Colleen Colleen Coggins, Chief Knowledge Officer, Department of the Interior, who recently provided support on detail to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as Acting Manager of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEA PMO).

9:45

Networking Break / Visit Exhibits

10:15

Cloud Computing: Driving Real Innovation and Value Within the EA Roadmap

Teresa Bozzelli, Independent Consultant, Government Markets (Moderator)
Steven Hill, Director Sales Engineering, Terremark
Steve Picot, Federal Manager for Data Center Solutions, Cisco
Jesse Reed, Manager, Advanced Services, Cisco Public Sector
Mike Wilkerson, Senior Manager Systems Engineer, VMware, Inc

To best capture the value of the multitude of new technologies concepts and tools introduced annually, government organizations evaluate must quickly evaluate and integrate emerging technologies to enhance their existing infrastructure. Join this expert panel to learn how Enterprise Architecture principles create the foundation for the incorporation of distributed and shared computing strategies, including virtualization and cloud computing, to ensure ongoing operations are maintained, productivity is improved, and IT resources are evolved as budgets and staffing permit. Hear how government IT professionals are embracing new computing architectures to make the most of current and future IT investment and leverage the opportunities offered by new technology innovations.

11:15

Using EA and Collaborative Approaches to Improve Agency Operations

Diane Reeves, Business Architect, Department of the Interior (Moderator)
Michael Kelley, Chief, Budget Administration Division, Department of the Interior
Stephen Mattingly, FBMS Coordinator, Office of Financial Management, Department of the Interior
Mazie Murphy, CGFM, MSA, Staff Accountant, Office of Financial Management, Department of the Interior

The Department of Interior is using Enterprise Architecture to improve its business operations, although the process is ongoing and has not been easy or automatic. This session will address how an internal team of agency stakeholders, including human resources, financial and program management, and others, was organized and continues to work to improve department mission support. The emphasis in this group has been on a business-driven approach to architecture, with a specific focus on how to use technology and strategy to show measurable progress and improved operational results. Join members of this working group to discuss what has worked well, continuing challenges, and unexpected outcomes.

12:00

Networking Lunch / Visit Exhibits

1:00

Afternoon Keynote: Using Architecture to Improve Accountability and Transparency

Kshemendra Paul, Chief Architect, Office of E-Government and Information Technology, U.S. Office of Management and Budget

With a renewed emphasis on government transparency and accountability, how can those charged with information architecture collaborate to deliver the kind of insight into public sector operations that is practical, secure, and efficient? With the depth of EA expertise in the government IT professional ranks, learn how these methodologies can be used to help transform government organizations in a meaningful way. Learn how EA is being applied to provide intelligent, auditable information to the American public on the highest-profile programs underway now, and how lessons learned about governance, management, and enforcement from these implementations may be applied to increase oversight and disclosure for other challenging government programs in the future.

1:45

How EA is Transforming Government Operations

Avi Bender, Director for Enterprise Architecture, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury (Moderator)
Andy Blumenthal, Chief Technology Officer, ATF, Department of Justice
Joyce Grigsby, Chief Architect, Personnel and Readiness Information Management, Department of Defense
Terry Horning, Enterprise Architect, Office of Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
Paul Liesenberg, Enterprise Architect and Technology Manager, Cisco
Jim Rolfes, Manager, Enterprise Architecture and IT Portfolio Division, Office of Information Technology, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

This interactive panel discussion will cover agency approaches to using EA principles, innovation, and collaborative programs to transform how they meet business and mission objectives. Panelists will discuss how they are educating and involving executive and program managers in their initiatives, and their most effective strategies for delivering tangible benefits and transforming operations. Learn about the challenges they face in gaining acceptance and adoption of architecture and how they have focused on providing streamlined business processes and information delivery to foster adoption of EA in their organizations. Plan to participate and share what works best to advance EA within your agency, proven techniques to secure funding and sustained support for EA programs and staff, and how architects should engage priority programs to help them succeed.

3:00

How Security and Architecture Can Work Together

Scott Bernard, Deputy CIO/Director, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation (Moderator)
Ken Mortensen, Attorney and former Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, U.S. Department of Justice
Ron Ross, Senior Computer Scientist and Information Security Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce

This session will illustrate how EA can be used to improve an agency’s security profile and how these disciplines can be mutually supportive programs inside federal departments. Learn from expert practitioners how to apply EA principles to security architectures and strategies to harmonize differences in their implementation. Attendees will hear how to integrate architecture and security programs for best results on Certification and Accreditation (C&A) of services, reaching beyond traditional approaches, with an increased emphasis on operational security beyond simple regulatory compliance. In addition, understand how “continuous monitoring” can serve to improve segment, enterprise, and solutions level architectures and deliver game-changing results.

