**G5 - Grants Management Re-Design**

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  **Exhibit 300: Part I: Summary Information and Justification (All
  Capital Assets)**

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  **Overview**                           

                                         

  **Date of Submission:**                9/11/2006

  **Agency:**                            Department of Education

  **Bureau:**                            Office of the Chief Financial
                                         Officer

  **Name of this Capital Asset:**        G5 - Grants Management Re-Design

  **Unique Project (Investment)          018-14-01-01-01-1326-24
  Identifier: (For IT investment only,   
  see section 53. For all other, use     
  agency ID system.)**                   

  **What kind of investment will this be Full Acquisition
  in FY2008? (Please NOTE: Investments   
  moving to O&M ONLY in FY2008, with     
  Planning/Acquisition activities prior  
  to FY2008 should not select O&M. These 
  investments should indicate their      
  current status.)**                     

  **What was the first budget year this  FY2003
  investment was submitted to OMB?**     

  **Provide a brief summary and          
  justification for this investment,     
  including a brief description of how   
  this closes in part or in whole an     
  identified agency performance gap:**   

  The G5 investment has been selected    
  and approved by the Office of          
  Management and Budget (OMB) as one of  
  three Centers of Excellence/Shared     
  service providers for the Grants       
  Management Line of Business (GMLoB).   
  This investment provides for the       
  replacement of the Department\'s       
  legacy grant management system - the   
  Grant Administration and Payment       
  System (GAPS) and supports the Line of 
  Business consolidation initiative. The 
  shared service model enables ED to     
  provide services to client agencies    
  that will migrate to the Department of 
  Education\'s end-to end grant          
  management system.                     

  **Did the Agency\'s                    Yes
  Executive/Investment Committee approve 
  this request?**                        

  **   a. If \"yes,\" what was the date  6/29/2006
  of this approval?**                    

  **Did the Project Manager review this  Yes
  Exhibit?**                             

  **Has the agency developed and/or      No
  promoted cost effective, energy        
  efficient and environmentally          
  sustainable techniques or practices    
  for this project.**                    

  **   a. Will this investment include   Yes
  electronic assets (including           
  computers)?**                          

  **   b. Is this investment for new     No
  construction or major retrofit of a    
  Federal building or facility? (answer  
  applicable to non-IT assets only)**    

  **      1. If \"yes,\" is an ESPC or   No
  UESC being used to help fund this      
  investment?**                          

  **      2. If \"yes,\" will this       No
  investment meet sustainable design     
  principles?**                          

  **      3. If \"yes,\" is it designed   
  to be 30% more energy efficient than   
  relevant code?**                       

  **Does this investment support one of  Yes
  the PMA initiatives?**                 

  **   If \"yes,\" check all that        Financial Performance, Expanded
  apply:**                               E-Government

  **   a. Briefly describe how this      Goal 3: Improved Financial
  asset directly supports the identified Performance Objectives: Make
  initiative(s)?**                       accurate benefits payments to
                                         recipients (reduce erroneous
                                         payments),Improve the timeliness
                                         and reliability of financial
                                         data, Receive a \"clean audit\"
                                         of the agency\'s financial
                                         report Goal 4: Expand Electronic
                                         Government Objectives: - Reduce
                                         the expense and difficulty of
                                         doing business with the
                                         government , Provide high
                                         quality customer service
                                         regardless of the access
                                         channel,Use the Internet to
                                         enable citizens to do business

  **Does this investment support a       No
  program assessed using the Program     
  Assessment Rating Tool (PART)? (For    
  more information about the PART, visit 
  www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part.)**        

  **   a. If \"yes,\" does this          No
  investment address a weakness found    
  during the PART review?**              

  **   b. If \"yes,\" what is the name    
  of the PART program assessed by OMB\'s 
  Program Assessment Rating Tool?**      

  **   c. If \"yes,\" what PART rating    
  did it receive?**                      

  **Is this investment for information   Yes
  technology?**                          

  **If the answer to Question: \"Is this 
  investment for information             
  technology?\" was \"Yes,\" complete    
  this sub-section. If the answer is     
  \"No,\" do not answer this             
  sub-section.**                         

  **For information technology           
  investments only:**                    

  **What is the level of the IT Project? Level 3
  (per CIO Council PM Guidance)**        

  **What project management              \(1\) Project manager has been
  qualifications does the Project        validated as qualified for this
  Manager have? (per CIO Council PM      investment
  Guidance):**                           

  **Is this investment identified as     No
  \"high risk\" on the Q4 - FY 2006      
  agency high risk report (per OMB\'s    
  \"high risk\" memo)?**                 

  **Is this a financial management       Yes
  system?**                              

  **   a. If \"yes,\" does this          Yes
  investment address a FFMIA compliance  
  area?**                                

  **      1. If \"yes,\" which           Federal Financial Management
  compliance area:**                     Systems Requirements (JFMIP
                                         Functional Requirements)

  **      2. If \"no,\" what does it      
  address?**                             

  **   b. If \"yes,\" please identify    
  the system name(s) and system          
  acronym(s) as reported in the most     
  recent financial systems inventory     
  update required by Circular A-11       
  section 52**                           

