Chris Niedermayer

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Chris Niedermayer
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• Associate Chief Information Officer
• Enterprise Planning, Project Information
  Management

Enterprise Architecture as a Decision-making Tool
at USDA July 2005
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Challenges at USDA

• USDA consists of 29 semi-independent agencies and
  staff offices
• USDA agencies
• Collectively, have one of the most diverse
  mission delivery mandates in the Federal
  Government
• Have traditionally developed and delivered
  services independently
• Occupy virtually every space along the maturity
  curve
• Serve a vast group of citizens, businesses, and
  other government entities worldwide

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Citizen Demands
From many, uncoordinated services and multiple
points of access ...
To single points of access to unified services
and functionality

• Farm Assistance
• RD
• FSA
• Trade Assistance
• Nutrition Programs
• Marketing Programs
• Education
• Research
• Recreation
• Forest Service
• Interior
• Conservation
• NRCS
• Forest Service
• Food Safety
• FSIS
• FDA
• APHIS
• CDC

• Farm Assistance
• Trade Assistance
• Nutrition Programs
• Marketing Programs
• Education
• Research
• Recreation
• Conservation
• Food Safety
• Rural Development

Integrated, Enterprise Systems
Citizen
Citizen
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What is Required To Meet Citizen Expectations?

• Change in the way Agencies Develop and Deliver
  Services
• Both internally and externally
• Collaborative and blended ventures vs. single
  agency approaches
• Its 90 change management and 10 technology
• Leverage funding streams to support improvements
  across the enterprise
• Empowerment of Employees
• New skills
• Incentives for working in teams
• Focus on results

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Performance in Crisis
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Focal Points

• Simplified access and improved quality of
  information for USDAs customers
• Coordinated, enterprise-wide systems that
  minimize or eliminate unnecessary duplication
• Capability for agencies to deliver information
  and services electronically at reduced cost

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Presidential Initiative Migration Patterns
Transaction Integration Initiatives
Process Integration Initiatives

• CHARACTERISTIC Provide a single point access to
  services and functionality
• BENEFIT Consolidation and integration of
  independent/redundant forms related solutions
• ACTION Identify investments related to
  initiative and work with program management to
  discussion participation

• CHARACTERISTIC Simplify and unify business
  processes spanning multiple agencies
• BENEFIT Enable agency resources to focus on
  performance of agency mission
• ACTION Consolidate and integrate agency-specific
  functionality to foster end-to-end business
  processes for cross agency solutions

Standards Adoption
Consolidation Initiatives

• CHARACTERISTIC Provide common solutions for
  government-wide operations and services
• BENEFIT Removes need for future investments in
  in agency-specific solutions
• ACTION Consolidate and shutdown redundant
  agency-specific solutions and utilize shared
  solutions

• CHARACTERISTIC Creation of government wide
  standards and guidance
• BENEFIT Replaces of agency-specific initiatives
  with standards and processes to realize economies
  of scale, reduce cycle time and obtain
  government-wide consistency
• ACTION Adopt and utilize standards and guidance
  where applicable (e.g. procurement activities,
  systems integrations)

