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US Air Force Information and Services Strategy

• Mike Corrigan
• SAF/XCTX
• January 14 2009

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We are Building Digital Landfills
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Structured Information Assets Compound the Problem

• Tangled web of application interactions
• Duplicate copies of data
• Inconsistent results equals Operational
  uncertainty
• 1500 Systems registered in EITDR
• 3 Billion per year to maintain

Force Management example
Too many systems, too hard to operate, too
expensive to maintain
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Air Force Information and Services Strategy
Information Asset
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Information as an Asset

• Information is an asset so long as it has
  positive value to the enterprise
• When the asset ceases to have value, it becomes a
  burden and needs to be divested
• Information is a time-dependent asset
• Value is retained over a defined time period,
  then diminishes
• Value is dependent on the ability of the
  enterprise to discover, access, understand, and
  consume the information

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USAF Implementation Overview Information and
Services Strategy
Metadata
Information Asset
Business Process
Business Process
Services
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How to get there?
Governance
Architecture
Technology
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Transparency Integrated Process Team
SECAF or CMO
TIPT/CoI Support
Sub-IPT
AF COI
Joint COI
Transparency Integrated Product Team
denotes AF sponsored Joint COI
Process Analysis
Senior Working Group
Enterprise Information Space
Integration and Test Framework
COI Coordination Panel -- Enterprise Vocabulary
Team
AF/A1 Personnel
AF/SG Health Services
AF/A2 ISR
AF/A3/5 Operational
AF/A4/7 Logistics and Installations
SAF/AQ Acquisitions
SAF/FM Financial
SAF/XC Warfighter Integration
FM Data Panel
Manpower , Personnel Services
Health Service
ISR
Readiness
Logistics
ACQ Domain Data Panel
Information Assurance
Recruiting, Training, Education
Health/MHS
Counter Intelligence
Force Presentation
Real Property
Program Mgt

Financial Mgt
Air Operations
Joint Targeting Int
Flight Scheduling
Human Resource Mgt
Emergency Response
Sourcing

JAN-TE
CSWG
Geospatial Intelligence
DoD Training

Global Force Mgt (GFM)
Science Technology
DISDI
Time Sensit Targeting

METOC
Installation Mgt (IM)
Systems Engineering
CIS Architectures

C2 Space SA
Logistics Data Integrat.
Product Support
Computer Net Def
Air Missile Defense
Supply Mgt
Reqts Development
NETOPS
Strike
Test Evaluation

Common Op Battlespace
ATL Acq Visibility
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Processes and Transparency
AFSO21 Process Improvements Initiatives
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Service Oriented Architecture
Exploitation via COI
Singularly Managed Infrastructure
Enterprise Level Security
Core Enterprise Services
Centralized Enterprise Management
Metadata Environment
Warfighter
Presentation Services
Aggregation Services
Exposure Services
Enterprise Level Security
ADS
ADS
ADS
ADS
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Semantic SOA End State
Core Data Exposure Services
MDE
Existing Infrastructure
Core Data Payloads
Aggregation Services
Aggregation Payloads
Metadata Catalog
Metadata Population
Request
DBMS
Request
Response
Response
Request
Federated Search Service
Query Processing Service
Response
Request
Response

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MDE Components Spiral 1
Semantic Metadata Registry (COI Vocabularies)
DDMS Metacard Index
DDMS Metacard Catalog
Metadata Indexer
Query Federation Engine
Metadata Search Engine
Federated Query Interface
Peers
Asset Registering Interface
Metadata Population Interface
Metadata Population
Service Registry
Service Registering Interface
Vocabulary Registering Interface
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Metadata Tagging Memorandum

• Air Force formed Automated Metadata Population
  Service (AMPS) Working Group
• NSA formed Information Assurance sub-group
• Participation
• Government
• Air Force
• JFCOM
• NSA
• Army
• DISA
• Navy
• DIA
• NGA
• Industry
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• eCompex
• MITRE
• Apache

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Spiral 1 Scope

• Produce Discovery Metadata from COI Assets
• Exploit Open Standards UIMA, OWL, WSDL
• Label Metacards with CAPCO Markings
• Cryptographically Bind Metacards with Original
  Assets

• DDMS elements
• Creator (DISA)
• Title (DISA)
• Date (DISA)
• Subject (AF)
• Format (Army)
• Identifier (DISA)
• Security (NSA)
• Type (AF)
• Description (AF)
• Geospatial (AF/DISA)