  FMSS/Oracle COD/FSA                    

  **What is the percentage breakout for  
  the total FY2008 funding request for   
  the following? (This should total      
  100%)**                                

  **Hardware**                           7.334000

  **Software**                           3.670000

  **Services**                           79.400000

  **Other**                              9.530000

  **If this project produces information Yes
  dissemination products for the public, 
  are these products published to the    
  Internet in conformance with OMB       
  Memorandum 05-04 and included in your  
  agency inventory, schedules and        
  priorities?**                          

  **Are the records produced by this     Yes
  investment appropriately scheduled     
  with the National Archives and Records 
  Administration\'s approval?**          
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  **Summary of Funding**                                                

                                                                        

  **Provide the total estimated life-cycle cost for this investment by  
  completing the following table. All amounts represent budget          
  authority in millions, and are rounded to three decimal places.       
  Federal personnel costs should be included only in the row designated 
  \"Government FTE Cost,\" and should be excluded from the amounts      
  shown for \"Planning,\" \"Full Acquisition,\" and                     
  \"Operation/Maintenance.\" The total estimated annual cost of the     
  investment is the sum of costs for \"Planning,\" \"Full               
  Acquisition,\" and \"Operation/Maintenance.\" For Federal buildings   
  and facilities, life-cycle costs should include long term energy,     
  environmental, decommissioning, and/or restoration costs. The costs   
  associated with the entire life-cycle of the investment should be     
  included in this report.**                                            

  **Table 1: SUMMARY OF SPENDING FOR PROJECT PHASES\                    
  (REPORTED IN MILLIONS)\                                               
  (Estimates for BY+1 and beyond are for planning purposes only and do  
  not represent budget decisions)**                                     
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                  **PY - 1\   **PY     **CY     **BY     **BY + 1 **BY + 2 **BY + 3 **BY + 4\  **Total**
                  and\        2006**   2007**   2008**   2009**   2010**   2011**   and\       
                  Earlier**                                                         Beyond**   

  Planning                                                                                     

      Budgetary   0           0        0        0                                              
  Resources                                                                                    

  Acquisition                                                                                  

      Budgetary   0.625       3.914    3.351    5.454                                          
  Resources                                                                                    

  Subtotal                                                                                     
  Planning &                                                                                   
  Acquisition                                                                                  

      Budgetary   0.625       3.914    3.351    5.454                                          
  Resources                                                                                    

  Operations &                                                                                 
  Maintenance                                                                                  

      Budgetary   0           0        0        0                                              
  Resources                                                                                    

  TOTAL                                                                                        

      Budgetary   0.625       3.914    3.351    5.454                                          
  Resources                                                                                    

  Government FTE                                                                               
  Costs                                                                                        

    Budgetary     0.4239      0.4464   0.9177   0.9617                                         
  Resources                                                                                    

  Number of FTE   0           0        0        8.0                                            
  represented by                                                                               
  Costs:                                                                                       
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  **Note: For the cross-agency        
  investments, this table should      
  include all funding (both managing  
  partner and partner agencies).      
  Government FTE Costs should not be  
  included as part of the TOTAL       
  represented.**                      

                                      

  **2. Will this project require the  Yes
  agency to hire additional FTE\'s?** 

  **   a. If \"yes,\" How many and in 2 additional FTE\'s may be required
  what year?**                        in FY 09 and depends on the number
                                      of consortia partners.

  **3. If the summary of spending has 
  changed from the FY2007             
  President\'s budget request,        
  briefly explain those changes:**    

                                      
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  **Performance Information**                                           

                                                                        

  **In order to successfully address this area of the exhibit 300,      
  performance goals must be provided for the agency and be linked to    
  the annual performance plan. The investment must discuss the          
  agency\'s mission and strategic goals, and performance measures must  
  be provided. These goals need to map to the gap in the agency\'s      
  strategic goals and objectives this investment is designed to fill.   
  They are the internal and external performance benefits this          
  investment is expected to deliver to the agency (e.g., improve        
  efficiency by 60 percent, increase citizen participation by 300       
  percent a year to achieve an overall citizen participation rate of 75 
  percent by FY 2xxx, etc.). The goals must be clearly measurable       
  investment outcomes, and if applicable, investment outputs. They do   
  not include the completion date of the module, milestones, or         
  investment, or general goals, such as, significant, better, improved  
  that do not have a quantitative or qualitative measure.**             

  **Agencies must use Table 1 below for reporting performance goals and 
  measures for all non-IT investments and for existing IT investments   
  that were initiated prior to FY 2005. The table can be extended to    
  include measures for years beyond FY 2006.**                          

                                                                        

  **Performance Information Table 1:**                                  
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  **Fiscal   **Strategic   **Performance   **Actual/baseline   **Planned     **Performance
  Year**     Goal(s)       Measure**       (from Previous      Performance   Metric Results
             Supported**                   Year)**             Metric        (Actual)**
                                                               (Target)**    

