eGovernment Working Group Meeting

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• eGovernment Working Group Meeting
• Barbara LaCour, Office of the Chief Information
  Officer

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives (G2C)
• Government To Business Initiatives (G2B)
• Government To Government Initiatives (G2G)
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
  (IEE)
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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Why is USDA so Focused on thePresidential
Initiatives?

• "Expanding electronic government is one of the
  five key elements in the President's Management
  Agenda.
• Twenty four initiatives have been identified by
  the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the
  President's Management Council.
• Four segments G2C, G2B, G2G, Internal Efficiency
• These initiatives will deliver significant
  productivity and performance gains across all
  Departments.
• Implementation of E-Government is important in
  making Government more responsive and
  cost-effective.
• - President Bush
  July 10, 2002

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USDA Presidential Initiatives

Government To Business (G2B)
Government To Citizen (G2C)

• Online Rulemaking
• International Trade Process Streamlining
• Business Gateway
• Federal Asset Sales

• GovBenefits.gov
• Recreation One-Stop
• eLoans
• USA Services

Cross-Cutting eAuthentication
Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness (IEE)
Government To Government (G2G)

• eTraining
• Recruitment One-Stop
• EHRI
• ePayroll
• eTravel
• Integrated Acquisition Environment
• eRecords Management

• Geospatial One-Stop
• Disaster Management
• Project SAFECOM
• Grants.gov

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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GovBenefits.gov

• Mission Provide a single point of access for
  citizens to locate and determine potential
  eligibility for government benefits and services.
  
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Farm Service
  Agency (FSA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),
  Risk Management Agency (RMA), Food Nutrition
  Service (FNS), Natural Resources Conservation
  Service (NRCS), Cooperative State Research,
  Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), Rural
  Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Housing
  Service (RHS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS).
• USDA Lead Dennis Egan, OCIO, [phone],
  dennis.egan_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Department of Labor (DOL)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Launched GovBenefits.gov Version 3.0 with added
  functionality (Nov 2003).
• Established state level relationships and
  identified state benefit programs for inclusion
  in GovBenefits.gov.
• USDA worked with GovBenefits to direct potential
  food stamp and nutrition program participants to
  the Food Stamp Pre-Screening Tool.
• USDA Contributions
• 32 USDA programs are involved in this initiative.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Add 30 benefit programs from 10 states and 2
  federal benefit programs on GovBenefits.gov 3.0.

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Recreation One-Stop

• Mission Provide a single point of access,
  user-friendly, Web-based resource to citizens,
  offering information and access to government
  recreation sites.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Forest
  Service (FS)
• USDA Lead Larry Warren, FS, [phone],
  lwarren_at_fs.fed.us
• Lead Agency Department of Interior (DOI)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Provided data for over 3,500 recreation sites
  managed by 12 federal organizations and their
  affiliates and 7 state, county and regional
  governments.
• Launched enhanced user interface and mapping
  capabilities (Recreationmaps.Gov).
• USDA Contributions
• USDA led the completion of the architecture for
  the Federal Enterprise Architectures (FEA)
  tourism and recreation sub-function.
• USDA led the RecML data standard effort.
• USDA leads the Recreation.Gov partner recruitment
  efforts.
• Work continues on efforts to add additional
  Federal agencies to the Forest Services
  recreation reservation service.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Pilot integrated recreation reservation system.

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eLoans

• Mission Create a single point of access for
  citizens to locate loans, and improve efficiency
  and reduce burden of loan programs.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Farm Service
  Agency (FSA), Rural Business - Cooperative
  Service (RBS), Rural Housing Service (RHS), Rural
  Utilities Service (RUS).
• USDA Lead Bob Bonnet, FSA, [phone],
  bob.bonnet_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Department of Education (DOE)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Completed Pay.gov template waiting for Dec. 5
  review from USDA CFO.
• Developing system requirements and action plan
  for GovLoans Gateway (Web site to educate
  citizens on federal loan programs with links to
  federal agencies and private sector resources).
• Upcoming Milestones
• Compile Web enable risk mitigation data for
  agency users E-Loans working group to review
  Treasurys Debt Check and HUDs CAIVRS to
  determine whether a single platform will meet
  agencies needs.
• Working on 2004 MOU among 5 federal agencies
  describing action plan, cost, etc.

