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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about the implementation of enterprise architecture within government.
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- Enterprise Architecture - Archive
- Articles and resources about the implementation of enterprise architecture within government.
Added: 2 December 2005
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- Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office - United States - Archive
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEAPMO) in the United States.
Added: 14 December 2005
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- Organizational Transformation: Enterprise Architecture Value Needs to Be Measured and Reported - GAO-12-791
- Government Accountability Office, September 26, 2012. "... According to OMB, the federal executive branch plans to spend at least $75 billion on information technology (IT) investments in fiscal year 2012. In response to a statute which mandates that GAO identify duplicative activities within federal agencies, GAO previously identified enterprise architecture as a mechanism for reducing duplication and overlap in investments. An architecture is a "blueprint" that describes how an organization operates in terms of business processes and technology, how it intends to operate in the future, and how it plans to transition to the future state. Knowing whether architecture outcomes are being achieved requires defining the architecture's goals, establishing a method and metrics to measure architecture outcomes, and periodically measuring and reporting these outcomes. To assess agencies' use of architecture as a mechanism for reducing duplication and overlap, GAO committed to determine the extent to which agencies are measuring and reporting architecture outcomes and benefits. To do this, GAO reviewed relevant documentation from 27 major federal agencies, reviewed the results of a GAO survey on the benefits of using architecture, and interviewed agency officials..."
Added: 27 September 2012;
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- Leveraging Enterprise Architecture for Improved IT Procurement - in pdf format (3013kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). NASCIO IT Procurement Modernization Series: Part I July 2012. "... The escalating demand for information technology (IT) services in the states has brought with it substantial expenditures and allocation of taxpayer dollars. As stewards of tight budgets, it is imperative that state chief information officers (CIOs), state procurement officials, and other state leaders find the best values and are accountable for IT investments. State leaders should consider the benefits of aligning IT procurement and enterprise architecture not only as a way to deliver IT services more effectively, but also as a way to finding savings through streamlined investments. This brief seeks to present an overview of how the discipline of EA can be used to improve and lower costs of state IT procurement..."
Added: 19 July 2012;
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- How EA can make IT procurement cheaper
- By Rutrell Yasin. Government Computer News, July 11, 2012. "Enterprise architecture is a way states can improve and lower costs for IT procurement because it gives officials a holistic view of their state, according to a report released by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)..."
Added: 19 July 2012;
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- Australian Government Architecture Reference Models - v3
- Australian Government Information Management Office, Department of Finance and Deregulation, November 2011. "In developing the AGA we have adapted an established and proven framework based on the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF) developed by the United States Government. This framework is being used in a number of other countries and some state governments in Australia. The framework and these reference models have been endorsed by the Australian Government's Chief Information Officers' Committee..."
Added: 1 December 2011;
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- Enterprise architects must prove their worth in reducing duplication
- By Rutrell Yasin. Government Computer News, November 8, 2011. "Enterprise architecture is vital to reducing duplication across government, but architects need to be able to measure and report on the benefits of their programs, a panel of federal officials told an audience of enterprise architects in Washington. The General Accounting Office’s Enterprise Architecture Management Maturity Framework version 2.0 can help them do that, GAO officials said..."
Added: 16 November 2011;
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- New report urges state and local governments to be strategic about analytics tools
- by Jeff Smith. Governing People, September 16, 2010. "Business intelligence (BI) and analytics in state / local government has been gaining over the last several months. News of immediate and huge returns on investment have stoked curiosity in the technology. But according to a report out yesterday, state and local officials still need to treat the applications as they would any IT investment – tying its use to broader strategic goals for enterprise..."
Added: 17 September 2010;
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- Do You Think? Or do you Know? Part II:The EA Value Chain, The Strategic Intent Domain, and Principles
- NASCIO Research Brief, September 2010. "... In Part II of this series we continue to lay the ground work for thinking about analytics with additional foundational concepts. First, analytics must be managed at an enterprise level. An enterprise framework is necessary for achieving that end. Analytics has had a presence in state government for some time. However, it has been isolated, uncoordinated, disconnected and unmanaged from an enterprise perspective. This has led to isolated investment, point solutions and a disparity in process and tools. Diversity and complexity in anything will drive up the cost. This diversity in investment needs to rationalized and optimized. The state CIO plays a critical role in leading such an effort and evangelizing the value of managing analytics as an enterprise-wide, shared capability. Proper use of analytics does not always involve additional investment in new analytics tools. For example, state government has in place one of the most important enablers of analytics — geospatial information systems (GIS). However that investment has not been fully exploited. Visualization of facts and outcomes can effectively communicate, develop understanding and inspire commitment..."