  2004       See Table 2   NA              NA                  NA            NA
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  **All new IT investments initiated for FY 2005 and beyond must use    
  Table 2 and are required to use the Federal Enterprise Architecture   
  (FEA) Performance Reference Model (PRM). Please use Table 2 and the   
  PRM to identify the performance information pertaining to this major  
  IT investment. Map all Measurement Indicators to the corresponding    
  \"Measurement Area\" and \"Measurement Grouping\" identified in the   
  PRM. There should be at least one Measurement Indicator for at least  
  four different Measurement Areas (for each fiscal year). The PRM is   
  available at www.egov.gov.**                                          

  **Performance Information Table 2:**                                  
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  **Fiscal   **Measurement   **Measurement    **Measurement   **Measurement    **Baseline**   **Planned           **Actual
  Year**     Area**          Category**       Grouping**      Indicator**                     Improvement to the  Results**
                                                                                              Baseline**          

  2006       Customer        Customer Benefit Customer Impact Selection as a   The GMLOB is a recommended as a    ED received
             Results                          or Burden       GMLOB consortia  new initiative GMLOB consortia     formal approval
                                                              lead in order to and there are  Lead                from OMB to go
                                                              achieve the goal no consortia                       forward as a
                                                              of reducing the  providers.                         consortia lead
                                                              number of grant                                     on 12/2/2005
                                                              management                                          
                                                              systems in the                                      
                                                              Federal                                             
                                                              government.                                         

  2006       Mission and     Information and  Information     \# of client     0               1                  As of Q4 FY 06
             Business        Technology       Management      agencies by 4th                                     there are no
             Results         Management                       Quarter 06                                          partners.
                                                                                                                  Progress toward
                                                                                                                  performance
                                                                                                                  goals will be
                                                                                                                  reported on a
                                                                                                                  quarterly basis.

  2006       Processes and   Productivity and Efficiency      Project           No PMO exists  PMO in place        PMO contract
             Activities      Efficiency                       Management       for project                        awarded 4/3/06
                                                              Office (PMO)                                        
                                                              contract will be                                    
                                                              awarded by April                                    
                                                              2006 to                                             
                                                              establish                                           
                                                              internal                                            
                                                              processes and                                       
                                                              best practices.                                     

  2006       Technology      Information and  Data            \# of COTS       Market         8                   18 vendors were
                             Data             Reliability and products         analysis prior                     evaluated to
                                              Quality         reviewed in      to legacy                          assess viability
                                                              market analysis  system was not                     of COTS solution
                                                              to support ED\'s conducted.                         to support ED\'s
                                                              grant management                                    grants
                                                              business                                            management
                                                              process.                                            business process

  2007       Customer        Customer Benefit Customer        A formal G5      No G5          A formal governance As of December
             Results                          Complaints      Governance       Consortia      plan that           06, a formal
                                                              Structure        Governance     identifies the      governance plan
                                                              (consisting of   structure      governance          has been adopted
                                                              consortia        exists as of   structure and the   and is being
                                                              partners and ED) Q2 FY06.       roles,              implemented. The
                                                              will be adopted                 responsibilities,   First G5
                                                              and implemented                 and governing       Executive
                                                              by Q1 FY07                      procedures will be  Steering
                                                                                              in place by Q1      Committee
                                                                                              FY07.               meeting will
                                                                                                                  take place on
                                                                                                                  1/30/2007.

  2007       Mission and     General          Central Fiscal  client agency    0 - GMLoB is a 100% of all client  As of December
             Business        Government       Operations      participation in new            agencies will       2006, no
             Results         (Cross-Agency)                   development      initiative. No participate in all  partners have
                                                              decisions        baseline       G5 development      joined the ED
                                                                               information    decisions           consortia. OMB
                                                                               exists.                            has decided to
                                                                                                                  delay the 2nd
                                                                                                                  round of
                                                                                                                  consortia leads.
                                                                                                                  The affect is
                                                                                                                  that an
                                                                                                                  incomplete 2nd
                                                                                                                  round makes it
                                                                                                                  harder for the
                                                                                                                  current
                                                                                                                  consortia leads
                                                                                                                  to close deals
                                                                                                                  with partner
                                                                                                                  agencie

  2007       Mission and     General          Central Records \# of client     0              2                   ED has no
             Business        Government       and Statistics  agencies                                            partner agencies
             Results         (Cross-Agency)   Management                                                          

  2007       Technology      Quality          Compliance and  Adoption of CMMI CMMI Level 3   CMMI Level 3 or     The G5
                                              Deviations      Level 3 or       or better does better will be      Integrator is
                                                              better software  not exist for  adopted by the G5   certified at a
                                                              development      the project as project.            CMMI level 3 and
                                                              lifecycle        of Q2 FY06                         currently
                                                              practices to                                        pursuing CMMI
                                                              ensure                                              level 5
                                                              repeatable,                                         certification
                                                              disciplined                                         
                                                              methodology to                                      
                                                              solution                                            
                                                              development.                                        

  2008       Customer        Customer Benefit Customer        \% of client     No Service     55%                 Progress toward
             Results                          Satisfaction    agencies that    Provider                           performance
                                                              report G5        system                             goals will be
                                                              solution is an   currently                          reported on a
                                                              improvement to   exists                             quarterly basis.
                                                              their legacy                                        
                                                              system                                              

  2008       Mission and     Financial        Payments        \# of reports    2              3                   Progress toward
             Business        Management                       that support the                                    performance
             Results                                          Improper                                            goals will be
                                                              Payments                                            reported on a
                                                              Information Act                                     quarterly basis.

