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  **Part I:  Capital Asset Plan and Business Case (All Assets)**

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  **Agency:**               **Department of the Interior **

  **Bureau:**               **Bureau of Land Management **

  **Account                 **000-14-x0-1109-0 **
  Identification            
  Code:**                   

  **Program Activity:**     **Wildland Fire Preparedness, all funding for
                            the IQ **

  **Name of Project:**      **Incident Qualifications and Certification
                            System (IQCS) **

  **Unique Project          **01004011301102000 **
  Identifier:** (IT         
  only)\                    
  (See Section 53.7)        

  **Project Initiation      **10/01/1998 **
  Date:**                   

  **Project Planned         **04/01/2005 **
  Completion Date:**        

  **This Project is:**      **Steady State **
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  **Project/useful segment is funded?:**             Incrementally  

                                                     

  **Was the project approved by OMB for previous     Yes 
  Year Budget Cycle?:**                              

                                                     

  **Did the Executive/Investment Review              Yes 
  Committee approve funding for This project         
  this year?:**                                      

                                                     

  **Did the CFO review the cost goal?:**             Yes 

                                                     

  **Did the Procurement Executive review the         Yes 
  acquisition strategy?:**                           

                                                     

  **Is this investment included in your              Yes 
  agency\'s annual performance plan or multiple      
  agency annual performance plan?:**                 

                                                     

  **Does this project support homeland security      
  goals and objectives, i.e., 1) improve border      
  and transportation security, 2) combat             
  bio-terrorism 3) enhance first responder           
  programs; 4) improve information sharing to        
  decrease response times for actions and            
  improve the quality of decision making?**          

                                                     

  **Is this project information technology (See      Yes 
  Section 53 for definition)?**                      

  **For information technology projects only:**       

  **  a. Is this Project a Financial Management      No  
  System (see section 53.2 for a\                    
    definition)**                                    

  **    If so, does this project address a FFMIA      
  compliance area?**                                 

  **    If yes, which compliance area?**              

                                                     

  **  b. Does this project implement electronic      Yes 
  transactions or record keeping that is covered     
  by\                                                
    the Government Paperwork Elimination Act         
  (GPEA)?**                                          

  **     If so, is it included in your GPEA plan     Yes 
  (and does not yet provide an\                      
       electronic option)?**                         

  **     Does the project already provide an         Yes 
  electronic option?**                               

                                                     

  **   c.Was a privacy impact assessment             
  performed for this project?**                      

                                                     

  **   d. Was this project reviewed as part of       
  the FY02 Government Information Security\          
     Reform Act review process?**                    

  **     d.1 If yes, were any weaknesses             
  found?**                                           

  **     d.2 Have the weaknesses been                
  incorporated into the agency\'s corrective         
  action\                                            
        plans?**                                     

                                                     

  **   e. Has this project been identified as a      
  national critical or asset by a Project            
  Matrix\                                            
     review or other agency determination?**         

  **     e.1 If no, is this an agency mission        
  critical or essential service, system,             
  operation, or\                                     
        asset (such as those documented in the       
  agency\'s COOP Plan), other than those\            
        identified as above as national critical     
  infrastructures?**                                 
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  **Financial Percentage:**            **Security Percentage:**

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  **SUMMARY OF                                                                                              
  SPENDING FOR                                                                                              
  PROJECT STAGES\                                                                                           
  (In Millions)\                                                                                            
  (BY+1 and Beyond                                                                                          
  estimates are for                                                                                         
  planning purposes                                                                                         
  only\                                                                                                     
  and do not                                                                                                
  represent budget                                                                                          
  decisions)**                                                                                              

  **EXISTING 300**    **PY-1\     **PY\      **CY\      **BY\      **BY+1\   **BY+2\   **BY+3\   **BY+4\    **Total**
                      and\        2002**     2003**     2004**     2005**    2006**    2007**    and\       
                      Earlier**                                                                  Beyond**   

  Planning:                                                                                                 

     Budgetary        0.53        0.00       0.00       0.00                                                
  Resources                                                                                                 

     Outlays          0.53        0.00       0.00       0.00                                                

  Acquisition:                                                                                              

     Budgetary        0.00        0.82       2.45       2.07                                                
  Resources                                                                                                 

     Outlays          0.00        0.82       2.45       2.07                                                

  **TOTAL, Sum of                                                                                           
  Stages:**                                                                                                 

    Budgetary         **0.53**    **0.82**   **2.45**   **2.07**                                            
  Resources                                                                                                 

    Outlays           **0.53**    **0.82**   **2.45**   **2.07**                                            

  Maintenance:                                                                                              

     Budgetary        0.00        0.00       0.65       0.55                                                
  Resources                                                                                                 

     Outlays          0.00        0.00       0.65       0.55                                                

  **TOTAL, ALL                                                                                              
  Stages:**                                                                                                 

    Budgetary         **0.53**    **0.82**   **3.10**   **2.62**                                            
  Resources                                                                                                 

