# Presentation: 042965

## eGovernment Working Group Meeting

Chris Niedermayer, USDA eGovernment Executive

- Chris Niedermayer, USDA eGovernment Executive

## Agenda

**Enablers Business Cases – ****Current Status & Future Direction**
**eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update**
**Digitop (eContent) Overview**
**Q&A**
**Next Steps and Wrap-up **

**Agenda**

**Notes:**
High energy Welcome.

Get jazzed.  

Good things are happening:

	EITIRB meeting tomorrow for 30 minutes exclusively on 	eGov

	EC and I will be meeting with DS ideally this week as well 	but may slip to next week

	Relatively positive feedback from OMB based on our 	efforts – only Yellow

Thanks for efforts to date.  Time to roll up sleeves again.

## Enablers Business Case & Implementation Planning Gameboard

**Develop Select-Level Business Case Templates**

**1**

**2**

**Sept 2002**

**Oct 2002**

**Nov 2002**

**Dec 2002**

**Define Technical Requirements**

**3**

**4**

**Current Actions:**
**Briefings with ** **Sub-cabinet, Agency Heads, etc.**
**EITIRB Approval—   March 18**

**Business Cases received Final Review**

**5**

**Jan 2003**

- We are here
**March 5**

**Feb 2003**

**Mar 2003**

**Enablers Business Case & ****Implementation Planning Gameboard**

## Enablers Business Cases – Current Status

- Team reviewed and incorporated comments received on the business cases long after the deadline...
- Based on the project plan developed by the eGovernment team to successfully gain approval for the business cases, meetings with key decision makers and IT leaders are underway
*Briefings include Under Secretaries, EITIRB Members, Agency CIOs, and Departmental Associate CIOs*
- Revised meeting dates for the EITIRB and EITIRB Working Group have now been set:
*EWG on March 10**th*
*EITIRB on March 18**th*

## Business Case Next Steps:EITIRB Approval Process

- January

- February

**January**
- Deputy Secretary Briefing

**February/March**
- eGovernment Team Briefs EWG Members

**February/March**
- eGovernment Team/EC Briefs EITIRB Members

**March 18****th**
- Quarterly EITIRBMeeting

**March 10****th**
- Executive Working Group (EWG) Meeting

**January**
- EGWG Members Complete Agency Steering Committee Briefings

* **Approach*

- March

## Agenda

**Agenda**

**Welcome**
**Enablers Business Cases – ****Current Status & Future Direction**
**eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update**
**Digitop (eContent) Overview**
**Q&A**
**Next Steps and Wrap-up **

**Notes:**
High energy Welcome.

Get jazzed.  

Good things are happening:

	EITIRB meeting tomorrow for 30 minutes exclusively on 	eGov

	EC and I will be meeting with DS ideally this week as well 	but may slip to next week

	Relatively positive feedback from OMB based on our 	efforts – only Yellow

Thanks for efforts to date.  Time to roll up sleeves again.

## eGovernment Integrated Reporting Timeline

- December

- February

- January

**December 9-January 23:**
- Initial One-on-One Agency Meetings

**December 9-February 14:**
- Ongoing OCIO support

**January 31:**
- Final agency spreadsheets and GPEA project plans due

**February 17-28:**
- Follow-up meetings held with individual agencies

**February 14:**
- Updated Agency eGovernment Tactical Plans due

- We are here
**March 5**

## Agenda

**Enablers Business Cases – ****Current Status & Future Direction **
**eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update**
**Digitop (eContent) Overview**
**Q&A**
**Next Steps and Wrap-up **

**Agenda**

**Notes:**
High energy Welcome.

Get jazzed.  

Good things are happening:

	EITIRB meeting tomorrow for 30 minutes exclusively on 	eGov

	EC and I will be meeting with DS ideally this week as well 	but may slip to next week

	Relatively positive feedback from OMB based on our 	efforts – only Yellow

Thanks for efforts to date.  Time to roll up sleeves again.