  2008       Mission and     General          Central Records \# of client     0              3                   Progress toward
             Business        Government       and Statistics  agencies                                            performance
             Results         (Cross-Agency)   Management                                                          goals will be
                                                                                                                  reported on a
                                                                                                                  quarterly basis.

  2008       Processes and   Cycle Time and   Cycle Time      \# of months     8 months       7 months            Expectation is
             Activities      Resource Time                    from application                                    to see impact on
                                                              receipt to                                          ACTUALS starting
                                                              notification of                                     after the first
                                                              award                                               full cycle of
                                                                                                                  grant processing
                                                                                                                  after
                                                                                                                  implementation
                                                                                                                  of the G5
                                                                                                                  solution - FY
                                                                                                                  09. Progress
                                                                                                                  toward
                                                                                                                  performance
                                                                                                                  goals will be
                                                                                                                  reported on a
                                                                                                                  quarterly basis.

  2008       Processes and   Management and   Innovation and  \% of programs   0              25%                 Progress toward
             Activities      Innovation       Improvement     that can use the                                    performance
                                                              system reports                                      goals will be
                                                              to effectively                                      reported on a
                                                              monitor and                                         quarterly basis.
                                                              determine                                           
                                                              program                                             
                                                              performance                                         

  2008       Technology      Efficiency       Improvement     \% of Grant      0              25%                 Progress toward
                                                              Award                                               performance
                                                              Notifications                                       goals will be
                                                              (GANs) are sent                                     reported on a
                                                              electronically                                      quarterly basis.
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| **Enterprise Architecture (EA)**                        |            |
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|                                                         |            |
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| **In order to successfully address this area of the     |            |
| business case and capital asset plan you must ensure    |            |
| the investment is included in the agency\'s EA and      |            |
| Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process, |            |
| and is mapped to and supports the FEA. You must also    |            |
| ensure the business case demonstrates the relationship  |            |
| between the investment and the business, performance,   |            |
| data, services, application, and technology layers of   |            |
| the agency\'s EA.**                                     |            |
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| **1. Is this investment included in your agency\'s      | Yes        |
| target enterprise architecture?**                       |            |
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| **   a. If \"no,\" please explain why?**                |            |
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|                                                         |            |
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| **2. Is this investment included in the agency\'s EA    | Yes        |
| Transition Strategy?**                                  |            |
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| **   a. If \"yes,\" provide the investment name as      | G5- Grants |
| identified in the Transition Strategy provided in the   | Management |
| agency\'s most recent annual EA Assessment.**           | System     |
|                                                         | Redesign   |
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| **   b. If \"no,\" please explain why?**                |            |
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| **3. Service Reference Model (SRM) Table:**             |            |
|                                                         |            |
| **Identify the service components funded by this major  |            |
| IT investment (e.g., knowledge management, content      |            |
| management, customer relationship management, etc.).    |            |
| Provide this information in the format of the following |            |
| table. For detailed guidance regarding components,      |            |
| please refer to http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/.**  |            |
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  **Agency       **Agency         **Service    **FEA SRM      **FEA SRM         **FEA       **FEA       **Internal   **BY Funding
  Component      Component        Domain**     Service Type** Component**       Service     Service     or External  Percentage**
  Name**         Description**                                                  Component   Component   Reuse?**     
                                                                                Reused      Reused                   
                                                                                Name**      UPI**                    

  Hardware       Provide hardware Back Office  Asset /        Computers /                               No Reuse     6
                 to support G5    Services     Materials      Automation                                             
                 solution.                     Management     Management                                             

  Contractor     Services for     Back Office  Data           Data Exchange                             No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Services     Management                                                            
                 Development of                                                                                      
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Independent    Provides for     Back Office  Development    Instrumentation                           No Reuse     10
  Verification   independent      Services     and            and Testing                                            
  and Validation assessment and                Integration                                                           
                 risk mitigation                                                                                     
                 of G5                                                                                               
                 development                                                                                         
                 efforts                                                                                             

  Migration from Provides for the Back Office  Development    Legacy                                    No Reuse     2
  GAPS           data migration   Services     and            Integration                                            
                 of existing GAPS              Integration                                                           
                 data to the G5                                                                                      
                 solution.                                                                                           

  Contractor     Services for     Back Office  Financial      Credit / Charge                           No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Services     Management                                                            
                 Development of                                                                                      
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Back Office  Financial      Payment /                                 No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Services     Management     Settlement                                             
                 Development of                                                                                      
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Training       Provides for the Back Office  Human          Education /                               No Reuse     5
                 training of      Services     Resources      Training                                               
                 Education                                                                                           
                 internal and                                                                                        
                 external users                                                                                      
                 on the G5                                                                                           
                 solution.                                                                                           

  Contractor     Services for     Business     Reporting      Standardized /                            No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Analytical                  Canned                                                 
                 Development of   Services                                                                           
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Project        Provide          Business     Management of  Program / Project                         No Reuse     8
  Management     consultation     Management   Processes      Management                                             
  Office (PMO)   services,        Services                                                                           
                 administrative                                                                                      
                 support and                                                                                         
                 program support                                                                                     
                 for the G5                                                                                          
                 project.                                                                                            

