Tuning Emerging Technologies…Making Them Play Together: From Stovepipes to

Wind Chimes! Jim Disbrow, Project Manager

Susan Turnbull, Co-Chair, ET SubcommitteeRichard Spivack, Co-Chair, ET Subcommittee

Owen Ambur, Former Project ManagerBlue Sky Forum, Department of Energy

October 24, 2007

CIOC Emerging Technology Life-Cycle Management Process

• Overview• Authority• FY08 Activities• Benefits• Discussion

Emerging Technology Subcommittee, Architecture and Infrastructure Committee, CIO Council

Tuning ET Together - From Stovepipes to Wind ChimesPurpose: An “incubator” organizing process to accelerate discovery, maturation, and validation of capabilities that leverage FEA principles and priorities. The key components of charter :

• Greater foresight and discernment as established and emerging technologies compete and converge

• Longer life-cycles through market-based, open standards technologies

• Common understanding of business scenarios to anticipate performance outcomes and mitigate risks.

• Improve strategic foresight and collaboration capacity around strategic IT assets.Key FY08 Activities

1. Conduct ET Life-cycle process http://ET.gov

2. Conduct Collaborative Expedition Workshops with GSA and Subcommittee on Networking for IT Research and Development

ET SC Co-chairs

Susan Turnbull Richard Spivack

Susan.turnbull@gsa.gov Richard.Spivack@nist.gov

202-501-6214 301-975-5063

CIOC ET Life-Cycle Management: ET.gov

FY05 CIOC - Develop identification and validation processes for emerging technologies

• Examine crosscutting emerging technology components and develop recommendations for government use

• Governmentwide IT innovation lifecycle management process to accelerate discovery, validation, and maturation of components

• Accept submissions from vendor/integrators• Approved components in governmentwide repository: CORE.gov

FY07-09 CIOC Strategic Plan

• Interoperable IT solutions, identified and used efficiently and effectively across the Federal Government. Goal 3

• Continue to develop more efficient and effective methods for sharing information on emerging technologies. Obj. 9

• Continue to implement & refine life-cycle management process and website (ET.gov) to enable the identification and discovery of emerging technology components and specifications, via full-text searching as well as mappings to the FEA Service Component Reference Model (SRM) and Technical Reference Model (TRM). Major Activity

• History, Principles and Authority

Key FY08 Activities

1. Conduct http://ET.gov

Purpose: “Continue to develop more efficient and effective methods for sharing information on emerging technologies.” CIOC Strategic Plan

ET.gov stages:

1. Identification: anyone registers ET component using XML schema >80

2. Subscription: community forms around high potential component 14

3. Stewardship: community recognized by ET SC (i.e. IPv6, StratML)) 5

4. Graduation: component recognized by Services SC for inclusion in CORE.gov 2

Key FY08 Actions

1. Explore partnering with other federal settings involved in technology evaluation and transfer

2. Conduct Collaborative Expedition workshops to support networking among ET communities

Contact Information

Jim Disbrow, Project Mgr.

http://ET.gov

Susan Turnbull

Susan.Turnbull@gsa.gov

Jim.Disbrow@eia.doe.gov202-586-1868

Richard Spivack, Richard.Spivack@nist.gov

Owen.Ambur@verizon.net

Former Project Mgr.

Key FY08 Activities

2. Conduct Collaborative Expedition Workshops

Purpose: Monthly open workshops to encourage collaboration among government and community implementers of IT and to demonstrate promising capabilities emerging from IT research that aligns with FEA principles

• “Facilitate strategic dialogue among communities of interest. Through the Expedition Workshops, sponsored by AIC, interested participants experience and learn about new opportunities to adhere to sound architectural principles and implement shared, service-oriented solutions.” from CIOC Strategic Plan

• Leadership in virtual collaboration (i.e. Data Reference Model, Geospatial Profile)

Key FY08 Activities/Deliverables

1. Organize around business scenarios from ET.gov & IT R&D communities that address CIOC Strategic Plan and Architecture Principles for the US Government.

2. Organize around CIO requests.

ET SC co-chairs SEW CG co-chairs

Susan Turnbull, ET SC

Susan.Turnbull@gsa.gov

Susan Turnbull, SEW

Susan.Turnbull@gsa.gov

Richard Spivack, ET SC Richard.Spivak@nist.gov

Suzi Iacono, SEWsiacono@nsf.gov

Key FY08 Activities – Graduation to Services SC

3. Strategy Markup Language - StratML

Purpose: To facilitate collaboration around shared missions and reduce the number of duplicative performance metrics

• XML vocabulary and schema Federal agency strategic plans and potential for performance plans, and performance reports all aligned with FEA

• More than 50 Federal strategic plans rendered in StratML

• Support strategic alignment among partners and maintain currency readily

4. IPv6 Purpose: To provide leadership and coordination in the adoption of IPv6

• Explore business scenarios to anticipate performance outcomes and mitigate risks.

Key FY08 Actions

1. Establish agreement with Services SC for ET components graduating to CORE.gov

2. Explore interest in StratML from science & IT R&D agencies

StratML IPv6 XML CoP

Adam Schwartz, chair StratML CoP202-512-2055

Phil Wenger, XML,co-chairPhilip_R._Wenger@omb.eo

p.gov

Peter Tseronis, IPv6 chairPeter.Tseronis@ed.gov

Ed Coia, XML,co—chairEd.Coia@fms.treas.gov

Tim Schmidt, IPv6 vice-chair, DoT

ET.gov Enables….– Identification & Discovery of ET Components

• By anyone• Regardless of whether component exists yet or not

– Formation, Identification & Discovery of CoPs• By .gov folks with “business” expertise• In partnership with .com, .edu & .org technical experts

– Potential Direction of Additional Resources• By CIOC leaders• Based upon need, interest & priorities

– Collaboration to Assess Viability & Utility• By ET CoPs• Through proofs-of-concept, pilots

– Delivery of Proven Components • For Consideration By Services Subcommittee & Governance

Subcommittee, Agencies, LOBs & eGov Projects

ET.gov - Built to SharePotential Innovation Partnerships

• IC Vendorpedia– Followup to 9/13/06 conversation with Gen.

Meyerrose (Ambur)– 8/16/07 telecon with DNI/OCIO staff (Turnbull

& Ambur)

• DHS IT Products & Services Database

• IPV6 WG inspired enhancements

• Other agencies/systems? National Labs?

Home Page

Identify a Component

SRM Components

TRM Specifications

Register a Component

Search Components

Enhanced Search Prototype

Questions?

http://et.gov/help.aspx

JIM.DISBROW@eia.doe.govProject Manager

ET.gov Additional Background• ET CoPs can use any collaborative tools they

choose, such as:– CORE.gov– http://gsa.gov/collaborate

• Components “graduating” from Stage 4 become candidates for:– Inclusion in CORE.gov by Services Subcommittee, or– Consideration by the Governance Subcommittee– Relatively low-risk usage by agencies

• Channel for input into CIOC’s FEA model maintenance process for SRM & TRM:– http://et.gov/pagehelp.aspx#servicetype– http://et.gov/pagehelp.aspx#technicalstandard