• Asset types
• Microsoft Office
• PDF
• Message/email
• HTML
• XML
• XSD, OWL, WSDL
• COI
• Readiness
• Blue Force Tracking
• Information Assurance
• Generic

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UIMA AMPS Flow
Disk Storage
DDMS Transform Process
Assets
Vocabulary Assets
COI,Default Settings
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Vocabulary Development Process
Develop America's Airmen Today ... for Tomorrow
Start Points
Designate Authoritative Data Sources
Execute Governance
Establish Policy
ID Business Process Information Requirements
Develop Vocabulary
Establish Roles Permissions
RTE Domain Community of Interest (CoI)
Create SIS
Register Documents In Metadata Repository (MDR)
Register Web Service In UDDI
Glossary
Document Information Assets
Semantic Model
Domain Vocabulary Team (DVT)
Contextual Model
Develop Semantics
Write Schema
Write Request Instructions
Deploy Web Service
WSDL
XSD
Enterprise Vocabulary Team (EVT)
OWL
Validate Align SIS
Validate Align Schema
End Point
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As Is DeploymentReadiness Data
ChallengeExample Training Completion Data
Origination Process (Generic)
UDM / UTM Obtains Copy of record
UDM / UTM Manages Record Copy
Authoritative Source (Instructor) Creates
Completion Record
Student Completes Course
Files Copy in Mobility Folder
AND (May)
Fax/Copier
Manually enter some data elements from record
into one or more of the following systems
Course certificate
Email
ACES-PR
Attendance list / Graduation roster
SFMIS
Distribution
LOGMOD
CAMS
MilPDS
ARMS
Form
Specialized System
Other Functional Systems (MRDSS, LSA, etc.)
Local Solutions (Excel, Access, Custom Apps)
In-Person
Specialized System
Time Flow
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Example Initial Use Case Moving Parts
Personnel WSDL
Personnel Vocabulary
Personnel Readiness Vocabulary
Personnel Exposure Service
Personnel ADS
Personnel XSD
Personnel Message
Personnel Readiness XSD
Personnel Readiness UI WSDL
Personnel Readiness WSDL
Health WSDL
Health Exposure Service
Personnel Readiness Aggregation Service
Personnel Readiness Presentation Service
Health Message
Personnel Readiness Widget(s)
Personnel Readiness Message
Health ADS
Browser
User
Training WSDL
Training Message
Health XSD
Health Vocabulary
Training Exposure Service
Training ADS
Training Vocabulary
Training XSD
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High Level Road Map
Today
FY2007
FY2008
FY2009
FY2010
FY2011
Capabilities
DIMHRS Interfaces
CE Transformation Real Property
Energy Mgt
Deployment Readiness Service
ACS C2
Medical Data Consolidation Phase 1
Medical Data Consolidation Phase 2
Acquisition PMRK
ADDM
Acquisition DAMIR
TBD
TBD
Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS)
System Lifecycle Integrity Mgt (SLIM)
Logistics, Installations, Mission Support
(LIMS-EV)
TBD
Intragovernmental Eliminations
FM Data Quality Service
DEAMS (TRANSCOM) Spiral 1
DEAMS (TRANSCOM) Spiral 2
TBD
Flight Scheduling
TBD
Force Presentation
TBD
AF Command Control
Governance
TIPT
CMO/DCMO TIPT AFSO Council
TIPT
HAF Planned Successes
SWG
MAJCOM Planned Successes
Go Work!
Process (PITP)
COI Coord Panel
Vocab Work
Service Develop
Process (PITP)
Vocab Work
Process (PITP)
Service Develop
Vocab Work
COI
COI
COI
COI
COI
Service Develop
Architecture/Guidance/Tools
Reference Models
Data Architecture
Service Mgt
DoD Security Framework Identity Mgt
SOA Playbook
COI Primer
Approval
SOA Outreach

Documented SMI-ELS Architecture
CONOPs
AMPs Pilot
AMPs v1
Technology
Lessons Learned
Initial Infrastructure Build (IIB) Pilot
IIB (JPOD)
NIPRNet IIB (J PODs)
SIPRNet IIB (J PODs)

Establish Program Office Acquisition Path
Production
AFNETOPS
PAD


AFNETOPS Planning
AFNETOPS Full Implementation
Dashboard v1
Other Infrastructure
Dashboard Pilot

GCSS-AF
Content Hosting Infrastructure
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Next Generation Wireless
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Questions