  Contractor     Services for     Customer     Customer       Online Tutorials                          No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Services     Initiated                                                             
                 Development of                Assistance                                                            
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Customer     Customer       Reservations /                            No Reuse     3
  Services       Design and       Services     Initiated      Registration                                           
                 Development of                Assistance                                                            
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Customer     Customer       Scheduling                                No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Services     Initiated                                                             
                 Development of                Assistance                                                            
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Customer     Customer       Self-Service                              No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Services     Initiated                                                             
                 Development of                Assistance                                                            
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Customer     Customer       Customer /                                No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Services     Relationship   Account                                                
                 Development of                Management     Management                                             
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Customer     Customer       Surveys                                   No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Services     Relationship                                                          
                 Development of                Management                                                            
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Digital      Document       Document Review                           No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Asset        Management     and Approval                                           
                 Development of   Services                                                                           
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Digital      Document       Library / Storage                         No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Asset        Management                                                            
                 Development of   Services                                                                           
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Digital      Knowledge      Information                               No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Asset        Management     Retrieval                                              
                 Development of   Services                                                                           
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Digital      Knowledge      Information                               No Reuse     4
  Services       Design and       Asset        Management     Sharing                                                
                 Development of   Services                                                                           
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Digital      Knowledge      Knowledge Capture                         No Reuse     3
  Services       Design and       Asset        Management                                                            
                 Development of   Services                                                                           
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Process      Tracking and   Case Management                           No Reuse     3
  Services       Design and       Automation   Workflow                                                              
                 Development of   Services                                                                           
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Contractor     Services for     Support      Search         Query                                     No Reuse     2
  Services       Design and       Services                                                                           
                 Development of                                                                                      
                 G5 solution.                                                                                        

  Security       Provides for     Support      Security       Access Control                            No Reuse     1
                 ensuring data is Services     Management                                                            
                 stored and                                                                                          
                 accessed in                                                                                         
                 accordance with                                                                                     
                 Federal                                                                                             
                 guidelines.                                                                                         

  Security       Provides for     Support      Security       Audit Trail                               No Reuse     1
                 ensuring data is Services     Management     Capture and                                            
                 stored and                                   Analysis                                               
                 accessed in                                                                                         
                 accordance with                                                                                     
                 Federal                                                                                             
                 guidelines.                                                                                         

  Security       Provides for     Support      Security       Cryptography                              No Reuse     1
                 ensuring data is Services     Management                                                            
                 stored and                                                                                          
                 accessed in                                                                                         
                 accordance with                                                                                     
                 Federal                                                                                             
                 guidelines.                                                                                         

  Security       Provides for     Support      Security       Digital Signature                         No Reuse     1
                 ensuring data is Services     Management     Management                                             
                 stored and                                                                                          
                 accessed in                                                                                         
                 accordance with                                                                                     
                 Federal                                                                                             
                 guidelines.                                                                                         

  Security       Provides for     Support      Security       Identification                            No Reuse     1
                 ensuring data is Services     Management     and                                                    
                 stored and                                   Authentication                                         
                 accessed in                                                                                         
                 accordance with                                                                                     
                 Federal                                                                                             
                 guidelines.                                                                                         

  Software       Provides for     Support      Systems        License                                   No Reuse     1
                 procurement of   Services     Management     Management                                             
                 software needed                                                                                     
                 to support G5                                                                                       
                 solution.                                                                                           
  -------------- ---------------- ------------ -------------- ----------------- ----------- ----------- ------------ --------------

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|                                                                     |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **Use existing SRM Components or identify as \"NEW\". A \"NEW\"     |   |
| component is one not already identified as a service component in   |   |
| the FEA SRM.**                                                      |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **A reused component is one being funded by another investment, but |   |
| being used by this investment. Rather than answer yes or no,        |   |
| identify the reused service component funded by the other           |   |
| investment and identify the other investment using the Unique       |   |
| Project Identifier (UPI) code from the OMB Ex 300 or Ex 53          |   |
| submission.**                                                       |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **\'Internal\' reuse is within an agency. For example, one agency   |   |
| within a department is reusing a service component provided by      |   |
| another agency within the same department. \'External\' reuse is    |   |
| one agency within a department reusing a service component provided |   |
| by another agency in another department. A good example of this is  |   |
| an E-Gov initiative service being reused by multiple organizations  |   |
| across the federal government.**                                    |   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+---+
| **Please provide the percentage of the BY requested funding amount  |   |
| used for each service component listed in the table. If external,   |   |
| provide the funding level transferred to another agency to pay for  |   |
| the service.**                                                      |   |
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|                                                                     |   |
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| **4. Technical Reference Model (TRM) Table:**                       |   |
|                                                                     |   |
| **To demonstrate how this major IT investment aligns with the FEA   |   |
| Technical Reference Model (TRM), please list the Service Areas,     |   |
| Categories, Standards, and Service Specifications supporting this   |   |
| IT investment.**                                                    |   |
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  ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ---------------- ---------------
  **FEA SRM        **FEA TRM        **FEA TRM Service  **FEA TRM        **Service
  Component**      Service Area**   Category**         Service          Specification
                                                       Standard**       (i.e. vendor or
                                                                        product name)**