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USA Services

• Mission Develop and deploy government-wide
  citizen customer service using industry best
  practices that will provide citizens with timely,
  consistent responses about government information
  and services.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Food Safety
  Inspection Service (FSIS), Forest Service (FS).
• USDA Lead Ronald Anderson, OCIO, [phone],
  ronald.anderson_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency General Services Administration (GSA)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Integrated the Federal Citizen Information
  Centers (FCIC) call center with FirstGov.gov to
  provide citizens with the ability to contact the
  federal government via telephone, e-mail,
  letters, or fax.
• Added e-mail capability to FCICs National
  Contract Center.
• USDA Contributions
• Working with OCIO and the National
  Telecommunications Services and Operations
  Division (NTSO) to analyze 1-800 numbers and
  special call numbers at USDA and derive an
  approach to common customer solutions and common
  help desk support.
• Establishment of a misdirected e-mail inquiries
  box NotUSDA.
• Utilization of 1-800 Fed Info for misdirected
  phone inquiries.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Collaborate with agency partners to develop and
  pilot a customer/citizen solution for responses
  to Tier 1 citizen inquiries and misdirected
  phone/e-mail inquiries.
• Deploy additional one-stop services at FCIC and
  FirstGov.gov.

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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Online Rulemaking

• Mission Allow citizens to easily access and
  participate in the rule making process. Will
  improve the access to, and quality of, the
  rulemaking process for individuals, businesses,
  and other government entities while streamlining
  and increasing the efficiency of internal
  processes.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Farm Service
  Agency (FSA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),
  Risk Management Agency (RMA), Food and Nutrition
  Service (FNS), Food Safety Inspection Service
  (FSIS), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS),
  Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service
  (APHIS), Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
  Administration (GIPSA), Forest Service (FS),
  Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),
  Cooperative State Research, Education and
  Extension Service (CSREES), Rural Business -
  Cooperative Service (RBS), Rural Housing Service
  (RHS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS),
  Departmental Administration (DA), Office of the
  Chief Economist (OCE), Office of the Chief
  Financial Officer (OCFO), Office the General
  Counsel (OGC), Office of Budget and Program
  Analysis (OBPA).
• USDA Lead Mike Poe, Office of Budget and Program
  Analysis (OBPA), [phone],
  michael.poe_at_usda.gov

• Lead Agency Environmental Protection Agency
  (EPA)
• Recent Accomplishments
• Completed benchmarking study and evaluation of
  existing agency sites. Clinger-Cohen letter
  issued to consolidate redundant and siloed Web
  sites.
• Launched of cross-agency front-end Web
  application for receiving public comments on
  proposed rules.
• USDA staff participating in Federal working
  group.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Consolidate existing agency eDocket systems with
  EPAs system.
• Initiate business process reengineering of
  rulemaking process.

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International Trade Process Streamlining

• Mission Simplify the process for obtaining
  information and documents needed to conduct
  business abroad.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Foreign
  Agricultural Service (FAS)
• USDA Lead TBD
• Lead Agency Department of Commerce (DOC)
• Recent Accomplishments
• Launched One Stop, One Form (Feb 2003).
• Launched automated NAFTA certification of origin
  (Mar 2003).
• USDA Contributions
• Participated in the planning and implementation
  of the redesigned Export.gov portal released in
  April 2003.
• USDA became the first partner to accept customer
  information via Export.gov's one-stop-one-form
  online registry and use it to pre-populate forms.
  
• BuyUsa and Export.gov are integrated.
• USDA saved 4.7 million by not developing a
  standalone system. Committed to stop development
  of the Departments Online Trade Assistance
  system.
• Upcoming Milestones
• - Implement the export credit guarantee programs
  online (April 2004), migrate FAS exporter
  assistance content to Export.gov (March 2004) and
  participate in the implementation of a
  cross-agency content management system for
  Export.gov (Dec. 2004).

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Business Gateway

• Mission Reduce the burden on businesses by
  making it easy to find, understand, and comply
  with relevant laws and regulations at all levels
  of government.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Farm Service
  Agency (FSA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS),
  Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS),
  Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Animal and
  Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Grain
  Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
  (GIPSA), Forest Service (FS), Natural Resources
  Conservation Service (NRCS), Rural Business -
  Cooperative Service (RBS), Rural Utilities
  Service (RUS), Rural Housing Service (RHS),
  Departmental Administration (DA).
• USDA Lead TBD
• Lead Agency Small Business Administration (SBA)

• Recent Accomplishments
• - Created 4 projected digital compliance
  assistance tools
• INS' Alien Employee Visa Classification eTool
• OSHA Emergency Evacuation Procedures eTool
• EPA's Auto Dismantler and Recycler
  Environmental Audit Advisor
• Motor Vehicle Waste Disposal Wells Advisor 
• Harmonized Electronic Miner Reporting proof of
  concept (saving 25,000 hours in reporting time
  for mining firms).
• Completed the Small Business Paperwork Relief
  Task Force Report to Congress.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Complete additional compliance assistance guides
  designed to help businesses comply with relevant
  regulations in the environment, health and
  safety, employment, and taxes.
• Develop a "forms gateway" for federal forms
  systems.

