ITAC Activities
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ITAC Activities |
From: |
Donna K Scholz |
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E. Jessica Alvarez/WRD/USGS/DOI@USGS, Paul R Celluzzi/OPS/USGS/DOI@USGS,
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Sheri L Harris/DO/USGS/DOI@USGS |
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USGS Enterprise Information Architecture Tiger Team |
Jessica, Paul, Stu, Karen, Mike, Ray and Sandy -
You have been nominated to serve on the GIO-sponsored USGS Tiger Team for Enterprise Information Architecture. I've had the opportunity to talk with most of you to confirm that your backgrounds and interests in architecture are a good match and that you are willing to be a team member ... thanks for your enthusiasm! Your names have been given to the ELT and I'm expecting to hear back from them shortly with confirmation. In the meantime, I wanted to let you know that we're ready to get underway, and to share the Team charter for comments from you.
I'd like for us to start off by a one-day face-to-face meeting here in Reston. For Sandy, Stu and Ray, I'll cover your travel costs. I was hoping to have heard back from the ELT by now, but don't want to delay our team's start. Would Thursday, December 13th work for you to participate in our kick-off all day team meeting in Reston? The remaining work we would do together would be by phone, video, email and QuickPlace. Pls let me know as soon as possible if you are available for the 13th.
Welcome Aboard! -Donna
An enterprise information architecture establishes a bureau-wide road map for information technology investments and decisions that directly enable and support the USGS' science mission. That road map focuses on the science needs of the organization, and how an efficient information technology environment can enable optimal performance of core business (science and administrative) processes. OMB has mandated that all agencies shall make information systems investments consistent with their bureau architectures. Those government organizations which have not defined or implemented an architecture to guide their investments have been put on notice that their FY03 budget requests will be set aside as "significant investment risks", and possibly not funded until monies have been allotted to all other agencies which are already operating with an architecture in place. For that reason, and also because it makes for responsible budget decision making, the USGS is proceeding in establishing an enterprise information architecture to guide its IT investment decisions.
The USGS Information Architecture Tiger Team is charged to lead the bureau toward an architectural vision/framework that defines:
The team will consist of six to eight members who together have a combination of skills and background that include a solid understanding of the science requirements of the USGS, technical enterprise IT expertise, and an understanding of information architectural concepts.
This team will be expected to deliver the above framework vision within six months, and will serve as the oversight steering group for the USGS information architecture as implementation phases are undertaken by contractors and USGS specialist teams over the following 12-18 months.
Some limited travel will be required, but most interaction will be by telephone, email, and collaborative tools for electronic meetings and shared online "team rooms".
Members of the tiger team are:
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