U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program March 5, 2003 eGovernment Working Group Meeting Chris Niedermayer, USDA eGovernment Executive

U.S. Department of AgricultureeGovernment Program

March 5, 2003

eGovernment Working Group Meeting

Chris Niedermayer, USDA eGovernment Executive

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U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program

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



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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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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

http://www.nal.usda.gov/digitop/

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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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Agenda

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Questions and Answers

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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

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U.S. Department of Agriculture eGovernment Program March 5, 2003 eGovernment Working Group Meeting Chris Niedermayer, USDA eGovernment Executive