  Customer /       Component        Business Logic     Platform          
  Account          Framework                           Dependent        
  Management                                                            

  Data Exchange    Component        Data Interchange   Data Exchange     
                   Framework                                            

  Information      Component        Data Management    Database          
  Retrieval        Framework                           Connectivity     

  Surveys          Component        Data Management    Reporting and     
                   Framework                           Analysis         

  Customer /       Component        Presentation /     Content           
  Account          Framework        Interface          Rendering        
  Management                                                            

  Customer /       Component        Presentation /     Dynamic           
  Account          Framework        Interface          Server-Side      
  Management                                           Display          

  Customer /       Component        Presentation /     Static Display    
  Account          Framework        Interface                           
  Management                                                            

  Customer /       Component        Security           Certificates /    
  Account          Framework                           Digital          
  Management                                           Signatures       

  Case Management  Service Access   Access Channels    Collaboration /   
                   and Delivery                        Communications   

  Credit / Charge  Service Access   Access Channels    Other Electronic  
                   and Delivery                        Channels         

  Customer /       Service Access   Delivery Channels  Internet          
  Account          and Delivery                                         
  Management                                                            

  Identification   Service Access   Service            Authentication /  
  and              and Delivery     Requirements       Single Sign-on   
  Authentication                                                        

  Customer /       Service Access   Service            Hosting           
  Account          and Delivery     Requirements                        
  Management                                                            

  Customer /       Service Access   Service            Legislative /     
  Account          and Delivery     Requirements       Compliance       
  Management                                                            

  Data Exchange    Service          Integration        Middleware        
                   Interface and                                        
                   Integration                                          

  Data Exchange    Service          Interface          Service           
                   Interface and                       Description /    
                   Integration                         Interface        

  Data Exchange    Service          Interoperability   Data Format /     
                   Interface and                       Classification   
                   Integration                                          

  Data Exchange    Service          Interoperability   Data Types /      
                   Interface and                       Validation       
                   Integration                                          

  Customer /       Service Platform Database / Storage Database          
  Account          and                                                  
  Management       Infrastructure                                       

  Library /        Service Platform Database / Storage Storage           
  Storage          and                                                  
                   Infrastructure                                       

  Case Management  Service Platform Delivery Servers   Application       
                   and                                 Servers          
                   Infrastructure                                       

  Customer /       Service Platform Delivery Servers   Web Servers       
  Account          and                                                  
  Management       Infrastructure                                       

  Customer /       Service Platform Hardware /         Network Devices   
  Account          and              Infrastructure     / Standards      
  Management       Infrastructure                                       

  Customer /       Service Platform Hardware /         Servers /         
  Account          and              Infrastructure     Computers        
  Management       Infrastructure                                       

  Customer /       Service Platform Software           Integrated        
  Account          and              Engineering        Development      
  Management       Infrastructure                      Environment      

  Customer /       Service Platform Software           Modeling          
  Account          and              Engineering                         
  Management       Infrastructure                                       

  Customer /       Service Platform Software           Software          
  Account          and              Engineering        Configuration    
  Management       Infrastructure                      Management       

  Customer /       Service Platform Software           Test Management   
  Account          and              Engineering                         
  Management       Infrastructure                                       

  Customer /       Service Platform Support Platforms  Platform          
  Account          and                                 Dependent        
  Management       Infrastructure                                       
  ---------------- ---------------- ------------------ ---------------- ---------------

  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
  **Service Components identified in  
  the previous question should be     
  entered in this column. Please      
  enter multiple rows for FEA SRM     
  Components supported by multiple    
  TRM Service Specifications**        

  **In the Service Specification      
  field, Agencies should provide      
  information on the specified        
  technical standard or vendor        
  product mapped to the FEA TRM       
  Service Standard, including model   
  or version numbers, as              
  appropriate.**                      

                                      

  **5. Will the application leverage  Yes
  existing components and/or          
  applications across the Government  
  (i.e., FirstGov, Pay.Gov, etc)?**   

  **   a. If \"yes,\" please          
  describe.**                         

  Grants.gov                          

  **6. Does this investment provide   Yes
  the public with access to a         
  government automated information    
  system?**                           

  **   a. If \"yes,\" does customer   No
  access require specific software    
  (e.g., a specific web browser       
  version)?**                         

  **      1. If \"yes,\" provide the   
  specific product name(s) and        
  version number(s) of the required   
  software and the date when the      
  public will be able to access this  
  investment by any software (i.e. to 
  ensure equitable and timely access  
  of government information and       
  services).**                        

                                      
  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------

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  **Exhibit 300: Part II: Planning, Acquisition and Performance
  Information**

