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Dear Joe,
It is my understanding that FEA is
really a framework used to categorize the various types of services being
offered by the government, correct? Also, which departments, agencies,
organisations within the government are utilzing FEA? I know the EPA uses
it.
Thank you,
Timothy Vibbert MSCIS
Senior Systems Engineer
IS&S/System
Integration
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timothy.vibbert@lmco.com
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610.531.6233
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Thanks Sameer. I should clarify that the DRM is not officially the basis
for the FEA - it is one of the 5 FEA reference models. In fact, it is the 5th
one that was created. Having said that, many people consider the DRM to be the
foundation for the FEA, due to the role that data plays in connecting all levels
of the FEA through "line of sight". The primary link between the DRM and SOA is
through its "Data Sharing" standardization area, one of the 3 standardization
areas of the DRM.
Joe
Joseph Chiusano
Associate
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The DRM (Data
Reference Model) is the basis for the FEA (Federal Enterprise Architecture),
in which SOA plays a part. Here is a link to the DRM.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/documents/DRM_2_0_Final.pdf
Thanks,
Sameer
Sharma
From:
Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:17
AM
To:
soa-rm@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [soa-rm] SOA and the US Federal
Government: What's Going On
Here is some information on what
is going on within the US federal government as a whole in regards to
SOA:
The following recent article[1]
from US Federal Computer Week (FCW) refers to an initiative within the US
federal government (under the Federal CIO Council) called "Service Component
Based Architectures (SCBA)", which involves the integration of SOA into the US
Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA). It is an evolution of earlier papers
written on the subject of component-based architectures, and it addresses how
SOA can be implemented within the US federal government. Booz Allen is
supporting this initiative.
The SCBA specification is
envisioned to be highly comprehensive, with 9 chapters dealing with
various aspects such as governance, strategy, component-based development, and
more. The first chapter has been written and delivered to the US Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President, where it is
currently in review prior to public release. Though the subject of the article
is not SCBA, the fourth paragraph refers to SCBA and contains a link to a
presentation that was recently given at a federal forum. Slide 9 of the
presentation lists the currently planned chapters for the SCBA
specification.
Please let me know if you have any
questions on this - some I may have to answer in an offline e-mail rather than
a publicly archived e-mail, as I cannot "officially" speak for the
initiative.
[1] http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/38150-1.html
Joe
Joseph Chiusano
Associate
Booz Allen
Hamilton
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1100
Washington, DC
20005
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C: 202-251-0731
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