    Outlays           **0.53**    **0.82**   **3.10**   **2.62**                                            
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|   | | **Capita                                                           |
|   | l Asset Plan and Business Case (All                    |   |   |   | |
|   | | Assets)*                                                           |
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|   | |   **Life                                                           |
|   |  Cycle       **1998**   **1999**   **2000              |   |   |   | |
|   | | **   **2                                                           |
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|   |  **2007**   **2008**   **2009**   **2010**   **Total** |   |   |   | |
|   | |   Budget                                                           |
|   |  & Financing                                           |   |   |   | |
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|   | |     1125                                                           |
|   |  BLM         0.00       0.00                           |   |   |   | |
|   | |    0.00                                                            |
|   |       0.00       820.00     3,100.00   2,660.00        |   |   |   | |
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|   | |   Wildla                                                           |
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|   | dent Qual    0.00       0.00                           |   |   |   | |
|   | |    0.00                                                            |
|   |       0.00       0.00       40.00      40.00           |   |   |   | |
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|   | |   BLM -                                                            |
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|   | l Yearly     0.00       0.00                           |   |   |   | |
|   | |    0.00                                                            |
|   |       0.00       820.00     3,140.00   2,700.00        |   |   |   | |
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  **I.A. Project Description**

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| **1.     Provide a brief description of this project and its status   |
| through your capital planning and investment control (CPIC) or        |
| capital programming \"control\" review for the current cycle.**       |
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| On July 7, 1998, the (Department of the) Interior Fire Coordinating   |
| Committee (IFCC), decided future action needed to be taken on the     |
| Incident Qualifications and Certification System (IQCS). The Fire     |
| Directors (IFCC) decided a formal engineering study was necessary to  |
| evaluate and define IQCS\' current Program, information, and          |
| operational requirements. The National Wildfire Coordinating Group    |
| (NWCG) sanctioned the IQCS Information Engineering Project Study in   |
| October 20, 1999 as its guide for identifying requirements and future |
| actions. Based on the findings of the Project Study, in June 2001     |
| NWCG chartered the IQCS Acquisition and Design phases with BLM as the |
| lead agency. As part of the Charter an RFI and RFQ was completed for  |
| solution selection. KPMG was chosen as the contracting agency for     |
| completion of the Design phase with options for Construction and      |
| Implementation. Work was initiated on the Design phase April 30,      |
| 2002.                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| The success of the Federal fire mission depends on the Incident       |
| Qualification and Certification (IQC) Program information. IQC is a   |
| critical function for managing the fire program\'s risk, primarily in |
| the areas of health, (life) safety, and legal liability. Currently,   |
| the Department of Interior, Forest Service and State Programs have    |
| three separate computerized databases of fire personnel               |
| qualifications, including \"Red Card,\" information. In support of    |
| the qualification and certification process, these systems document   |
| the training and development, experiences, and qualifications of the  |
| 60,000 fire fighters. It is anticipated that other risk (i.e. oil     |
| spills, HAZMAT, etc) and incident-related personnel that perform      |
| emergency response duties will be included in the IQC database.       |
|                                                                       |
| The IQC Program is a performance-based certification process. A job   |
| qualification is based on documented performance of required skills,  |
| knowledge and abilities (that may be gained through many avenues,     |
| such as training, simulated and \"life\" experiences). The IQC        |
| Program mitigates the potential for loss of life, personnel injuries  |
| and fire management liability by assuring that only qualified         |
| personnel are assigned to incident duties. The IQC training           |
| activities provide specialized developmental opportunity.             |
| Certification is the documentation of management\'s periodic          |
| assessment and reassessment of qualified personnel.                   |
|                                                                       |
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| **2.     What assumptions are made about this project and why?**      |
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| The IQC Program is a performance-based certification process. A job   |
| qualification is based on documented performance of required skills,  |
| knowledge and abilities (that may be gained through many avenues,     |
| such as training, simulated and \"life\" experiences). The IQC        |
| Program mitigates the potential for loss of life, personnel injuries  |
| and fire management liability by assuring that only qualified         |
| personnel are assigned to incident duties. The IQC training           |
| activities provide specialized developmental opportunity.             |
| Certification is the documentation of management\'s periodic          |
| assessment and reassessment of qualified personnel.                   |
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| **3.     Provide any other supporting information derived from        |
| research, interviews, and other documentation.**                      |
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  **I.B. Justification (All Assets)**