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Major USDA Programs by Customer Groups (FY 2001)
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Major USDA Programs by Business Partners (FY 2001)
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USDA Enterprise Architecture August 6,
2004
Customers
Employees
Partners
Citizens
Federal Partners
AGENCY
COMMON ENTERPRISE-WIDE
EXTERNAL
Business Layer
FINANCIAL SERVICES
CIVILRIGHTS
HEALTH
KNOWLEDGE CREATION, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
PROGRAM OVERSIGHT
MGMT. OF GOVT. RESOURCES
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
HEALTH
HOMELAND SECURITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT AND COMPLIANCE
HOMELAND SECURITY
INTERNATIONAL
PLANNING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION
LEGAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
PUBLIC AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
e-Authenti- cation Solutions
Fed. Asset Sales Solutions
FirstGov Portal
Application Layer
Integrated Acquisition Environment Solutions
Gov Benefits.gov
Disaster Help.gov
USDA e-Authentication
Corporate Financial Management System
USDA Common Customer Statement
Agency Organization Portals
Agency Business Applications
Departmental Portal
USDA e-Grants Systems
HR Integration Portal
USA Services
Integrated Acquisition System
Collaboration Tools
Enterprise Loan System
Business.gov
Grants.gov
Document Track.System
USDA Travel System
Commodity Market Info. System
E-Travel Service (ETS)
Govloans.gov
Regulations.gov
Enterprise HR Applications
Content Mgmt. Tool
Web-Based Supply Chain Mgmt. System
Security
Computer Emergency Notification System
Geospatial One-Stop Portal
Export.gov
e-Payroll Solutions
Security
Ag-Learn
Data Layer
Asset Mgmt. Systems
Living Disaster Recovery Planning System
Civil Rights Enterprise System
USAJobs Portal
Intl Trade Data System (ITDS)
Federal Health Solutions
Agency Web Content
Agency Databases
Config. Mgmt. Systems
USDA Enterprise Architecture Repository
WorkLenz Portfolio Mgr.
Go Learn.gov
Recreation One-Stop Portal
e-Records Solutions
Agency Document Content
Agency Financial Data Marts
Shared Web Content
Loan Databases
Fire Databases
Records
Training Content
Geospatial Database
Health Databases
Financial Data Warehouse
Grant Databases
Technology Layer
Federal Rule Database
Government-wide Authentication Credentials
Human Resources Databases
Universal Telecommunications Network
Desktop Infrastructure
Agency Telecomm
Regional and Metropolitan LANs
Extranets
Secure Networks
Web Farms
Data Centers

Standards and Policies
Security
Version 2.0
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Investments Must Align With USDAs Enterprise
Architecture to Avoid Unnecessary Duplication,
Complexity, and Cost
From X agency-specific systems serving
single-agency or single-office needs ...
To single, enterprise systems serving multiple
agency needs

• Integrated
• Coordinated
• Standardized

• Multiple Separate Front Ends
• Multiple Separate Back End
• X29 Number of Systems

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Key USDA Architecture Initiatives

• Enterprise-wide
• eAuthentication
• AgLearn
• Infrastructure
• Portal
• Web Content Management
• Document Management
• Correspondence Management
• Civil Rights Tracking
• MyUSDA

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How EA Enables Achieving the Strategy

• EA Helps Identify and Articulate Impact of the
  Strategy
• EA Facilitates Cultural Change
• Collaborative and blended ventures vs. single
  agency approaches
• Aggregates common business processes, data,
  applications, and technical infrastructure
• EA Supports an Integrated Capital Planning and
  Investment Control Process

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USDA IT Portfolio Trends, FY 2002 - FY 2006
106 growth in for major investments
38 growth in for FNS grants
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Number of IT Investments, FY 2002 FY 2006
Total number of investments decreased by 45
208 growth in number of major investments
Number of Investments
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Benefits of EA

• Increased Collaboration and Integration of
  Business, Data, Applications, and Technical
  Infrastructure
• Improved Integration Among Emerging Systems
• Direction and Guidance for Future Investments and
  Decision Making
• Leveraging of Legacy Systems
• Identification of Data Collection Redundancies or
  Gaps in Security Coverage
• Business-driven Introduction of New Technology
• Reduced IT Solution Delivery Time and Cost
• Decreased Complexity

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Enterprise Asset Management
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Demonstrated Benefits of EA

• Geographic Information Systems 200 M (cost
  avoidance)
• Microsoft Desktop and Server Software 26 M (cost
  avoidance)
• Internet scanning software 12 M (cost avoidance)
• Estimated Total Cost Avoidance To Date 240 M

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Cost Value of Enterprise eAuthentication Service
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