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Federal Asset Sales

• Mission Identify, recommend, and implement
  improvements for asset recovery and disposition,
  making it easier for agencies, businesses, and
  citizens to find and acquire/buy federal assets.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices All USDA
  Agencies and Staff Offices
• USDA Lead TBD
• Lead Agency General Services Administration (GSA)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Migrated FedSales.gov to Firstgov.gov and
  improved search capabilities for items that
  agencies are seeking to sell.
• Requested Request for Information (RFI).
• USDA Contributions
• USDA worked closely with the Managing Partner to
  refine scope and define what should be delineated
  in revised MOU(s).
• USDA detailed an individual to GSA who helped
  develop requirements for the Utilization Donation
  Asset Study, and worked towards awarding a RFP
  for Personal Property Assets.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Develop industry benchmarks for the pilot
  transaction portal.
• Launch Marketplace with value added services for
  personal property.
• Possibility of additional scope (e.g., financial
  assets like loans, real property)

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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Geospatial One-Stop

• Mission Provide federal and state agencies with
  single-point of access to map-related data
  enabling consolidation of redundant data.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Farm Service
  Agency (FSA), Risk Management Agency (RMA),
  Forest Service (FS), Natural Resources
  Conservation Service (NRCS), Rural Business -
  Cooperative Service (RBS), Rural Housing Service
  (RHS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS).
• USDA Lead Dennis Lytle, NRCS, [phone],
  dennis.lytle_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Department of Interior (DOI)

• Recent Accomplishments
• All draft standards available for review on
  www.geo-one-stop.gov
• Inventory of existing Federal data holding
  complete.
• Launched new GeoData.gov portal (June 2003).
• USDA Contributions
• All participating USDA agencies completed
  metadata for existing geospatial data holdings
  and reported all planned data collection
  activities.
• USDA staff participated in the GeoData.gov portal
  design, review and evaluation and led standards
  development activities.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Complete Portal Version 1 testing, evaluation and
  future version requirements analysis.
• Submit draft Framework Data Standards to the
  American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

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Disaster Management

• Mission Provide federal, state, and local
  emergency managers on-line access to disaster
  management related information, planning and
  response tools.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Farm Service
  Agency (FSA), Risk Management Agency (RMA), Food
  and Nutrition Service (FNS), Food Safety
  Inspection Service (FSIS), Animal and Plant
  Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Forest Service
  (FS), Natural Resources Conservation Service
  (NRCS), Cooperative State Research, Education and
  Extension Service (CSREES), Rural Utilities
  Service (RUS), Office of the Chief Information
  Officer (OCIO).
• USDA Lead Barbara LaCour, OCIO, [phone],
  barbara.lacour_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Federal Emergency Management Agency
  (FEMA)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Released Disaster Management Interoperability
  Services (DMIS) to include new tools such as
  alerts, Web-services map capability, open source
  intelligence, specific needs request and regional
  weather.
• DMIS has been used in 24 instances during actual
  emergencies and 48 disaster preparedness
  exercises.
• USDA Contributions
• USDA content is included in the following
  DisasterHelp.gov portal areas Acts of Terror,
  Disease, Drought, Earthquake, Fire, Flood, Food,
  Hurricane, Power Outage and Tornado.
• USDA took leadership in suggesting the
  development of the Food area, which was
  established in time to assist citizens impacted
  by the recent hurricane.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Release of hand held mobile chemical agent and
  toxic material identification tool, and on-line
  templates for storing event and site information
  centrally.
• Release of Playbook module that provides
  templates and Best Practices for creating
  response plans.