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+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **Alternatives Analysis**                                  |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
|                                                            |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **Part II should be completed only for investments         |         |
| identified as \"Planning\" or \"Full Acquisition,\" or     |         |
| \"Mixed Life-Cycle\" investments in response to Question 6 |         |
| in Part I, Section A above.**                              |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **In selecting the best capital asset, you should identify |         |
| and consider at least three viable alternatives, in        |         |
| addition to the current baseline, i.e., the status quo.    |         |
| Use OMB Circular A- 94 for all investments, and the        |         |
| Clinger Cohen Act of 1996 for IT investments, to determine |         |
| the criteria you should use in your Benefit/Cost           |         |
| Analysis.**                                                |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **1. Did you conduct an alternatives analysis for this     | Yes     |
| project?**                                                 |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **   a. If \"yes,\" provide the date the analysis was      | 4       |
| completed?**                                               | /4/2006 |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **   b. If \"no,\" what is the anticipated date this       |         |
| analysis will be completed?**                              |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **   c. If no analysis is planned, please briefly explain  |         |
| why:**                                                     |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
|                                                            |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
|                                                            |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+
| **2. Alternative Analysis Results:**                       |         |
|                                                            |         |
| **Use the results of your alternatives analysis to         |         |
| complete the following table:**                            |         |
+------------------------------------------------------------+---------+

  -------- --------------- ---------------------------- ------------ ------------
  **Send   **Alternative   **Description of             **Risk       **Risk
  to OMB** Analyzed**      Alternative**                Adjusted     Adjusted
                                                        Lifecycle    Lifecycle
                                                        Costs        Benefits
                                                        estimate**   estimate**

  True     1               Custom Development: acquire               
                           the services needed to                    
                           produce a custom developed                
                           system from the ground up.                

  True     2               COTS: Pursue licensing                    
                           agreement with a vendor that              
                           has an off the shelf full                 
                           lifecycle grants management               
                           solution that meets the                   
                           Department\'s and consortia               
                           member requirements.                      

  True     3               Hybrid: Pursue a                          
                           licensing/purchasing                      
                           agreement with a vendor that              
                           has a grants solution that                
                           meets a reasonable                        
                           percentage of the                         
                           Department\'s and the                     
                           consortia members\'                       
                           requirements but will                     
                           require a fair amount of                  
                           changes.                                  

  True     4               Status Quo - maintain the                 
                           current Grants Management                 
                           System and continue to                    
                           support rapidly aging                     
                           technology. Major                         
                           enhancements that have been               
                           delayed will need to be made              
                           to the system to support the              
                           business process.                         
  -------- --------------- ---------------------------- ------------ ------------

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  **3. Which alternative was selected by the Agency\'s
  Executive/Investment Committee and why was it chosen?**

  The Department has chosen Alternative 1 and is in the process of
  selecting a vendor to design a solution. A contract is expected to be
  awarded in September 2006 . This alternative was chosen because there
  was not a COTS product available that would meet the requirements and
  be cost effective over the long run. The solution must meet the
  functional requirements put forth by the Department, which includes
  maximum flexibility/configurability so that it can support the
  requirements of consortia members as they join the ED consortia.

  **4. What specific qualitative benefits will be realized?**

  Costs, schedule and technical solution information will be available at
  completion of procurement process in September. Therefore, at this
  point the actual technology/alternative, cost and schedule are all
  estimated. Alternative 1 was selected based primarily on best
  value,cost, benefit, and the ability to meet the requirements
  identified in the solicitation. Although the estimated cost will be
  higher, the resultant product will be a full end to grant management
  system to support the consortia. Grant-making is a core competency of
  the Department and ED is also a recognized leader in developing
  technical solutions in the grant-making business and would leverage its
  knowledge to support other agencies within the consortia. The
  Department believes that the most prudent approach is to take advantage
  of the newer enabling technologies to assist the grant-making agencies
  in optimizing their business processes and allowing the agencies grant
  staff more time to focus on serving the public while providing the
  public with a user-friendly system with features that efficiently
  provide and accept information that is pertinent to both parties. It is
  also the thought of the Department that the other consortia providers
  will eventually develop newer systems to replace their legacy system.
  The custom development alternative will allow the Department to build a
  system with components that are flexible and portable and therefore as
  other consortias build newer systems, the Department can provide some
  of these components (free of charge) so that certain like-functions
  will not have to be re-developed
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  **Risk Management**                 

                                      

  **You should have performed a risk  
  assessment during the early         
  planning and initial concept phase  
  of this investment\'s life-cycle,   
  developed a risk-adjusted           
  life-cycle cost estimate and a plan 
  to eliminate, mitigate or manage    
  risk, and be actively managing risk 
  throughout the investment\'s        
  life-cycle.**                       

  **1. Does the investment have a     Yes
  Risk Management Plan?**             

  **   a. If \"yes,\" what is the     1/29/2007
  date of the plan?**                 

  **   b. Has the Risk Management     No
  Plan been significantly changed     
  since last year\'s submission to    
  OMB?**                              

  **c. If \"yes,\" describe any       
  significant changes:**              

                                      

  **2. If there currently is no plan,  
  will a plan be developed?**         

  **   a. If \"yes,\" what is the      
  planned completion date?**          

  **   b. If \"no,\" what is the      
  strategy for managing the risks?**  

                                      

  **3. Briefly describe how           
  investment risks are reflected in   
  the life cycle cost estimate and    
  investment schedule:**              