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| **1.     How does this investment support your agency\'s mission and  |
| strategic goals and objectives? **                                    |
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| The Incident Qualification and Certification (IQC) Program            |
| information directly supports two of the five DOI Government          |
| Performance Reporting Act (GPRA) mission goals. The goals are as      |
| follows:                                                              |
|                                                                       |
| Goal 1: \"Protect the environment and preserve our nation\'s natural  |
| and cultural resources.\" This qualification and certification system |
| ensures that only qualified individuals are assigned to protecting    |
| the environment and preserving our nation\'s natural and cultural     |
| resources. This protection responsibility is a primary mission for    |
| the Bureau as well as the Department of the Interior. Goal 3:         |
| \"Manage natural resources for a healthy environment and strong       |
| economy.\" This system ensures that only qualified individuals are    |
| assigned management roles in the oversight for natural resources to   |
| ensure the health of the environment. These management activities are |
| conducted by individuals qualified and certified to conduct wildland  |
| fire suppression activities as well as prescribed burns and fuels     |
| reduction management activities.                                      |
|                                                                       |
| Presently, there are three (3) non-networked incident qualification   |
| and certification systems in more than 100 locations being used by    |
| the wildland fire community. This redundancy has created data         |
| management problems for field units. There is high-level support from |
| both senior management and the field for development of a single      |
| qualifications and certification system or systems that are           |
| interoperable which meets the needs of all participating agencies and |
| the states. The success of the Federal fire mission depends on the    |
| Incident Qualification and Certification (IQC) Program\'s             |
| information. IQCS is a mission essential system because it can        |
| mitigate the potential for loss of life, personnel injuries and fire  |
| management liability.                                                 |
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| **2.     How does it support the strategic goals from the             |
| President\'s Management Agenda?**                                     |
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| As per the Presidents Management Agenda the IQCS project contributes  |
| directly to Competitive Sourcing, Strategic Management of Human       |
| Capitol, Improving Financial Performance, and Expanding Electronic    |
| Government. 1. Competitive Sourcing has been accomplished by          |
| evaluating and hiring Contract Staff for the Design and Construction  |
| of the project. A feasibility study was performed which evaluated and |
| ranked both in-house and external staff, and the greatest value was   |
| found to be through external staffing (depth of knowledge,            |
| flexibility of hours, cost) 2. Strategic Management of Human Capitol  |
| will be through the effective workforce management functionality      |
| inherently designed within the system. IQCS will be able to           |
| efficiently and easily generate forecasting and current availability  |
| of all workers within the Federal and State Fire system. 3. Improving |
| Capital Performance is accomplished by combing multiple disparate     |
| platforms into one single operating system thereby reducing the       |
| physical overhead of hardware and software in addition to the         |
| resources necessary to operate them. This creates a year on year      |
| lower operating cost. 4. Expanding Electronic Government is           |
| contributed by the reduction of the manual and paper tasks necessary  |
| in the current system. All transactions will be available at all      |
| times through a Secure Internet Connection, each transaction will be  |
| documented and recorded electronically, and reports can be generated  |
| to track trends and forecasts in transactions.                        |
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| **3.     Are there any alternative sources in the public or private   |
| sectors that could perform this function? **                          |
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| no                                                                    |
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| **4.     If so, explain why your agency did not select one of these   |
| alternatives. **                                                      |
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| **5.     Who are the customers for this project?**                    |
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| All individuals that participate in wildland and prescribed fire      |
| activities regardless of their agency or state employer. Examples     |
| include but are not limited to fire personnel from: Department of the |
| Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, Fish and   |
| Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forestry Service,   |
| Department of Agriculture, and the National Association of State      |
| Foresters.                                                            |
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| **6.     Who are the stakeholders of this project?**                  |
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| All government (federal, local, and state) agencies that have         |
| wildland and prescribed fire program management responsibility.       |
| Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park   |
| Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S.   |
| Forestry Service, Department of Agriculture, and National Association |
| of State Foresters are all stakeholders in this project. Each one of  |
| the listed agencies has provided requirements, funding, and personnel |
| to support the completion of this program.                            |
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| **7.     If this is a multi-agency initiative, identify the agencies  |
| and organizations affected by this initiative.**                      |
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| Yes this is a multi-agency project. Parties involved are the          |
| Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park   |
| Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S.   |
| Forestry Service, Department of Agriculture, and National Association |
| of State Foresters.                                                   |
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| **8.     How will this investment reduce costs or improve             |
| efficiencies?**                                                       |
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| As per the Presidents Management Agenda the IQCS project contributes  |
| directly to Competitive Sourcing, Strategic Management of Human       |
| Capitol, Improving Financial Performance, and Expanding Electronic    |
| Government. Competitive Sourcing has been accomplished by evaluating  |
| and hiring Contract Staff for the Design and Construction of the      |
| project. A feasibility study was performed which evaluated and ranked |
| both in-house and external staff, and the greatest value was found to |
| be through external staffing (depth of knowledge, flexibility of      |
| hours, cost) Strategic Management of Human Capitol will be through    |
| the effective workforce management functionality inherently designed  |
| within the system. IQCS will be able to efficiently and easily        |
| generate forecasting and current availability of all workers within   |
| the Federal and State Fire system. Improving Capital Performance is   |
| accomplished by combing multiple disparate platforms into one single  |
| operating system thereby reducing the physical overhead of hardware   |
| and software in addition to the resources necessary to operate them.  |
| This creates a year on year lower operating cost. Expanding           |
| Electronic Government is contributed by the reduction of the manual   |
| and paper tasks necessary in the current system. All transactions     |
| will be available at all times through a Secure Internet Connection,  |
| each transaction will be documented and recorded electronically, and  |
| reports can be generated to track trends and forecasts in             |
| transactions.                                                         |
|                                                                       |
| There are three (3) incident qualification and certification systems  |
| being used by the wildland fire community. This multi-system          |
| operation generates redundancies in business and information          |
| management functions. The estimated contracted maintenance and        |
| operations cost of these systems is currently \$600k per year. The    |
| estimates for internal data-entry and record upkeep are \$1,650,000.  |
|                                                                       |
| The IQCS Definition Phase (Requirements Analysis Study) determined    |
| the best value (cost & functionality) solution to meet the fire       |
| community\'s business requirements. The chosen new IQCS system will   |
| effectively combine the current platforms, thereby reducing the cross |
| platform inefficiencies. (i.e.) multiple data entry, multiple         |
| training requirements, additional hardware requirements, etc.         |
|                                                                       |
| As stated in the project charter, \"goals include providing a         |
| thorough and comprehensive study of interagency incident              |
| qualifications and certification program requirements to:             |
|                                                                       |
| explore the development of a best solution(s) for an interagency      |
| Incident Qualifications and Certification (IQC) Program; so that:     |
| interagency field units and personnel are better served; and          |
| investments in wildland fire IRM applications are optimized.\"        |
|                                                                       |
| The existing charter is currently under revision to convey the        |
| current status of the project, which has moved into the Design Phase  |
| as of May 2002. The new revisions will carry forward the original     |
| charter theme, ensuring that interagency units are provided a         |
| solution that helps to save lives, minimize response time, and        |
| decrease overall cost of ownership.                                   |
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| **9.     List all other assets that interface with this asset.**      |
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| ROSS (Resource Ordering and Sourcing System)                          |
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| **        Have these assets been reengineered as part of this         |
| project?**                                                            |
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  **I.C. Performance Goals and Measures (All Assets)**