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Project SAFECOM

• Mission Serve as the umbrella program within the
  Federal government to help local, tribal, State
  and Federal public safety agencies improve public
  safety response through more effective and
  efficient interoperable wireless communications.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Food Safety
  Inspection Service (FSIS), Animal and Plant
  Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Forest Service
  (FS).
• USDA Lead Tim Quinn, FS, [phone],
  tim.quinn_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Established the Federal Coordination Council on
  Public Safety Interoperability on October 28th.
• Modifying an existing Web-based tool to
  distribute wireless network integration
  solutions.
• Developing grant guidance for wireless
  communications grants to state, tribal, and local
  organizations.
• USDA Contributions
• USDA proposed on November 5th a Radio IP
  Interoperability Test Bed at a State-wide scale.
  SAFECOM is exploring funding. USDA is
  following up with potential stakeholders.
• USDA has been a leader in a collaborative
  approach to interoperable wireless technologies
  and emergency responses working in conjunction
  with DOI, FEMA and other non-homeland security
  civilian agencies.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Establish Working Groups on Standards, Grants,
  and Training/Technical Assistance.
• SAFECOM/AGILE Joint Planning Meeting December
  2-4 in San Diego.
• Rollout set of standards that will enable
  interoperability at all levels of government.

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Grants.gov

• Mission Create a single, on-line portal for all
  federal grant customers to find and apply for
  grants, making it easier for potential recipients
  to obtain information about federal grants and
  apply for grants.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Foreign
  Agricultural Service (FAS), Food and Nutrition
  Service (FNS), Agricultural Marketing Service
  (AMS), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
  (APHIS), Forest Service (FS), Natural Resources
  Conservation Service (NRCS), Agricultural
  Research Service (ARS), Cooperative State
  Research, Education and Extension Service
  (CSREES), Economic Research Service (ERS), Rural
  Business - Cooperative Service (RBS), Rural
  Utilities Service (RUS), Rural Housing Service
  (RHS), Office of the Chief Information Officer
  (OCIO), Office of the Chief Financial Officer
  (OCFO).
• USDA Lead TBD
• Lead Agency Department of Health and Human
  Services (HHS)

• Recent Accomplishments
• - Launched Grants.gov APPLY module on October
  31st. Site available to the public.
• - Completed deployment of Grants.gov FIND module
  to grant-making agencies.
• USDA Contributions
• USDA selected as initial testing partner for
  system-to-system interface between Grants.gov and
  grant-making agencies.
• USDA has completed the development of the
  Grants.gov Interface Module (GIM), which will
  interface with Grants.gov to receive electronic
  grant proposals. GIM in final test phases. The
  system will be used by all participating USDA
  grant-making agencies.
• Upcoming Milestones
• USDA will provide Grants.gov training to
  grant-making agencies.
• Federal agencies required to post synopses of
  funding opportunities that award discretionary
  grants and cooperative agreements to Grants.gov
  FIND module.
• System-to-system interface between GIM and
  Grants.gov

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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eTraining

• Mission establish a premier e-Training
  environment - the Gov Online Learning Center -
  that provides one-stop access to high quality
  e-Training products and services to the Federal
  workforce.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices All USDA
  Agencies and Staff Offices
• USDA Lead Cynthia Bezz, OCIO, [phone],
  cynthia.bezz_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Career Development Tool available - IT Workforce
  Development Roadmap for 2210 series.
• eMentoring available July 24th to help GoLearn
  users when taking the free e-Training courses.
• Enhanced Reporting for legislatively mandated or
  agency required training needs.
• USDA Contributions (as of 10/31/03)
• USDA selected GoLearn commercial partner for
  USDA-wide Learning Management System (LMS).
• Of the 109,000 USDA employees and contractors
  with GoLearn accounts, about 60,000 are active
• About 44,000 USDA users completed annual
  CyberSecurity Awareness raining requirement
• USDA agencies purchased online courseware through
  GoLearn.
• Upcoming Milestones
• More Career Roadmaps for other disciplines, such
  as human resources, acquisition management, and
  financial management, will be launched next year.
  
• USDA putting up Phase One of LMS for 10,000 users
  in 12 USDA agencies
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Recruitment One-Stop

• Mission Outsource delivery of USAJOBS Federal
  Employment Information System to provide
  state-of-the-art on-line recruitment services to
  job seekers including intuitive job searching,
  on-line resume submission, applicant data mining,
  and on-line feedback on status and eligibility.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices All USDA
  agencies and Staff Offices
• USDA Leads Maryann Jenkins, ORM, [phone],
  maryann.jenkins_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

• Recent Accomplishments
• USAJOBS portal redesigned and launched in August
  2003. Offers improved job search engine,
  streamlined resume builder, and enhanced
  candidate sourcing tools.
• 60 Government agencies/entities using USAJOBS for
  listings.
• USDA participated in the early stages of the
  Recruitment One-Stop initiative.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Enhancing Job Announcement Templates and USAJOBS
  Resume Builder.
• Matching applicant skills to job openings.
• Data mining Reviewing and searching for
  applicants in database with specific search
  criteria.

