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U.S. Department of AgricultureeGovernment Program
March 5, 2003
eGovernment Working Group Meeting
Chris Niedermayer, USDA eGovernment Executive
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Welcome Enablers Business Cases –
Current Status & Future Direction eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update Digitop (eContent) Overview Q&A Next Steps and Wrap-up
Agenda
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Define Functional (Business) Requirements
Develop Select-Level Business Case Templates
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Sept 2002 Oct 2002 Nov 2002 Dec 2002
Define Technical Requirements
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Current Actions:• Briefings with
Sub-cabinet, Agency Heads, etc.
• EITIRB Approval— March 18
Business Cases received Final Review
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Jan 2003
We are hereMarch 5
Feb 2003
Mar 2003
Enablers Business Case & Implementation Planning Gameboard
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Enablers Business Cases – Current Status
• Team reviewed and incorporated comments received on the business cases long after the deadline…
• Based on the project plan developed by the eGovernment team to successfully gain approval for the business cases, meetings with key decision makers and IT leaders are underway
• Briefings include Under Secretaries, EITIRB Members, Agency CIOs, and Departmental Associate CIOs
• Revised meeting dates for the EITIRB and EITIRB Working Group have now been set:
• EWG on March 10th
• EITIRB on March 18th
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Business Case Next Steps:EITIRB Approval Process
January February
JanuaryDeputy Secretary
Briefing
February/MarcheGovernment Team Briefs
EWG Members
February/MarcheGovernment
Team/EC Briefs EITIRB Members
March 18th
Quarterly EITIRBMeeting
March 10th
Executive Working Group (EWG) Meeting
JanuaryeGovernment
Team/EC Briefs
Agency Heads & Agency CIOs
JanuaryEGWG Members Complete Agency
Steering Committee Briefings
Approach
March
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Agenda
Welcome Enablers Business Cases –
Current Status & Future Direction eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update Digitop (eContent) Overview Q&A Next Steps and Wrap-up
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eGovernment Integrated Reporting Timeline
December FebruaryJanuary
December 9-January 23:
Initial One-on-One Agency
Meetings
December 9-February 14:
Ongoing OCIO support
January 31:Final agency spreadsheets
and GPEA project plans
due
February 17-28:Follow-up
meetings held with individual
agencies
February 14:Updated Agency
eGovernment Tactical Plans
due
December 4:eGovernment Team Kickoff
Meeting
December 4:Agency Kickoff
Meeting We are hereMarch 5
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Welcome Enablers Business Cases –
Current Status & Future Direction eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update Digitop (eContent) Overview Q&A Next Steps and Wrap-up
Agenda
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Digitop—eContent Component of eDeployment Initiative
Stan KoseckiNational Agricultural Library
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Recognize the Importance of Collaboration
Leverage Department-wide investments in information resources
Improve service for all USDA employees Especially for remote locations
No single agency can fund this effort Economies of scale
The more participation the richer the knowledge base
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Expected Outcomes for DigiTop Implementation
Increased access at lower total cost Time Savings Informed Decision-making
“…I think the service is and should be an integral element for information resources required if we aspire to be a fact-based, science-principle derived management agency.”
Research Director, FS
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Focus on a Broader Infrastructure
An E-government initiative Enterprise-wide procurement dramatically expands access to
information resources across the Department
“ …I’ve been busy checking out the journals that I’ve not had access to for years…I’m sooooooo happy! Thanks for …providing me access to this powerful tool.”
Scientist, ARS
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Recognize Our New Operating Environment
Provide 24/7 access to essential information Expand specialized information services
According to the Interagency Report on the National Agricultural Library – “…NAL should move as quickly as possible to… Complete and implement a plan for a national digital library for agriculture (NDLA) that will be the main focus and long-term organizing principle for NAL and the national network of university and industrial libraries.”
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Anticipate Future Infrastructure Needs
Innovative links to full-text digital content Powerful search engine technology Public-Private partnerships
“…it has saved me several trips to the library and considerable time”Ecologist, NRCS
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Information Infrastructure Support for the farm, food, and trading system
The USDA Departmental Library Enhanced Document Delivery Services Specialized Information Services Experts in information management
“As a USDA ARS researcher at a site remote from any university, the National Agricultural Library is absolutely critical for supplyingme with scientific literature to support my research. Recent advances… have made the task of staying current with my scientific literature not just easier, but, frankly, possible (where it was not just a year or two ago).”
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DigiTop Today
7,000+ resources from 62 sources accessible to USDA staff globally
- country information- databases- directories- full text journals- newspapers- statistics
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Critical DigiTop Success Factors
Sustainable base funding Department-wide participation Collaborative funding model Value-added access to digital content & electronic information
services Marketing and staff training to optimize usage
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Q&A, Contact Info
• Questions?
• Contact Info:Melanie GardnerNational Agricultural Library(301) [email protected]
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Welcome Enablers Business Cases –
Current Status & Future Direction eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update Digitop (eContent) Overview Q&A Next Steps and Wrap-up
Agenda
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Questions and Answers
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Welcome Enablers Business Cases –
Current Status & Future Direction eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update Digitop (eContent) Overview Q&A Next Steps and Wrap-up
Agenda
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Next Steps
• Revised Agency Tactical Plans were due on Friday, February 14• Only 5 of 21 agencies and staff offices have submitted their plans — If you
have not yet submitted your plan, please do so as soon as possible
• Remember, final plans must be submitted through your agency head
• If you have any questions or need assistance, don’t hesitate to contact us
• We will update the Working Group on the outcome of the upcoming EWG and EITIRB meetings
• Next meeting will be on March 19 in room 108-A