OASIS E-Gov Workshop April 17, 2009

1U.S. General Services Administration

E-Government Procurement:Standard Transactions and Interoperability

David Temoshok Director, Federal Identity Management GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy

OASIS E-Gov Workshop April 17, 2009


In July 2001, the US Government began efforts to make better use of IT investments in order to

reduce federal spending, lessen government paperwork for itself, citizens, and businesses, and improve government response time

In November 2001, 24 projects were defined as a starting point that would lay the foundation for a citizen-centric government

Integrated Acquisition Environment is one of these and has been developed as a shared services environment that promotes competition, transparency and efficiency in the federal acquisition life cycle

Redundant systems have been shut down, paper forms have been eliminated and procurement systems are sharing data

leveraging IT investments across agencies and sharing resources

U.S. Federal E-Gov Initiatives - Background


Government to Govt. Internal Effectiveness and Efficiency Lead

1. e-Vital (business case) 2. Grants.gov3. Disaster Assistance and Crisis Response4. Geospatial Information One Stop 5. Wireless Networks

1. e-Training 2. Recruitment One Stop3. Enterprise HR Integration 4. e-Travel 5. e-Clearance6. e-Payroll7. Integrated Acquisition Environment8. e-Records Management

U.S. Federal E-Gov Initiatives

OPMOPMOPMGSAOPMOPMGSANARA

LeadSSAHHS

FEMA

DOI

FEMA

Lead

GSATreasuryEDDOILabor

Government to Business1. Federal Asset Sales2. Online Rulemaking Management 3. Simplified and Unified Tax and Wage Reporting4. Consolidated Health Informatics 5. Business Gateway6. Int’l Trade Process Streamlining

Lead GSAEPA

Treasury

HHS

SBADOC

Cross-cutting Infrastructure: Federal Identity and Access Management GSA

Government to Citizen1. USA Service 2. EZ Tax Filing 3. Online Access for Loans 4. Recreation One Stop5. Eligibility Assistance Online

Federal e-Gov strategy is build on common business processes and shared infrastructure.


Multi-Factor Token

Level 3: HIGHConfidence

Level 2: SOMEConfidence

Employee Screening for a High Risk Job

Obtaining Govt. Benefits

Applying for a Loan

Online

Access to Protected

Website

PIN/User ID

Knowledge

Strong Password

-Based

PKI/ Digital Signature

Incre

ase

d $

Cost

Increased Need for Identity Assurance

U.S. Government Four Authentication Assurance Levels: M-04-04

Biometrics

1: LITTLE/NO Confidence

Level 4: VERYHIGH Confidence

Cryptographic functions


The Quest for Interoperability

Interoperability can be defined as the ability of:

“…Diverse systems and organizations to work together (inter-operate).” Wikipedia

“…Two or more systems or components to exchange information and to use the information that has been exchanged.” IEEE

“…Two or more devices, components, or systems to exchange information in accordance with defined interface specifications and to use the information that has been exchanged in a meaningful way.” GSA


The Starting Gate for Cross-Domain Interoperability

• Standard data model

• Common protocols and data exchange standards

• Standard data interface specifications to implement protocols

• Standard Testing Programs for interface specifications - Products

• Reference Implementations - data interface specifications

• Standard Testing Program for cross-domain data interface specifications


Create a simpler, common, integrated business process for buyers and sellers that promotes competition, transparency of process, and integrity.

Increase data sharing to enable better business decisions in procurement, logistics, payment and performance assessment.

Take a unified approach to obtaining modern tools to leverage investment costs for business related processes.

Integrated Acquisition Environment – Key Goals


1. Business Partner Network Deploy a single point of registration and validation of supplier data

accessed by all agencies.

2. Acquisition Information Reporting Implement a central point for consolidated collection and access of

statistical and management information related to Government acquisitions.

3. eMarketplace The centralized and integrated group of market research and acquisition

tools that facilitates buying activities across the federal government. These tools provide access to interagency contracts, Federal and open market eCatalogs, solicitations/responses, and small business opportunities.Includes: FedBizOpps, FedTeDS, WDOL.gov

IAE – Business Areas


4. Intra-governmental Transactions Transform intra-governmental ordering and billing, reduce payment

and collection problems, and enable swift and accurate revenue and expense elimination processes for preparing consolidated financial statements.

5. Standard Transactions Develop a standard glossary and vocabulary to facilitate exchange of

data between and within agencies.

IAE – Business Areas


Define the “common language” used to support interoperability among:

IAE shared systems IAE shared systems and agency back office financial, acquisition, program applications IAE shared systems and vendor systems

The 2 major The 2 major componentscomponentsThe 2 major The 2 major componentscomponents

Information Exchanges define WHATInformation Exchanges define WHAT information needs to be passed, information needs to be passed,

WHERE it needs to go (to/from which systems), and WHEN it needs WHERE it needs to go (to/from which systems), and WHEN it needs

to go (in response to what business event or schedule) to go (in response to what business event or schedule)

Information Exchanges define WHATInformation Exchanges define WHAT information needs to be passed, information needs to be passed,

WHERE it needs to go (to/from which systems), and WHEN it needs WHERE it needs to go (to/from which systems), and WHEN it needs

to go (in response to what business event or schedule) to go (in response to what business event or schedule)

Standardized Vocabulary defines the MEANING (semantics) and Standardized Vocabulary defines the MEANING (semantics) and FORM (syntax) of the information used in the Information Exchanges – FORM (syntax) of the information used in the Information Exchanges – both required if systems are to understand each otherboth required if systems are to understand each other

Standardized Vocabulary defines the MEANING (semantics) and Standardized Vocabulary defines the MEANING (semantics) and FORM (syntax) of the information used in the Information Exchanges – FORM (syntax) of the information used in the Information Exchanges – both required if systems are to understand each otherboth required if systems are to understand each other

IAE – Standard Transactions


Establish federal governance framework based on key cross-agency components Executive commitment and alignment Collaborative System Steward management Collaborative commercial software provider management

Engage stakeholders- It’s still the people! Across agencies and levels Throughout the life cycle

Communicate widely, deeply, often Emphasize the benefits for every type stakeholder Inform and persuade decision makers and influence leaders Solicit feedback regularly

Don’t underestimate the challenge of implementation Agency business process owners role Implementation maps and scorecards Migration and alignment has individual challenges in each Department

Lessons Learned


For More Information

● Visit our Websites: http://www.idmanagement.gov

http://www.acquisition.gov

● Or contact:

David Temoshok

Director, Federal Identity Management

GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy

202-208-7655 [email protected]

OASIS E-Gov Workshop April 17, 2009

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