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Enterprise Human Resources Integration

• Mission Streamline and automate the electronic
  exchange of standardized HR data needed for
  creation of an official employee record and
  workforce reporting across the Federal
  Government.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices All USDA
  Agencies and Staff Offices
• USDA Lead Clif Taylor, OHRM, [phone],
  clifton.taylor_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Workforce Analysis and Support System (WASS) and
  Civilian Forecasting (CIVFORS) tools entered
  acceptance and 508 testing phases.
• Uploaded 8 years of Civilian Personnel Data File
  (CPDF) data.
• Migration of WASS/CIVORS tools to EHRI Technology
  Infrastructure.
• USDA Contributions
• - USDA staff participated in early working group
  sessions.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Initiate CPDF modernization.
• Develop the Human Resource Information System
  (HRIS) and Payroll interfaces.

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ePayroll

• Mission Consolidate 22 federal payroll systems
  to simplify and standardize federal human
  resources/payroll policies and procedures to
  better integrate payroll, human resources, and
  finance functions.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices Office of
  the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO)
• USDA Lead Jerry Lohfink, National Finance Center
  (NFC), [phone], jerry.lohfink_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Migration Planning Meetings conducted with
  representatives of various federal agencies
  scheduled to migrate to the four e-payroll
  providers.
• Partnership proposals submitted by providers to
  the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and
  OPM.
• Department of Energy implemented into the Defense
  Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) System.
• USDA Contributions
• NFC completed fit-gap analysis for Office of
  Thrift Supervision (OTS) migration.
• NFC is currently participating on the initial
  Standardization Action Team, and will partake in
  additional standardization teams as requested by
  OPM. NFC will be the final provider for this
  solution.
• Merger strategy with DOI/National Business Center
  submitted for OMB/OPM review.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Develop policy and procedures for payroll
  standardization.
• NFC will conduct separate migration planning
  meetings with Department of Labor and
  Environmental Protection Agency personnel over
  the next month.

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eTravel

• Mission Provide a government-wide Web-based
  service that applies world-class travel
  management practices to consolidate federal
  travel, minimize cost and produce superior
  customer satisfaction.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices All USDA
  Agencies and Staff Offices
• USDA Lead Wendy Snow, OCFO, [phone],
  wsnow_at_cfo.usda.gov
• Lead Agency General Services Administration (GSA)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Supported revision of Federal Travel Regulations
  to require mandatory use of the eTravel Services.
• Held 2 day kick-off meeting to develop strategy
  for USDA migration team, migration plan, and
  migration schedule.
• USDA Contributions
• USDA serves as chair of the eTravel Source
  Selection Advisory Council charged with
  recommending a solution.
• Current schedules call for USDA to begin
  migration to eTravel during the first quarter of
  FY 2004. At least 2 legacy USDA solutions
  will be turned-off once eTravel is fully
  deployed.
• Upcoming Milestones
• GSA Award of eTravel contract anticipated in
  November 2003.
• Solicit mission area representatives for the
  eTravel migration and evaluation teams in
  November 2003.
• Submit USDA eTravel migration plan and schedule
  to GSA.

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Integrated Acquisition Environment

• Mission Create a secure business environment
  that will facilitate and support cost-effective
  acquisition of goods and services by agencies,
  while eliminating inefficiencies in the current
  acquisition environment.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices All USDA
  Agencies and Staff Offices
• USDA Lead Todd Repass, OPPM, [phone],
  todd.repass_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency General Services Administration (GSA)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Launched Federal Technical Data System,
  FedTeDs.gov (Feb 2003).
• Proposed Central Contractor Registration rule
  published in Federal Register for public comment
  (May 2003).
• USDA Contributions
• USDA continued to provide significant support.
• The Departments Procurement Systems Division
  (PSD) representatives attended weekly planning
  and working committee meetings during FY 2003 for
  the following IAE Initiatives e-Marketplace,
  Business Process Network/CCR, Federal Procurement
  Data System-NG, Standard eTransactions and
  Intra-Governmental Transactions Portal (IGTP).
• Upcoming Milestones
• Pilot a central place for contractors to post
  their certifications and representations as
  required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
• USDA intends to include the development of
  interfaces with e-catalog system requirements and
  complete interface specification linking USDAs
  Integrated Acquisition System (IAS) with
  e-Marketplace.