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  **I.C.                                                                                              
  Performance                                                                                         
  Goals and                                                                                           
  Measures (All                                                                                       
  Assets)**                                                                                           

  **Fiscal Year** **Strategic    **Existing          **Planned        **Actual      **Planned         **Actual
                  Goal(s)        Baseline**          Performance      Performance   Performance       Performance
                  Supported**                        Improvement      Improvement   Metric**          Metric
                                                     Goal**           Results**                       Results**

  **2002-2005**   Strategic      Baseline is founded \- Minimize      N/A           Metrics for each  N/A
                  Goals1.        on estimated        redundant data                 of the planned    
                  Resource       operational costs   creation for new               improvement goals 
                  Protection2.   and personnel time  records. -                     are currently     
                  Recreation3.   allocations         Reduce                         under             
                  Serving        associated with     unnecessary                    definition.The    
                  Communities    current redundant   data-migration                 current           
                                 certification       for record                     system-wide       
                                 system. \$1,650,    transfers. -                   metric is to      
                                 000 in personnel    Eliminate                      reduce the        
                                 costs from 82,500   multiple                       necessary         
                                 man-hours of        platform                       combined          
                                 data-entry,         training                       man-hours for all 
                                 data-maintenance,   requirements.-                 data-management   
                                 and training per    Reduce amount of               by approximately  
                                 year for the        time that data                 42%.This is a     
                                 existing system.    administrators                 global metric and 
                                                     spend per                      is defined in the 
                                                     record.- Lower                 IQCS Feasibility  
                                                     the time between               and Value study.  
                                                     when a fire                    Each of the       
                                                     resource need is               planned           
                                                     identified and                 performance goals 
                                                     when the                       is being defined  
                                                     resource can be                to the individual 
                                                     approved for                   metric level.     
                                                     deployment.-                   These metric      
                                                     Improve the                    definitions will  
                                                     efficiency of                  be published on   
                                                     Fire Resource                  the August        
                                                     Workforce                      submission of the 
                                                     Management and                 A11-300b.         
                                                     Resource                                         
                                                     Planning.-                                       
                                                     Improve the                                      
                                                     ergonomics and                                   
                                                     interface of the                                 
                                                     Certification                                    
                                                     System to                                        
                                                     improve the user                                 
                                                     experience.                                      
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**       I.D. Program Management (All Assets)**

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  **1. Is there a program manager assigned to        Yes , Conley, George 
  the project? If so, what is his/her name? **       

                                                     

  **2. Is there a contracting officer assigned       Yes , Sherman, John
  to the project? If so, what is his/her             
  name? **                                           

                                                     

  **3. Is there an Integrated Project Team?**        Yes 

  **3.A. If so, list the skill set                   Interagency Government
  represented.**                                     resources are providing
                                                     Subject Matter
                                                     Expertise (SME),
                                                     Consulting/Contracted
                                                     Resources are providing
                                                     Business Analytics,
                                                     Software Design, and
                                                     Software Development
                                                     Expertise.

                                                     

  **4. Sponsor / Owner:**                            Yes 

    **If so, what is his/her name?**                 Jensen, Rick
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**       I.E. Alternatives Analysis (All Assets)**

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  **1. Describe the alternative solutions you considered for
  accomplishing the agency strategic goals this project was expected to
  address. Describe the results of the feasibility/performance/benefits
  analysis. Provide comparisons of the returns (financial and other) for
  each alternative.**

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  **I.E.1            
  Alternatives       
  Analysis and Risk  
  Management (All    
  Assets)**          

  **Alternatives**   **Description**

  **Alternative 1    
  -**                

  **Alternative 2    
  -**                

  **Alternative 3    
  -**                
  ------------------ -----------------------------------------------------

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  **2. Summarize the results of your life-cycle cost analysis performed
  for each investment and the underlying assumptions.**

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  **I.E.2 Alternatives                                     
  Analysis(All Assets)**                                   

  **Cost\                **Alternative\   **Alternative\   **Alternative\
  Elements**             1**              2**              3**

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

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

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  **3. Which alternative was chosen and why? Define the Return on
  Investment (ROI). **

  **   A.  Are there any quantitative benefits that will be achieved
  through this investment (e.g., systems savings, cost avoidance,
  stakeholder benefits, etc?**

                                           

