NRCS eGov Overview September, 2002

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NRCS eGov OverviewSeptember, 2002
Driven By Presidential Initiatives Freedom to
E-File Act GPEA Department eGov Plans

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eGov Vision March, 2001

• eGov - it is imperative that
• business strategies,
• technology infrastructures and
• customer expectations
• collaboratively propel the Web as a new,
  dependable, and straightforward delivery channel
  for USDA's customers.
• gt County Based Agencies eGov Vision March, 2001

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NRCS eGov Team
Business Brad Anseth Manuel Ayala Don
Baloun Patty Brown Denise Coleman Dan
Conrad Leslie Deavers Mark Habiger Martha
Joseph Colleen Schneider Joe Thompson
IT Owen Unangst Terry Buettgenbach Dave
Butler Anita Byrd Sherry Casper John
Huddleston Barb Pursley Jennifer Schukar Jane
Grant
Others Terri Jackson Phyllis Williams
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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• New Agency Web Site
• Up-to-date pages
• Team assignments
• No more redundancy
• Protected by firewall

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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• Inter-Agency Search
• Like Yahoo
• NRCS, FSA RD
• Updated Weekly

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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• eForms
• Complete On-Line
• Electronically Submit
• NRCS, FSA RD forms
• 1st step in e-Routing
• 36 Submittals as of 9/1/02

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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• eDirectives
• On-Line Directives
• For NRCS Alone

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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• Event Calendar
• Upcoming Events
• By Agency or by State
• For State /or County Level
• For NRCS, FSA and RD

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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• ListServ
• Lists and Newsletters
• For any region /or topic
• Auto-sends e-mails
• For NRCS, FSA and RD

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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• Inter-Agency Portal
• Home Page with Inter-Agency Info
• Complies with Presidents Memo
• For NRCS, FSA and RD

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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• WebCAAF
• Authentication Authorization
• For Customers, Employees, Partners
• Employees use CAMS ID
• For NRCS, FSA and RD
• LESA, eForms, WebTCAS, others

In first 2 months All 43,000 employees Over 900
Customers
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Some of the NRCS eGov Products

• Other Electronic Applications
• Gateway
• Soils
• Plants
• eFOTG
• IAS
• LESA
• eContracts soon
• Customer Feedback FY 03

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Some Related eGov Products

• Office Information Profile
• Office Locations, Contacts, Phones, Maps
• For NRCS, FSA and RD

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Some Related eGov Products

• Service Center Information Management System
• SCIMS
• Customer Database for all CB Agencies
• Training (October, 2002) required for Access
• For NRCS, FSA and RD

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Some Related eGov Products

• Photo Gallery
• Includes thousands of high quality environmental
  photos

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Some Related eGov Products

• E-Mail
• Integrated with OIP
• New System Coming w/ CCE
• Integrated w/ E-Forms, etc.
• For NRCS, FSA RD

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NRCS and the Future of eGov

• Still must meet GPEA Requirements
• Still must support Presidential Management
  Initiatives
• Next Projects
• eContracts
• eForms Enhancements
• Workflow (between NRCS and Customers, FSA,
  others)
• Customer Feedback
• Legacy Migration to the Web
• Cooperating with CCE, Telecommunications, Security

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eGov and NRCS Summary Page

• New NRCS Home Page
• E-Forms
• Inter-Agency Search
• E-Directives
• Event Calendar
• Listserv
• Inter-Agency Portal
• Customer Authentication
• Office Information
• Photo Gallery
• Plants
• eFOTG

• www.nrcs.usda.gov/
• forms.sc.egov.usda.gov
• search.sc.egov.usda.gov
• policy.nrcs.usda.gov
• events.nrcs.usda.gov
• news-source.nrcs.usda.gov
• sc.egov.usda.gov
• https//webreg.sc
• offices.usda.gov
• photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/
• plants.usda.gov
• efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov

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eGov and NRCS Summary Page, contd
eGov Business card Includes major URLs
for current Web sites that support USDA/NRCS
eGovernment efforts
eForms (customer) http//forms.sc.egov.usda.go
v eForms Work Queue (employee)
https//formadmin.sc.egov.usda.gov Inter-Agency
Portal http//forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/eforms/ defau
lt1.htm Photo Gallery http//photogallery.nrcs.us
da.gov/ Search http//search.sc.egov.usda.gov/ Ev
ent Calendar http//events.nrcs.usda.gov WebReg
(employee) https//webreg.sc.egov.usda.gov/webreg
WebReg (customer) https//webreg.sc.egov.usda.go
v/activate OIP http//offices.usda.gov/ eFOTG
http//efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov AELS (list
service) http//news-source.nrcs.usda.gov/ CBA
eGovernment Training http//www.info.usda.gov/e
govtraining