  The investment includes the \$1.340 
  million in Independent Verification 
  and Validation (IV&V) services for  
  the base development of the G5      
  solution (FY 06-08). The contractor 
  shall perform IV&V services, in     
  accordance with industry best       
  practices and IEEE standards, on    
  the following areas: Implementation 
  Strategy and Approach, Design       
  Review, Analysis and Verification,  
  Data Clean-Up and Conversion        
  Approach, Subsystem Integration     
  Approach, Internal and External     
  System Interfaces and Integration,  
  All Phases of Testing (including    
  test cases/scenarios), Federal and  
  Departmental Policy Compliance,     
  Requirements Traceability,          
  Configuration Management, Hardware  
  and Software Infrastructure,        
  Quality Assurance, Risk Assessment  
  and Management, Security Compliance 
  and Controls , Project Management,  
  Change Management Approach, End     
  User Training, G5                   
  Documentation/Deliverable/Product   
  Review and Analysis, and IV&V Plan  
  This is not an all-inclusive list.  
  The contractor shall apply its      
  expertise to determine any other    
  areas that require IV&V services.   
  ED expects the contactor to provide 
  IV&V services for all aspects of    
  the G5 project. The IV&V will be an 
  integral member of the              
  implementation team and is expected 
  to provide real-time feedback in    
  addition to the weekly and monthly  
  status reports.                     
  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------

  ----------------------------------- -----------------------------------
  **Cost and Schedule Performance**   

                                      

  **1. Does the earned value          Yes
  management system meet the criteria 
  in ANSI/EIA Standard-748?**         

                                      

  **2. Answer the following questions 
  about current cumulative cost and   
  schedule performance. The numbers   
  reported below should reflect       
  current actual information. (Per    
  OMB requirements Cost/Schedule      
  Performance information should      
  include both Government and         
  Contractor Costs):**                

  **   a. What is the Planned Value   2008.206000
  (PV)?**                             

  **   b. What is the Earned Value    839.998000
  (EV)?**                             

  **   c. What is the actual cost of  1834.711000
  work performed (AC)?**              

  **   d. What costs are included in  Contractor and Government
  the reported Cost/Schedule          
  Performance information (Government 
  Only/Contractor Only/Both)?**       

  **   e. \"As of\" date:**           12/31/2006

  **3. What is the calculated         1.008000
  Schedule Performance Index (SPI=    
  EV/PV)?**                           

  **4. What is the schedule variance  14.804000
  (SV = EV-PV)?**                     

  **5. What is the calculated Cost    1.003000
  Performance Index (CPI = EV/AC)?**  

  **6. What is the cost variance      4.980000
  (CV=EV-AC)?**                       

  **7. Is the CV% or SV% greater than No
  +/- 10%? (CV%= CV/EV x 100; SV%=    
  SV/PV x 100)**                      

  **   a. If \"yes,\" was it the?**   Both

  **   b. If \"yes,\" explain the     
  variance:**                         

  The G5 Project, the Department\'s   
  Grants Management System Redesign,  
  was formally approved as a Grants   
  Management Line of Business         
  Consortia Lead in December 2005.    
  The 1st phase of the G5 Investment  
  as planned was on target to meet    
  its schedule. The variances began   
  after the Department was selected   
  as a Grants Management Line of      
  Business Consortia Lead. A decision 
  was made to delay the development   
  of the solution to allow for        
  recruitment of partners and         
  inclusion of additional partner     
  requirements. As reported to the    
  Department\'s Planning Investment   
  and Review Working Group (PIRWG) in 
  the FY 2005 fourth quarter control  
  review, the G5 project schedule     
  needed to be re-aligned to coincide 
  with the implementation contractors 
  project schedule. A decision was    
  made by Department management that  
  the G5 project schedule would be    
  re-baselined during ED\'s Select    
  Phase (April 2006) to more          
  accurately reflect when the         
  implementation contractor is        
  scheduled to start work rather than 
  to re-baseline multiple times in    
  the span of a couple of months. The 
  timeline originally proposed did    
  not take into account at the time   
  the Department\'s selection as a    
  GMLoB consortium lead and the       
  subsequent activities associated    
  with the designation. As a          
  Consortia Lead, ED began a number   
  of marketing activities in order to 
  recruit consortia partners prior to 
  the design of the solution. The     
  Department\'s has held several      
  events to meet this goal including  
  one-on-one meetings with various    
  agencies (i.e., NASA, EPA, DOT, and 
  DHS). Additionally, the Department  
  hosted an Open House to market the  
  G5 grants management solution to    
  other Federal grant-making agencies 
  and a demo of its legacy grants     
  management system. The Open House   
  gave attendees an opportunity to    
  learn more about the Department\'s  
  vision, ask questions, and gather   
  information they will need to       
  select a GMLoB service provider.    
  Upon acceptance of the new baseline 
  and FY 08 budget, cost and schedule 
  variance will be kept within an     
  acceptable range.                   

  **   c. If \"yes,\" what corrective 
  actions are being taken?**          

  A Baseline Change Request (BCR)     
  will be submitted once the G5       
  Developer/Integrator contract is    
  awarded and the schedule is         
  baselined.                          

  **8. Have any significant changes   No
  been made to the baseline during    
  the past fiscal year?**             

  **8. If \"yes,\" when was it        No
  approved by OMB?**                  
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