  **   B. For alternative selected, provide financial summary, including
  Net Present Value by Year and Payback Period Calculations:**

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  **I.E.3(B)                                                                                                                 
  Net Present                                                                                                                
  Value by                                                                                                                   
  Year**                                                                                                                     

               **FY 2001**     **FY 2002**     **FY 2003**    **FY 2004**    **FY     **FY     **FY     **FY     **FY        
                                                                             2005**   2006**   2007**   2008**   2009**      

  Yearly       \$ 2000000.00   \$ 5188842.00   \$ 776000.00   \$ 442400.00                                                   
  Direct                                                                                                                     
  Project                                                                                                                    
  Costs                                                                                                                      

  Yearly       \$ .00          \$ .00          \$ .00         \$ .00                                                         
  Indirect                                                                                                                   
  Costs                                                                                                                      

  Yearly       \$ .00          \$ .00          \$ .00         \$ .00                                                         
  Shared Costs                                                                                                               
  ------------ --------------- --------------- -------------- -------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -- --

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

  **4. What is the date of your cost benefit         
  analysis?**                                        
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  **I.F. Risk Inventory and Assessment (All Assets)**

  **In this section, describe the results of your risk assessment for
  this project and discuss your plans to eliminate, mitigate, or manage
  identified risks. Risk Assessments performed at the initial concept
  stage and then monitored and controlled throughout the life-cycle of
  the project, and should include risk information from all stakeholders.
  Risk assessments for all projects must include schedule, costs (both
  initial and life cycle), technical obsolescence, feasibility,
  reliability of systems, dependencies and interoperability between this
  project and others, surety (asset protection) considerations risk of
  creating a monopoly for future procurements, capability of agency to
  manage the project, and overall risk of project failure.\
  \
  In addition, for IT projects risk must be discussed in the following
  categories 1) Organizational and Change Management, 2) Business, 3)
  Data/Info, 4) Technology, 5) Strategic, 6) Security, 7) Privacy, and 8)
  Project Resources. (Agencies may include others for IT, and may define
  the core set for other assets). For security risks, identify under the
  description column the level of risk as high, medium, or basic. What
  aspect of security determines the level of risk, i.e., the need for
  confidentiality of information, availability of information or the
  system, reliability of the information or system?**
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  **I.F. Risk                                                                  
  Inventory and                                                                
  Assessment**                                                                 

  **Date         **Area of    **Description**   **Probability   **Strategy     **Current
  Identified**   Risk**                         of\             for\           Status\
                                                Occurence**     Mitigation**   as of the
                                                                               date\
                                                                               of this
                                                                               Exhibit**

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

                                                                               

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

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

  **1. What is the date of your risk management      
  plan?**                                            
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  **I.G. Acquisition Strategy**

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  **1. Will you use a single contract or several contracts to accomplish
  this project?**

  **1.A. If multiple contracts are planned, explain how they are related
  to each other, and how each supports the project performance goals.**

  **2. What type(s) of contract(s) will you use (e.g. cost reimbursement,
  fixed-price, etc.)?**

  **2.A. For cost reimbursement contracts, define risk not sufficiently
  covered by the risk mitigation plan to require this type of contract.**

  **3. Will you use financial incentives to motivate contractor
  performance (e.g. incentive fee, award fee, etc.)?**

  **4. Will you use competition to select suppliers?**

  **5. Will you use commercially available or COTS products, or
  custom-designed products?**

  **6. What is the date of your acquisition plan?**

  **7. How will you ensure Section 508 compliance?**

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  **I.H. Project and Funding Plan**

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  **Is this project an Existing Baseline?**

  **I.H.1.  Description of performance-based system (PBMS):**\
  \
  **Name the software program that meets ANSI/EIA Standard 748 that you
  will use, or are using, to monitor and manage contract and project
  performance? If the project is operational (Steady State) define the
  operational analysis system that will be used. IF the project is an IT
  service contract with both operational and system improvement aspects,
  EVMS must be used on the system improvement aspects of the contract and
  operational analysis on the operations aspects. Using information
  consistent with a work breakdown structure (WBS) approach, provide the
  following in all parts of this section.**

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  **I.H.2.  Original baseline  (OMB-approved at project outset):**

  **A. What are the cost and schedule goals for this segment of phase or
  segment/module of the project (e.g., what are the major project
  milestones or events; when will each occur; and what is the estimated
  cost to accomplish each one)? Also identify the funding agency for each
  milestone or event if this is a multi-agency project. (This baseline
  must be included in all subsequent reports, even when there are OMB
  approved baseline changes shown in I.H.3).**
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  **Cost and                                                                            
  Schedule Goals**                                                                      

  **Description**   **Planned**                                                         

                    **Schedule**            **Duration**              **Planned Cost    **Funding
                                                                      (BCWS)**          Agency**

                    **Start Date** **End    **Days**       **Hrs.**                     
                                   Date**                                               

                                                                                        

                                                                                        

                                                                                        

                                                                                        

                                                                                        
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  **I.H.3.  Proposed Baseline Changes/Current Baseline (applicable *only*
  if OMB approved the changes):**\
  \
  **Identify if this section is a proposed change to the original or
  current baseline or is an OMB approved baseline change. What are the
  new cost and schedule goals for the project (e.g., what are the major
  project milestones or events; when will each occur; and what is the
  estimated cost to accomplish each one)? Also identify the funding
  agency for each milestone or event if this is a multi-agency project.
  If this is a new project in the FY04 budget year, this section will be
  blank for your initial submission.**

