Calendar (See Agendas Below)

July is Networking EA and KM Month

Calendar (see agendas below): Thursday, July 13, 2006, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, ArchitecturePlus Seminar Monday, July 17, 2006, Best Practices Committee Meeting Tuesday, July 18, 2006, Collaborative Expedition Workshop 52 Wednesday, July 19, 2006, 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Chief Architects Forum Quarterly Meeting Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 2:15-5:15 p.m., KM WG Special Meeting

Suggested Mapping Between AIC and BPC for Networking and Collaboration

AIC BPC Comments Data Architecture SC Semantic Interoperability Proposed Data Quality CoP CoP Emerging Technology SC Semantic Interoperability Doing Joint Events CoP Governance SC IT Performance Have Reference Model Management CoP Maintenance Process in Enterprise Process common Improvement CoP Services SC SOA CoP Joint Pilot Demonstration Specification Industry Advisory Council Industry Advisory Council Each Working with Different Parts of IAC Chief Architects Forum KM WG KM WG doing inventory ArchitecturePlus Chief Knowledge Officers Seminars and Architects ArchitecturePlus Architecture Implementation and Enhancement Activities

Seminar Information:

Date and Time: Thursday, July 13, 2006, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM Location: American Institute of Architects (AIA) Building 1735 New York Avenue NW, 2nd Floor Washington, DC The AIA Building is at 18th and E Streets, NW, Across from GSA and Directly Behind the Historic Octagon House By Metro: Take the Blue or Orange Line to Farragut West Take the 18th Street Metro exit Walk toward the Mall on 18th Street

8:30AM Registration and Coffee

9:00AM AFCEA and EPA Welcome Linda Berdine, AFCEA Board Member Patsy Garnett, Acting Enterprise Architecture Team Lead, EPA

9:15AM CIO Council Architecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC) Report Lisa Schlosser, CIO of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Co-Chair of AIC

9:30AM Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Background Dick Burk, Chief Architect, Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Program, OMB

9:50AM Panel Opening Statements – The Major Issues Facing SOA Moderator: George Thomas, Chief Enterprise Architect, Office of the CIO, GSA Dr. Chris Harding, Forum Director for SOA and Semantic Interoperability, The Open Group Ken Laskey, MITRE, OASIS Jeff Pendleton, Executive Director, SOA Alliance, Integration Consortium Ed Seidewitz, OMG, Enterprise Component

10:20AM Break

10:30AM Panel Discussion

11:15AM Q&A

11:45AM Closing and Adjourn Best Practices Committee Meeting Date: July 17, 2006 Time: 9 - 11 am Place: NSF (Ballston Metro Station), Conference Room 370

1. Opening Remarks – Co-Chair, Hord Tipton (George Strawn on travel)

2. Action Items from May 15th Meeting and Calendar - Secretariat a. The Solutions Exchange (TSE) - Marion Royal b. CIO Boot Camp - Cheri Griffin c. Special Issue Seminars (CEG/ACT/IAC) - Hamid Moinamin d. Other (none)

3. New Business: a. DRAFT Federal CIO Strategic Plan, 2007-2009 - Michelle Schmith b. Federal Transition Framework and Managing the FEA Reference Models- Federal Transition Framework c. Suggested Mapping Between AIC and BPC for Networking and Collaboration - Brand Niemann d. Enterprise Process Improvement Community of Practice: A proposed CoP under the Best Practices Committee - Linda Ibrahim (FAA), Joe Jarzombek (DHS), and Diane Reeves (DOI) e. Other (none)

4. Featured Best Practice – Theme: Networking EA and KM - Susan Turnbull (confirmed, but now out of town due to a family matter)

5. Reports from the CoPs, WGs, & SIGs a. Pat Plunkett and Steve Ney, IT Performance Management b. Mike Novak (on vacation) and Steve Else (on travel) (KM WG Board Members will attend and represent)

6. Open Discussion - All

7. Action Items - Secretariat

8. Concluding Remarks – Co-Chair, Hord Tipton

9. Adjourn - We have the room until noon and Wiki Orientation for the IT Performance Management CoP, etc. will follow the main meeting. Chief Architects Forum Quarterly Meeting Wednesday, July 19, 2006, 1:00 - 4:00 pm NOAA Science Center in Silver Spring, MD (1305 East-West Highway) . Please RSVP to Ira Grossman @ [email protected]

Agenda:

I. Introduction & Welcome - Ira Grossman, Chairman, CAF

A. Announcements

B. ArchitecturePlus

C. Chief Architects Forum Mailing Lists

D. Survey of Available EA Curricula Presentation

II. FEA Strategies for the Coming Year - Dick Burk, Chief Federal Architect, OMB FEA PMO

Spotlighting what Chief Architects will be asked to focus on with their agencies during the architecture phase from September through February. See Federal Architect

Focus areas include creating a segment architecture for a core mission LOB. Dick will talk through ways to select, what to look for, etc.

In addition, Dick will talk about using the FTF and incorporating cross-agency initiatives into the EAs.

Managing the FEA Reference Models-Federal Transition Framework

III. Effectively and Efficiently Managing the Transition to IPv6 - Dr. John McManus – NASA Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

V. Networking/Break

VI. Discussion Breakout Groups

VII. Closing KM WG Special Meeting, July 26, 2006, 2:15-5:15 p.m.

Atrium Ballroom, Ronald Reagan Building, Federal Triangle Metro Station.

No registration is required.

Theme: KM Line of Business – Federal Transition Framework Initiative

DRAFT Agenda (June 30, 2006):

 Opening Remarks (Board Co-Chairs)  Keynote: Federal CIO Council Vice Chair o Mr. David Wennergren, Department of the Navy CIO (Invited)  Keynote: Best Practices Committee Co-Chair Guest Speakers: o Dr. George Strawn, National Science Foundation CIO (Confirmed) o Mr. C. Hord Tipton, Department of the Interior CIO (Invited)  Guest Speaker: Mr. Thomas Niblock, Director of E-Diplomacy, Department of State (Confirmed): o The Virtual Presence Post Model  Guest Speaker: Ms. Bie Yie Ju Fox, Branch Chief - Data Management, Department of State (Confirmed): o State Department’s Baseline Taxonomy  Status Report from the Board: o Charter, By-laws, Strategic Plan, Priority Initiatives  Status Reports from SIG Chairs: o Achievements, Current Projects, Future Plans  Book Raffles  General Discussion, Q&A, Networking  Closing Remarks (Board Co-Chairs)