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eRecords Management

• Mission Provide policy guidance to help agencies
  better manage their electronic records, so that
  records information can be effectively used to
  support timely and effective decision making,
  enhance service delivery, and ensure
  accountability.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices All USDA
  Agencies and Staff Offices
• USDA Lead Bette Fugitt, OCIO, [phone],
  bette.fugitt_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency National Archives and Records
  Administration (NARA)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Endorsed revised DoD standards for common set of
  requirements for government-wide records
  management applications (Jan 2003).
• Issued guidance for transferring permanent PDF
  records to the National Archives (Mar 2003).
• USDA Contributions
• USDAs primary function and involvement has been
  to help NARA shape government-wide standards and
  policies.
• Distribution of new policies and guidance through
  Records Management Web site and Records Officers.
• Upcoming Milestones
• Inventory and clean up of official records.
• Identification of unscheduled records and a plan
  with timelines for scheduling those records.

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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eAuthentication

• Mission Minimize the burden on businesses,
  public and government when obtaining services
  on-line by providing a secure infrastructure for
  on-line transactions, eliminating the need for
  separate processes for the verification of
  identity and electronic signatures.
• Participating USDA Agencies/Offices All USDA
  Agencies and Staff Offices
• USDA Lead Mark Liegey, NFC, [phone],
  mark.liegey_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency General Services Administration (GSA)

• Recent Accomplishments
• Four agencies (DOD, TREAS, USDA, NASA) were
  cross-certified with the Federal PKI Bridge.
• Federal eAuthentication Policy document in final
  approval stage at OMB (Federal Register comments
  received and incorporated).
• USDA Contributions
• The new USDA eAuthentication Solution, Web
  Central Authentication and Authorization Facility
  (WebCAAF), was launched on October 19th. USDA
  has been working closely with NIST to review
  technical requirements for credential providers
  and assisted OMB and GSA in the review and
  disposition of the comments to the Federal
  Register submission for the eAuthentication
  Assurance Level Policy.
• USDA (WebCAAF and NFC Certification Authority)
  working to become Shared Service Providers.
• Member of eAuthentication Executive Steering
  Committee (ESC) and Federal Identity
  Credentialing Committee (FICC).
• Upcoming Milestones
• Demonstrate federated identity product
  interoperability for e-Gov initiatives (USDA to
  participate in proof-of-concept) Issue Federated
  eAuthentication Architecture and interface
  specifications.

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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Federal Health Architecture

• Background
• Part of USDA's mission involves protecting the
  health of the public by ensuring the country's
  agricultural resources and commodities are safe,
  making USDA a strategic partner in the Federal
  Health Architecture (FHA) initiative.
• FHAs primary mission is to develop an enterprise
  architecture for the health environment.
• Two areas of the architecture are being developed
  in the near future that will require USDA
  involvement
• Business Architecture Reference Model Revision -
  The FHA group has obtained authority from the
  Federal Chief Architect to revamp the Business
  Reference Model for the Health Line of Business.
• Development of Public Health Surveillance
  Vertical Slice - Includes business, data,
  application, and technology layers.
• - Development of the architecture will require
  the involvement of subject matter experts from at
  least five USDA agencies APHIS, FSIS, FNS, ARS,
  and CSREES.
• USDA Lead
• Clif Gonzales, FSIS, [phone],
  clifton.gonzales_at_usda.gov
• Lead Agency Department of Health and Human
  Services (HHS)

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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Presidential Initiatives Agency Participation
Matrix
Refer to the eGovernment Presidential Initiatives
Participation Matrix Handout
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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help

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How You Can Help

• Identify PIs in which your agency is
  participating.
• Determine PI next steps and any associated steps
  required of all participating agencies (Project
  Plans).
• Ensure that you have agency representatives
  attending meetings, completing tasks, and
  assisting the USDA PI Leads.
• Help communicate USDA Presidential Initiative
  success stories/best practices.

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Agenda

• Welcome
• Overview of Presidential Initiatives
• Government To Citizen Initiatives
• Government To Business Initiatives
• Government To Government Initiatives
• Internal Efficiency and Effectiveness Initiatives
• eAuthentication
• Federal Health Architecture (FHA)
• Agency Participation Matrix
• How You Can Help