3:45

Wrap Up, Announcements, and Closing Remarks

Michael Smoyer, President, Digital Government Institute

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Enterprise Architecture Conference & Expo :
Friday, June 19, 2009

All sessions on Friday will be held in The Polaris Suite of the Ronald Reagan Building.

7:45

Registration Open
Continental Breakfast

8:30

An Update on the DOD Architecture Framework

Prakash Rao, Faculty Instructor, FEAC Institute
Walter Okon, Senior Architect Engineer, Enterprise Architecture & Standards, Chief Information Officer, Office Of Secretary Of Defense

The DoD Architecture Framework is arguably one of the foremost mechanisms for establishing a common architecture vocabulary, aligning a set of disparate models and unifying the operational, systems and technical infrastructure views. Though initially aimed at promoting integration and interoperability of operations, systems and technology, it has evolved to encompass acquisition, information support planning and meeting other governance related needs as well. DoDAF 1.5 was an interim addition of service oriented concepts and architecture constructs for the support of net-centric operations. DoDAF 2.0 goes further to add views that assist in enterprise architecture planning, portfolio management of information technology and end to end traceability from acquisition to project to capability to system/service to the platform needs. This presentation, unlike the ones that are provided at DoDAF 2.0 workshops and are built from the working groups’ perspective, looks at the practitioner and trainer’s view of the DoDAF 2.0 and its potential usefulness.

Learning Points

What is the DoDAF, and in specific DoDAF 2.0?
How does DoDAF 2.0 differ from DoDAF 1.5?
How does the DoDAF 1.5 practitioner look at DoDAF 2.0?
From a practitioner’s perspective, what are the benefits of DoDAF 2.0?
What are potential problem areas?
Summary of anticipated impact of DoDAF 2.0 on the practitioner

8:30

Segment Architecture in Context

Michael Tiemann, Senior Faculty and Program Director, FEAC Institute (Moderator)
John Teeter, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Health and Human Services
Raghav Vajjhala, Chief Architect, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

Explore the Federal Segment Architecture Methodology and some of the rational behind its development and use. The strategy for Federal Segments will be discussed and how the 560 Federal segments with the Reference Models create a serious means to assess the Federal IT budget. The focus of the Segment approach as a means to identify solutions for actionable EA to support the business and mission of government will also be covered.

You will learn answers to:

What is Segment Architecture and why is it important in the FEA?
Why is a common approach, the Federal Segment Architecture Methodology, (FSAM) being touted for use by OMB?
How does a segment architecture approach help to Federate an EA and why this isn’t promoting stovepipes?
How the segment architecture approach relates the Federal SOA guidance and other FEA initiatives like the FTF?

10:00

Networking Break

10:30

FEAC Practicum Award Presentations

10:45

Enterprise Architecture and Culture

Tom Lucas, Senior Advisor, Enterprise Architecture, IRS

11:15

EA and the Termite Model of Management

Dan Appleton, Faculty Instructor, FEAC Institute

Management is confronted with a "complexity paradox:" The idea that organizations must become more agile while simultaneously becoming more complex. To resolve this paradox, managers in all sectors of the economy are adopting a new management paradigm - beyond process management - and architecture is the key to making this new paradigm work.

Attendees will:

Gain an understanding of organizations as a complex adaptive systems
Learn how "trade space networks" resolve the complexity paradox
Explore the critical role of architecture in managing the Yield on Cost

11:45

Keynote: Enterprise Architecture Discipline for Mission Success

Rob Thomas, Accenture Enterprise Transformation Strategy Executive, FEAC Institute Faculty Member, and former CIO, US Air Force

Many organizations are spending millions on IT and EA without the qualified people and proven processes necessary to architect, invest in and deliver results. In today’s complex environment, this high-risk approach—one linked to capital planning and investment control processes—can often jeopardize mission success. To achieve EA goals, public service organizations interested in high performance need specialized technical expertise combined with business know-how, industry-specific perspectives as well as market-tested implementation roadmaps and track records.

Rob Thomas will discuss how organizations can move past today’s EA challenges and effectively apply EA discipline to drive day-to-day and long-term mission success.

Session attendees will explore:

Making a strategic investment in EA
Understanding the current state of your organization’s EA
Developing a customized strategy to meet your EA goals
Optimizing EA implementation and delivery approaches
Sustaining EA discipline for lasting mission success

Throughout this session, Mr. Thomas will share research, high-level case examples that reflect leading EA practices, organizational diagnostics and insights gleaned from more than 30 years developing and managing Enterprise Architectures in federal and defense arenas.

12:30

Wrap Up, Announcements, and Closing Remarks

Felix Rausch, Executive Director, FEAC Institute

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