Building Reusable InfoPath forms for US Government

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Building Reusable InfoPath forms for US Government

• Jonny ChambersWW Lead SSN Program
• Microsoft Corp

Microsoft Confidential
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Agenda

• What is the Solutions Sharing Network Program?
• How are we trying to align program with Federal
  Government
• Why InfoPath?
• IT Solutions Sharing in Public Sector
• The SSN Program Pillars
• Content Aims
• Community Aims
• Hosting Aims
• Did you know?
• Suggested Approach

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Presentation Objective

• In principle agreement to explore how MS and
  Federal Government can collaborate on the
  generation on reusable eForms.

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IT Solutions Sharing in Public Sector

• Public Sector customers want to be able to share
  experiences, expertise and content.
• Pockets of expertise not being utilized
  effectively
• and when expertise walks out the door, key
  knowledge is often lost
• Great solutions not being reused effectively
• and budgets are not growing
• A lot of customers want insight/collaboration
  from Microsoft
• because we have breadth of experience and
  contacts
• because we have a global perspective

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The Solution Sharing Network ProgramDrive
Information Technology solutions and best
practice sharing within Public Sector technical
communities
Content
Key element for government that will drive reuse
and inspire new ideas
Communities
The energy that generates content leadership,
common purpose, new connections
Portal
A solution that can join communities and content
Research
How can all of this be made more effective?
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Aligning the SSN Program

• Support the collaborative development of reusable
  Forms in Microsoft InfoPath.

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Why InfoPath

• XML based at the core.
• Offline Capability
• Extensible forms can be tailored on the fly
  based on responses
• Understands Web Services natively

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Content Aims

• Build an impactful set of InfoPath forms that
  will
• Provide more choice for US Citizens, Businesses,
  Gov Departments.
• Drive XML as a key entry point to government.
• Inspire a community of form developers.
• Enable US to make progress against Internal
  Efficiency and Effectiveness objectives.

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Community Aims

• Support the already established xmlCoP in
  attaining any necessary skills to author/publish
  forms.
• Important that community is self-sustaining.
• Training will be a key success factor.

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Hosting Aims

• Align with US Government Policy
• Host final InfoPath fat client form templates at
  www.forms.gov
• Support with collaborative XMLCoP site at
  www.core.gov

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Did you know?

• The license coverage for InfoPath today in US
  government is substantial because many government
  agencies have usage rights via Enterprise
  Agreements
• We want to better demonstrate the value of what
  you already own.
• In future your options will become more flexible
• Office Forms Server - no requirement for InfoPath
  on every desktop

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Approach

• Identify organizations/forms /usage scenarios to
  target for building in InfoPath
• Focus on specific agencies
• Focus on citizen-centric forms OR internal
  government usage forms
• Etc.
• Identify Community of potential form
  authors/standards/schema contributors
• Closely collaborate upfront, or provide converted
  forms for review?
• Identify Partner to collaborate with author
  community on production of forms what should
  their role be?
• Implement forms.
• Upload forms to www.forms.gov.

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Questions?
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Appendix

• Other examples of successful content sharing
  around globe.

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Parthenay - France
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The Borough of Newham CRM Solution
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LGCSB

• LGCSB Local Government Computer Services Board
• Provide central IT Services to 35 Municipalities
  in Ireland
• Hosting, Consultancy, Support, Network
  Management, Procurement Frameworks, etc
• Had remote pockets of expertise in Geographical
  Information Systems application development
• Had valuable content, and basic community
  structures, but no consistent mechanisms to share
  with peers
• Email? Phone? Shared Folders? SharePoint?
• SSN Deployed to support GIS Community
• "All government agencies share common
  technological and administrative challenges. By
  taking advantage of the Solutions Sharing
  Network, Local Government in Ireland has been
  able to establish a valuable knowledge bank that
  will bring tremendous benefit to our community.
  The development of an SSN is a significant step
  forward in sharing and collaborative technologies
  for ICT communities across all governments."
• Tim Willoughby, Assistant Director, Local
  Government Computer Services Board (Ireland)

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SSN Info

• Contacts
• Jonny Chambers SSN Program Managerjonncha_at_micro
  soft.com
• solshare_at_microsoft.com
• Extranet Website
• https//ssn.team.partners.extranet.microsoft.com/
• External Website
• http//www.microsoft.com/industry/government/Solut
  ionSharingNetwork.mspx