Added: 17 September 2010;
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- Do You Think? Or do you Know? Improving State Government Operations Through Business Analytics
- NASCIO Research Brief, February 2010. "... This issue brief is an introduction to the broad and compelling subject of business intelligence, business analytics and performance management. Another term that can be used and may come into vogue within state government is government analytics to describe the application of analytics within government. Other terms that are used frequently include analytics, business analytics, and predictive analytics. Bottom line – government is moving toward more sophistication in the process for creating understanding, reaching conclusions, and making decisions... "
Added: 17 September 2010;
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- NASCIO Releases Newest Issue Brief in Business Analytics Series
- NASCIO, September 15, 2010. "Lexington, Kentucky, September 15, 2010. "Analytics must be driven from enterprise strategy, according to the latest issue brief, 'DO YOU THINK? OR DO YOU KNOW? The EA Value Chain, the Strategic Intent Domain, and Principles', released today by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)... Published as a continuation of NASCIO's series on business analytics, this report highlights the necessity for foundational principles to guide the application of business analytics as the enterprise moves toward fact-based decision making. Without an enterprise approach to analytics, investment across the enterprise is un-orchestrated and uncoordinated..."
Added: 17 September 2010;
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- Enterprise Architecture Development Tool-Kit v3.0
- Introduction and Architecture Governance, Version 3.0, The National Association of State Chief Information Officers - NASCIO, October 2004. "The enhancements in the third version of the Tool-Kit result from the expertise and continued dedication of enterprise architecture practitioners from all levels of government and the private sector. Version 3.0 incorporates an updated governance architecture framework with added roles and responsibilities and a focus on multi-level communication. Process models with explanatory narrative are included for governance and the architecture lifecycle. The Tool-Kit also includes fully populated security domain and application domain blueprints..."
Added: 1 September 2010;
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- Organizational Transformation: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Enterprise Architecture Management (Version 2.0) - GAO-10-846G
- Government Accountability Office, August 5, 2010. "Effective use of an enterprise architecture (EA) is a hallmark of successful organizations and an essential means to achieving a desired end: having operations and technology environments that maximize institutional mission performance and outcomes. Among other things, this includes realizing cost savings through consolidation and reuse of shared services and elimination of antiquated and redundant mission operations, enhancing information sharing through data standardization and system integration, and optimizing service delivery through streamlining and normalization of business processes and mission operations. Not using an EA can result in organizational operations and supporting technology infrastructures and systems that are duplicative, poorly integrated, unnecessarily costly to maintain and interface, and unable to respond quickly to shifting environmental factors. To assist organizations in successfully developing, maintaining, and using an EA, GAO is issuing this major update to its Enterprise Architecture Management Maturity Framework. Its purpose is to provide a flexible benchmark against which to plan for and measure EA program maturity. To develop the update, GAO solicited comments from 27 federal departments and agencies, as well as representatives from the private sector, state governments, and academia, and it leveraged its prior experience in applying the framework..."
Added: 6 August 2010;
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- Enterprise Architecture for UK Government - in pdf format (193kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). An overview of the process and deliverables for Release 1. Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Council, 31 October 2006. "The cross-Government Enterprise Architecture (xGEA) is a fundamental element of the government's 'Transformational Government - Enabled by Technology' strategy which was published in November 2005. In that strategy the first priority of the CTO Council was identified as being to agree and publish a standard Enterprise Architecture reference model which would help align existing and emerging technical architectures across government with the xGEA. This paper describes how the first release of the xGEA – which includes the Enterprise Architecture reference model - will begin to identify opportunities that will underpin improvements in the areas focussed on in the strategy..."
Added: 4 March 2010;
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- Infrastructure protection plan calls for data warehouse
- By Alice Lipowicz. Federal Computer Week, February 20, 2009. "The Homeland Security Department plans to build a system for for collecting and storing data on critical infrastructures across the country, according to the updated National Infrastructure Protection Plan published online Feb. 19..."
Added: 26 February 2009;
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- Managers: How to Understand Your Enterprise Architect
- An enterprise architect can help your company make connections throughout your organization's technical and business communities. But only if you understand how to set the stage for effectiveness--and that begins before the EA's first day of work, by JP Morgenthal. CIO, 10 February, 2009. "You've spent months considering the right person for your open requisition for an enterprise architect (EA). You've had the job candidate meet with representatives from the business and IT, you've extended a job offer, he's accepted it-and now your new enterprise architect will be joining your company. Since the EA is typically a senior role, this is a highly-visible hire and you want the EA to be successful for the company's sake and for your own. Thus, the next step is critical..."
Added: 19 February 2009;
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- Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM) - in pdf format (2414kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Chief Information Officers Council, Version 1.0, December 2008. "In January 2008, the Federal Segment Architecture Working Group (FSAWG) was formed as a sub-team of the Federal CIO Council's Architecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC). The FSAWG consists of federal agency architects who volunteered to leverage existing enterprise architecture (EA) best practices to develop a standard methodology for creating and using segment architectures. The FSAWG developed the Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM), a step-by-step process that includes best practices from across the federal EA community. The FSAM features easy-to-use templates that expedite architecture development and maximize architecture use. The FSAM includes step by step guidance based on business-driven, results-oriented architecture..."
Added: 18 December 2008;
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