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  **I.H.4 Actual Performance and Variance from OMB approved baseline
  (Original):**

  **A. Show what work (major project milestones or events) you planned
  (scheduled) to accomplish and the cost and what work was actually done
  and the cost. If this is a new project in the FY04 budget year, this
  section will be blank for your initial submission. OMB may ask for
  latest information during the budget review process.**
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  **I.H.4 Actual                                                                                                                   
  Performance and                                                                                                                  
  Variance from OMB                                                                                                                
  approved baseline                                                                                                                
  (Original or                                                                                                                     
  Current):**                                                                                                                      

  **Description**   **Planned**                                                               **Actual**                           

                    **Schedule**            **Duration**              **Planned   **Funding   **Schedule**            **%          **Actual
                                                                      Cost        Agency**                            Complete**   Cost
                                                                      (BCWS)**                                                     (ACWP)**

                    **Start Date** **End    **Days**       **Hrs.**                           **Start Date** **End                 
                                   Date**                                                                    Date**                

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   
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  **I.H.4(B) Actual Performance and Variance from OMB approved       
  baseline (Original or Current):**                                  

                                                                     

  **B.**       Provide EVMS project summary information:             

  **B.1.**   Show BCWS PCI                                           

  **B.2.**   Show BCWP                                               

  **B.3.**   Show ACWP                                               

  **B.4.**    Provide a cost curve graph plotting BCWS, BCWP, and    
  ACWP on a monthly basis from\                                      
  project or contract inception through the last report. In          
  addition, plot the ACWP curve to the\                              
  EAC value, and provide the following EVMS variance Analysis        
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  **I.H.4(B) Project                                                  
  Summary**                                                           

                                                                      

  **PROJECT SUMMARY\    **Cost Variance = (BCWP-ACWP)**               
  AS OF 01/10/2003\                                                   
  (CUMULATIVE)**                                                      

                        **CV % = (CV/BCWP) x 100%**                   

                        **CPI = (BCWP/ACWP)**                         

                        **Schedule Variance = (BCWP-BCWS PCI)**       

                        **SV % = (SV/BCWS PCI) x 100%**               

                        **SPI = (BCWP/BCWS PCI)**                     

                        Performance Factor 1 (1/CPI)                  

                        **EAC = ((BAC-BCWP)/CPI) + ACWP**             

                        **Variance at Completion (VAC) = (BAC-EAC)**  

                        **VAC % = (VAC/BAC) x 100%**                  

                        Performance Factor 2 (1/CPI\*SPI)             

                        **EAC2 = ((BAC-BCWP)/(CPI\*SPI)) + ACWP**     

                        **Variance at Completion (VAC2) =             
                        (BAC-EAC2)**                                  

                        **Variance Percent 2 (VAC%) = (VAC/BAC) x     
                        100%**                                        

                        **ETC**                                       

                        **Expected Completion Date**                  
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  **C. IF cost and/or schedule variance are a negative 10% or more,
  explain the reason(s) for the variance(s):**

  **D. Provide performance variance. Explain whether, based on work
  accomplished to date, you still expect to achieve your performance
  goals. If not, explain the reasons for the variance.**

  **E. Discuss the contractor, government, and at least the two EAC index
  formula, current estimates to complete. Explain the differences and the
  IPTs selected EAC for budgeting purposes.**

  **F. Discuss the corrective actions that will be taken to correct the
  variances, the risk associated with the actions, and how close to
  original baseline the planned actions will achieve. Define proposed
  baseline changes, if necessary.**

  **G. Has the Agency Head concurred in the need to continue the program
  at the new baseline?**

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  **Part II:  Additional Business Case Criteria for Information
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  **II.A Enterprise Architecture**

