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Core.gov provides a collaboration environment for component development, registration and reuse. CORE.gov began operation in March 2004. Over time, it will become a networked community of component developers and reusers and will offer numerous components of various types and complexities, including business components, e-forms and technical components. CORE.GOV grew out of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Project Management Office, the goal of which is to support cross-agency collaboration, transformation and government-wide improvement. CORE.GOV offers an environment where component developers and reusers collaborate seamlessly and easily. At Core.gov, you can: (1) Search for and locate a specific component that meets your needs (2) Find components you can customize to meet your unique requirements (3) Recommend components for inclusion in CORE.GOV.

PERSPECTIVES - Government Information Sharing: Calls to Action

To transform the Federal government to one that is citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is developing the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), a business-based framework for government-wide improvement.

Data Reference Model (DRM) - The FEA Data Reference Model (DRM) is intended to promote the common identification, use, and appropriate sharing of data/information across the federal government through its standardization of data in the following three areas: data context, data sharing, and data description (refer to Figure 5).

The Business Reference Model is a function-driven framework for describing the business operations of the Federal Government independent of the agencies that perform them.

Information Technology Initiatives - The Information Sharing
Resource for the Justice and Public Safety Communities

NASCIO - Chief Information Officers of the States

NIEM - the National Information Exchange Model, is a partnership of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. It is designed to develop, disseminate and support enterprise-wide information exchange standards and processes that can enable jurisdictions to effectively share critical information in emergency situations, as well as support the day-to-day operations of agencies throughout the nation. NIEM enables information sharing, focusing on information exchanged among organizations as part of their current or intended business practices. The NIEM exchange development methodology results in a common semantic understanding among participating organizations and data formatted in a semantically consistent manner. NIEM will standardize content (actual data exchange standards), provide tools, and managed processes.

California State CIO

Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council - The CIO Council serves as the principal interagency forum for improving practices in the design, modernization, use, sharing, and performance of Federal Government agency information resources.

A Practical Guide for Developing an Enterprise Architecture

Tool selection guide from http://www.enterprise-architecture.info. Tools overview

FEA Practice Guide http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/FEA_Practice_Guidance.pdf.

FEA Project Manangment Office news

Catalog of Cross Agency Initiatives from the Federal Transition Framework

The Federal Transition Framework (FTF) is a single information source for cross-agency information technology (IT) initiatives using a simple, familiar and organized structure. It contains government-wide IT policy objectives and cross-agency initiatives.

EA reporting guidelines: http://cio.gov/documents/Quarterly_EA_Reporting_2007.pdf

Cross-Boundary Collaboration Committee http://www.nascio.org/committees/collaboration/

Project Managment Links

Shareholder analysis technique:
http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2000/12/smith.html