Trends in Federal Geospatial Activities and the Policy Drivers Behind Them John Steffenson, Director ESRI Federal Eleventh Biennial USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Conference Salt Lake City, Utah April 24, 2006
Drivers Agenda Legislation / OMB Guidance OMB President s FY 07 Budget Senior Official Designation DOI Geospatial Modernization Blueprint Technology Global Trends Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) What it all means
Legislation / OMB Guidance Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA, 1993) Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA, 1996) Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA, 1995) Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA, 1998) E-Government Act (E-Gov, 2002) section 216 OMB Circulars A-11, A A-16, A A-119, A A-130A Executive Order 12906
OMB E-Gov E FEA
Federal Enterprise Architecture: Builds on the FEA Geospatial Profile Security and Privacy Profile Records Management Profile Geospatial Profile GFY 05-06 06 Why Develop One? Cross-Agency Architecture that Supports Geospatial Enablement of Mission Capabilities Recognize and Re-use Geospatial Capabilities as Key Resource Integrated Interoperable Solutions What Does it Mean? Guidance to all Federal Agencies on how to Architect, Invest, and Implement Geospatial Capabilities
President s FY 07 Budget
President s Management Agenda: Geospatial Line of Business
President s Management Agenda: Management Scorecard Departments evaluated quarterly Both current status and Progress evaluated Initial status for most agencies was unsatisfactory Average now is mixed and generally improving Expect to see Geospatial on this scorecard in the near future = = Success = Mixed Results = Unsatisfactory
Senior Agency Official Designation Directive 3/3/2006 Designate a senior official Assistant Secretary level or equivalent Responsibility, accountability and authority for geospatial information issues Will oversee, coordinate and facilitate Will serve on FGDC Steering Committee Designation within 45 days Only seven officials named as of last week
Joint Business Case Business Case Description A joint FY08 Exhibit 300 Approach Written by the managing partners in collaboration with the participating agencies Must comply with A-11 guidance Dependent on identification of common solution and development of target architecture Delivery Date 6/9/06 submit draft Business Case 6/12/06 disseminate draft to agencies for comment 6/19/06 agency comments due Early Aug. 06 final business case ready
DOI Geospatial Modernization Blueprint Aligns DOI with FEA. Positions DOI well in the context of the President s Management Agenda. It s a good start, for comparison look at DoDAF which is compliant with and builds on FEA, and it addresses architecture elements. Since Interior is the managing partner for the Geospatial LoB,, this is probably worth paying attention to. Success will depend on authority and governance (Mission, Policy, IT).
*Gartner US Public Sector GIS Survey, 2004 Enterprise GIS in the Public Sector There is clearly a trend to migrate disparate line-of of- business geospatial systems to an enterprise GIS environment. This trend features core GIS infrastructure maintained by a central IS organization, with data management responsibilities held by the lines of business that are the primary users. public policy is being shaped by the availability of high-quality geospatial data. This increasing emphasis highlights the need for coordination, collaboration, and an enterprise view of GIS management.
Trends in Global SW Revenue (1999=100) 160 150 140 130 120 110 100 90 Sources: Software & Information Industry Association; Daraquest 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Global SW Global GIS SW Global Public Sector GIS SW
Selecting the Right IT Architecture Centralized Apps/Data Homogeneous Stable Centralized Independent Distributed Apps/Data Multi-tier tier Web Services Depends On Mission Operations Services Oriented (SOA) Heterogeneous Dynamic Decentralized Dependent High Assurance Availability Security Reliability Performance Legacy Life Cycle Cost High Agility Flexibility Scalability Interoperability
Enterprise GIS Business Architectures A. Enterprise Consolidation B. Geocentric Workflows C. Geospatially-Enabled Workflows Geographic information as the foundation of mission operations Infusing geospatial intelligence in enterprise IT systems Geospatial Intelligence Facilities and Asset Management Land Records Management Command & Control Business Intelligence Supply Chain
Services Oriented Architecture Provides a Framework for Integrating Geospatial in Enterprise Systems Web Services & Messaging Operations Security Field Offices Logistics Financal Facilities Personnel... Open, Flexible and Standards Based
SOA Infrastructure Connects Service Consumers with Service Providers May be used to communicate with Service Directories May be implemented using a variety of technologies
Core Web Services Components The W3C framework for Web services consists of a foundation built on top of three core XML specifications: WSDL, SOAP, and UDDI. These technology standards, coupled with service-oriented design principles, form a basic XML-driven SOA. Service Description WSDL (Web Services Description Language) Service Protocol SOAP - Lightweight protocol for exchanging structured information in a decentralized, distributed environment Service Discovery UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) Not a requirement Well proven for single Enterprise systems
SOA - Geospatial Functional View 3-D Viewers 2-D Viewers COP Presentation Tier (multiple viewers) Enterprise Service Bus Catalog Services Globe Services Map & Chart Services Geo- Processing Services Image- Processing Services Open Web Services Tracking & RSS Services Serving/ Publishing Tier Authoring Tier
SOA Advantage: Managing Migration Existing Capabilities Service Enabled Components Wrap Replace Retire Legacy Capability Legacy Capability Legacy Capability Legacy Capability Legacy Capability Connect COTS-Based Replacement COTS-Based Capability Service Connectors Enterprise Service Bus Deactivate Leverage existing content in new ways
The SOA Advantage and Challenge Delivering Agility Mission drives architecture and systems Rapid integration of Defining the service common business functions legacy systems/data Strengthening Mission/IT governance for data and applications Lower software dev.(code reuse) and Geocentric Workflows Geospatially Enabled Business Units integration costs B2B ERP Political Current Regional Functional Faster application Geography Analysis Analysis CRM Financial development/prototyping Base Map Imagery Terrain and technology insertion spirals Enterprise Service Bus Rapid development of Internal Users UDDI new products and Services Registry services Extended collaboration Portal Corp. Data Catalog Data Warehouse customers and partners Marts External Users Rapid organizational change and Map of the business expressed in technology CIO Magazine Interoperability
Enterprise Geospatial: Worth the Effort Robust, integrated Geospatial applications that meet critical mission needs. Significant increases in productivity and overall effectiveness. More timely access to better information. Reduced data redundancy with higher levels of integrity and accuracy. More effective use of departmental Geospatial skills and resources. Getting value from enterprise systems is not a project but a way of life. - Accenture
Why Should You Care? Because there is a convergence of technology, policy and awareness. Because you are not going to stop it and it will affect you. For OMB it s about money, efficiency and infusing business principals into managing government to citizen and government to government services. Data are the low hanging fruit, application services will be more work but close behind. Because this evolution/revolution offers some unparalleled opportunities. Your expertise, knowledge and experiences are needed.
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