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| **II.A.1 Business**                                                   |
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| **A. Is this project identified in your agency\'s enterprise          |
| architecture? If not, why?**                                          |
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| No this project is not currently identified on the Department of the  |
| Interior EA. IQCS is being developed in accordance with DOI\'s Common |
| Requirements Vision, the Conceptual Architecture Principles, and the  |
| Technical Reference Mode. These documents or any future revision of   |
| them will be included as requirements in any contracts for this       |
| project. Any exceptions are noted in the subsequent questions related |
| to the specific architecture layers.                                  |
|                                                                       |
| IRM Coordinators representing the Federal Bureaus and Agency\'s in    |
| the fire community have reviewed the IQCS Project. All reviewing      |
| Bureaus have a vested interest in the success of this project and its |
| ability to bridge Fire Community data standards. There is active      |
| coordination with data administrator/architecture managers from       |
| multiple Agencies to ensure compliance with their data standards,     |
| information technology and technical infrastructures.                 |
|                                                                       |
| Due to the inter-agency nature of this project and the early stages   |
| that it has just emerged from an effort had not been made to          |
| establish its precedence on the DOI Enterprise Architecture. One      |
| specific element of the Project Charter is to build the project so    |
| that it falls within the established guidelines of ALL the agencies   |
| it represents (DOI and DOA).                                          |
|                                                                       |
| Standards for information exchange and resource sharing issues center |
| around 1) sharing IQC information amongst governmental entities and   |
| 2) intra-fire systems data exchange. From an inter-governmental       |
| perspective, the IQCS Project is coordinating with the National       |
| Association of State Foresters information development of their IQC   |
| system (IQS) to ensure compliance with data standards, information    |
| exchange and resource sharing. From an inter-fire systems exchange    |
| perspective, the IQCS Project is working directly with the NWCG IRM   |
| Program Manager who coordinates all NWCG sponsored development        |
| activities. This ensures compliance with data standards, information  |
| exchange and resource sharing.                                        |
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|                                                                       |
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| **B. Explain how this project conforms to your departmental (entire   |
| agency) enterprise architecture.**                                    |
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| Most of the founding principles for the construction of IQCS are      |
| derived directly from the DOI Enterprise Architecture and the Bureau  |
| of Land Management EA, TRM, and A-130 publications. In addition to    |
| conforming to agency EA policies, we have also looked to the target   |
| audience to ensure that the system we build is built to their needs   |
| now and in the future. This system is designed to reduce redundancy   |
| of data, improve the sharing data, reduce workforce inefficiencies,   |
| and provide a common platform for future applications to springboard  |
| from.                                                                 |
|                                                                       |
| The following are some of the tenets that IQCS is based on, the full  |
| verbosity can be found in BLM IT Architecture - Technical Reference   |
| Model (TRM) - Volume Two:                                             |
|                                                                       |
| · \"Develop information systems in a manner that facilitates          |
| necessary interoperability, application portability, and scalability  |
| of computerized applications across networks of heterogeneous         |
| hardware, software, and communications platforms\...\" · \"Ensure     |
| that improvements\... do not unnecessarily duplicate information      |
| systems available within the same agency, from other agencies, or     |
| from the private sector.\" · \"Share available information systems    |
| with other agencies to the extent practicable and legally             |
| permissible.\" · \"Acquire information technology in a manner that    |
| makes use of full and open competition, and maximizes return on       |
| investment.\" · \"Acquire off-the-shelf software from commercial      |
| sources, unless\...\" · \"\... address steps necessary to create an   |
| open systems \[not \"open source\"\] environment.\"                   |
|                                                                       |
| Each one of these requirements was used in the Planning and           |
| Acquisition phases and will continue to be used and re-evaluated      |
| during the entire life of the project.                                |
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|                                                                       |
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| **C. Identify the Lines of Business and Sub-Functions within the      |
| Federal Enterprise Architecture Business Reference Model that will be |
| supported by this initiative.**                                       |
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|                                                                       |
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|                                                                       |
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| **D. Briefly describe how this initiative supports the identified     |
| Lines of Business and Sub-Functions of the Federal Business           |
| Architecture.**                                                       |
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|                                                                       |
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| **E. Was this project approved through the EA Review committee at     |
| your agency?**                                                        |
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| No                                                                    |
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|                                                                       |
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| **F. What are the major process simplification/reengineering/design   |
| projects that are required as part of this initiative?**              |
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| There are three (3) incident qualification and certification systems  |
| being used by the wildland fire community. This multi-system          |
| operation generates redundancies in business and information          |
| management functions. The estimated contracted maintenance and        |
| operations cost of these systems is currently \$600k per year. The    |
| estimates for internal data-entry and record upkeep are \$1,650,000.  |
|                                                                       |
| The new IQCS system will effectively combine the current platforms,   |
| thereby reducing the cross platform inefficiencies. (i.e.) multiple   |
| data entry, multiple training requirements, additional hardware       |
| requirements, etc. The existing systems will be phased out as data is |
| migrated to the new system.                                           |
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|                                                                       |
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| **G. What are the major organization restructuring, training, and     |
| change management projects that are required?**                       |
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| Staffing levels will remain at the levels that they are now but their |
| collateral duties will be decreased. The role of data administration  |
| for the current and future system is an ancillary function an         |
| employees primary job duties.                                         |
|                                                                       |
| A formal training program will need to be created to bring all        |
| current and future administrators up to the level of knowledge needed |
| to operate the IQCS system.                                           |
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|                                                                       |
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| **H. What are the Agency lines of business involved in this           |
| project?**                                                            |
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| Business lines include the Policy Making, Program Admin, Compliance,  |
| Internal Operations/Infrastructure within all of these organizations: |
| BLM, BIA, NPS, USFWS, USFS                                            |
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|                                                                       |
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| **I. What are the implications for the agency business                |
| architecture?**                                                       |
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| This project is being built within the oversight of the National      |
| Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Information Resources Management   |
| (IRM) Program Management Office (PMO). With this groups\' supervision |
| and input the IQCS project is being designed to fall within           |
| Department of the Interior guidelines and architecture strategies.    |
| This project is currently being viewed as a baseline model for Data   |
| Management standards for the Fire Community.                          |
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  **II.A.2 Data**

  **A. What types of data will be used in this project?**

  A representative list, not all inclusive, of Data/Info required for the
  IQCS Project is: personal information, training courses, positions,
  task books, fitness results, incident experience, resources types, unit
  identifiers, organizational identifiers, medical information, and
  instructor experience.

