E-Government, Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The lack of a Federal Enterprise Architecture had been cited by the 2001 Quicksilver E-Government Task Force as a key barrier to the success of the 24 Presidential Priority E-Government initiatives approved by the President's Management Council in October 2001.

The FEA-PMO manages and coordinates activities surrounding:

The Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Definition of the Federal Enterprise Architecture through a set of Government-wide reference models focusing on business, performance, application-capabilities, technologies and standards, and data and information.

		Development of a core set of standardized Component-Based Architecture models to facilitate technology solutions and the development of a complete architecture (baseline, target, and transition) for each of the 24 Presidential Priority E-Government initiatives.
		Assessment and identification - through high-level architectural, critical success factor, and Line of Business performance information - of new opportunities for business process and system consolidation to improve government efficiency and effectiveness.