Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamless and easy to maneuver.  It's no longer an option but a necessity for every federal agency.  Because no matter what technology is touted, no matter what delivery mechanisms are implemented, and no matter how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes.   If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the business or mission may be in jeopardy. The only insurance any enterprise or organization has is a fully articulated and robust EA program. 

EA is about understanding the business, the mission and how to maintain, improve, fix or transform it, often involving IT as a transformational mechanism. EA is the skeleton that makes any federal IT system hum:  it helps an agency understand inter-relationships between investments, minimize duplication, improve interoperability and compatibility between systems, and is essential to any agency's modernization. Every agency has an EA now, but it is not something that can be deployed and forgotten. EA must be kept current and every agency head must regularly evaluate how it is working, in order to avoid damaging the enterprise or jeopardizing secure network systems.

Join this targeted group of leading public sector EA professionals explore where we are today and what you need to do to keep your EA plan vibrant, useful and up to speed for today's challenges.  The conference is free for government professionals to attend.

View a synopsis of the 2011 Conference here.  

FEAC CEA Symposium

The annual FEAC CEA Symposium is held in conjunction with DGI's conference. 

Call for Papers

Digital Government Institute is accepting session abstracts for the 2012 Conference.  If you are interested in presenting a government case-study, please forward the following information to info@digitalgovernment.com by Friday, February 10:

• Proposed session title
• Session description with attendee learning objectives
• Proposed speaker with short bio and speaker contact information

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What Attendees Said...

What Attendees Said About the 2011 Conference:

• This conference was "More informative and value-add than some paid conferences."
• "Good presentations from commercial and government perspective."
• "All speakers provided EA insight that I’ll take back to my agency."
• "Active examples of issues."
• "Informative in illustrating how EA practice is applied to the “lean” quantity assurance concept."
• "Very thought provoking! Lots of useful info in the presentation."
• "Excellent presentation, very informative. Good questions and conversation."
• "Good blend of unique personal perspective and down to earth practical information. Well informed, knowledgeable, meaty."
• "Crisp, informative, knowledgeable."