  **B. Does the data needed for this project already exist at the
  Federal, State, or Local level? If so, what are your plans to gain
  access to that data?**

  The legacy data currently exists at several levels within the Fire
  Community. Process steps are defined in the Project WBS to address the
  migration of data into the system during the Construction and
  Implementation phases. Memorandums of Understanding are in place or
  being generated with the respective groups to ensure compliance with
  data migration.

  **C. Are there legal reasons why this data cannot be transferred? If
  so, what are they and did you address them in the barriers and risk
  sections above?**

  No reasons prevent the data from being transferred other than possible
  technical translation issues. Any technical migration possibilities are
  address in the risk section.

  **D. If this initiative processes spatial data, identify planned
  investments for spatial data and demonstrate how the agency ensures
  compliance with the Federal Geographic Data Committee standards
  required by OMB Circular A-16.**

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| **II.A.3 Application and Technology**                                 |
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|                                                                       |
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| **A. Discuss this initiative/project in relationship to the           |
| application and technology layers of the EA. Include a discussion of  |
| hardware, applications, infrastructure, etc.**                        |
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| IQCS falls within several of the Application Layer Principles defined |
| within the \"BLM IT Architecture - Technical Reference Model (TRM) -  |
| Volume Two\": \"Principle 1: Design and develop applications along    |
| logical application boundaries to support the Business Architecture\" |
| \"Principle 2: Design applications to be modular, object-oriented,    |
| and loosely coupled\" \"Principle 4: Event-driven systems design      |
| supports a scalable and extensible architecture\" \"Principle 5: Plan |
| for extensibility and scalability with object technologies\"          |
| \"Principle 6: Implement object-oriented applications that reuse      |
| components\" \"Principle 10: Document the architecture\" Through the  |
| project methodologies, the software, and the world class consulting   |
| organization that are being used to build this project, we can ensure |
| that all of the above Application principles will be met.             |
|                                                                       |
| On the Technology Layer side IQCS is addressing several items that    |
| are identified within \"BLM IT Architecture - Technical Reference     |
| Model (TRM) - Volume Two\". The user interface will be designed to    |
| operate with Netscape or MS Internet Explorer, Database will be built |
| on an Oracle platform, and the OS will be based on the MS Windows NT  |
| architecture. BEA has addressed all of these Technology items as      |
| Current and/or Roadmap options.                                       |
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|                                                                       |
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| **B. Are all of the hardware, applications, and infrastructure        |
| requirements for this project included in the EA Technical Reference  |
| Model? If not, please explain.**                                      |
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|                                                                       |
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  **NOTE: Each category below must be addressed at the project
  (system/application) level, not at a program or a gency level, not at a
  program or agency level.  Referring to security plans or other
  documents is not an acceptable response.**

  **II.B.1. How is security provided and funded for this project (e.g.,
  by program office or by the CIO through the general support
  system/network)?**

  **A. What is the total dollar amount allocated to security for this
  project in FY04? **

  **II.B.2. Does the project (system/application) meet the following
  security requirements of the Government Information Security Reform
  Act,\
  OMB policy, and NIST guidance?**

  **A. Does the project (system/application) have an up-to-date security
  plan that meets the requirements of OMB policy and NIST guidance?  What
  is the date of the plan? **

  **B. Has the project undergone an approved certification and
  accreditation process?  Specify the C&A methodology used (e.g., NIST
  guidance) and the date of the last review.**

  **C. Have the management, operational, and technical security controls
  been tested for effectiveness?  When were most recent tests
  performed?**

  **D. Have all system users been appropriately trained in past year,
  including rules of behavior and consequences for violating the rules?**

  **E. How has incident handling capability been incorporated into the
  system, including intrusion detection monitoring and audit log
  reviews?\
  Are incidents reported to GSA\'s FedCIRC?**

  **F. Is the system operated by contractors either on-site or at a
  contractor facility?  If yes, does any such contract include specific
  security requirements required by law and policy?  How are contractor
  security procedures monitored, verified, and validated by the
  agency?\"**

  **II.B.3. How does the agency ensure the effective use of security
  controls and authentication tools to protect privacy for those systems
  that promote or permit public access? **

  **II.B.4. How does the agency ensure that the handling of personal
  information is consistent with relevant government-wide and agency
  policies.**

  **II.B.5. If a Privacy Impact Assessment was conducted, please provide
  a copy to OMB.**
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  **II.C. Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA)**

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| **II.C.1. If this project supports electronic transactions or         |
| record-keeping that is covered by GPEA, briefly describe the          |
| transaction or record-keeping functions and how this investment       |
| relates to your agency\'s GPEA                                        |
| plan**                                                                |
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| IQCS will have the following electronic records management            |
| characteristics: · Management and Central information Access ·        |
| End-User Access · System-to-System Access and Data Exchange           |
|                                                                       |
| IQCS contributes directly to the DOI plan to ensure that all          |
| transactions have electronic access by 2003/2004. IQCS is designed to |
| reduce and or eliminate the need for paper documentation and improve  |
| accountability through electronic audits and version control.         |
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|                                                                       |
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| **II.C.2. What is the date of your GPEA plan?**                       |
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| 09/01/2002                                                            |
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|                                                                       |
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| **II.C.3. Identify any OMB Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) control      |
| numbers from information collections that are tied to this            |
| investment. **                                                        |
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| IQCS is in the process of obtaining a Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)   |
| control numbers.                                                      |
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