## Stan Kosecki

***Stan Kosecki***
*National Agricultural Library*

## Recognize the Importance of Collaboration

***Leverage Department-wide investments in information resources***
***Improve service for all USDA employees***
**Especially for remote locations**
***No single agency can fund this effort***
**Economies of scale**
***The more participation the richer the knowledge base***

## Expected Outcomes for DigiTop Implementation

***Increased access at lower total cost***
***Time Savings***
***Informed Decision-making***

- “...I think the service is and should be an integral element for information resources required if we aspire to be a fact-based, science-principle derived management agency.”
- 					*Research Director, FS*

## Focus on a Broader Infrastructure

***An E-government initiative***
***Enterprise-wide procurement dramatically expands access to information resources across the Department***

- “ ...I’ve been busy checking out the journals that I’ve not had
-  access to for years...I’m sooooooo happy!  Thanks for ...providing
-  me access to this powerful tool.”
- 					*Scientist,  ARS*

## Recognize Our New Operating Environment

***Provide ******24******/******7 ******access to essential information***
***Expand specialized information services***

- According to the *Interagency Report on the National Agricultural Library* –
- “...NAL should move as quickly as possible to... Complete and implement
- a plan for a national digital library for agriculture (NDLA) that will be the main
- focus and long-term organizing principle for NAL and the national network of
- university and industrial libraries.”
*	*

## Anticipate Future Infrastructure Needs

***Innovative links to full-text digital content***
***Powerful search engine technology***
***Public-Private partnerships***

- “...it has saved me several trips to the library and considerable time”
- 					*Ecologist, NRCS*

## Information Infrastructure Support for the farm, food, and trading system

***The USDA Departmental Library***
**Enhanced Document Delivery Services **
**Specialized Information Services**
**Experts in information management**

- “As a USDA ARS researcher at a site remote from any university,
- the National Agricultural Library is absolutely critical for supplying
- me with scientific literature to support my research.  Recent advances
- ... have made the task of staying current with my scientific literature
- not just easier, but, frankly, possible (where it was not just a year or
- two ago).”

## 7,000+ resources from 62 sources accessible to USDA staff globally

**DigiTop Today**

**7,000+ resources from 62 sources** **accessible to USDA staff globally**
** ****country information**
** ****databases**
** ****directories**
** ****full text journals**
** ****newspapers**
** ****statistics**

## Critical DigiTop Success Factors

***Sustainable base funding***
***Department-wide participation***
***Collaborative funding model***
***Value-added access to digital content & electronic information services***
***Marketing and staff training to optimize usage***

## Q&A, Contact Info

***Questions?***
***Contact Info:***Melanie GardnerNational Agricultural Library(301) 504-6207mgardner@nal.usda.gov

## Agenda

**Enablers Business Cases – ****Current Status & Future Direction**
**eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update**
**Digitop (eContent) Overview**
**Q&A**
**Next Steps and Wrap-up **

**Agenda**

**Notes:**
High energy Welcome.

Get jazzed.  

Good things are happening:

	EITIRB meeting tomorrow for 30 minutes exclusively on 	eGov

	EC and I will be meeting with DS ideally this week as well 	but may slip to next week

	Relatively positive feedback from OMB based on our 	efforts – only Yellow

Thanks for efforts to date.  Time to roll up sleeves again.

## Questions and Answers

## Agenda

**Enablers Business Cases – ****Current Status & Future Direction**
**eGovernment Integrated Reporting Update**
**Digitop (eContent) Overview**
**Q&A**
**Next Steps and Wrap-up **

**Agenda**

**Notes:**
High energy Welcome.

Get jazzed.  

Good things are happening:

	EITIRB meeting tomorrow for 30 minutes exclusively on 	eGov

	EC and I will be meeting with DS ideally this week as well 	but may slip to next week

	Relatively positive feedback from OMB based on our 	efforts – only Yellow

Thanks for efforts to date.  Time to roll up sleeves again.

## Next Steps

**Revised Agency Tactical Plans were due on Friday, February 14**
- Only 5 of 21 agencies and staff offices have submitted their plans — If you have not yet submitted your plan, please do so as soon as possible
- Remember, final plans must be submitted through your agency head
- If you have any questions or need assistance, don’t hesitate to contact us
**We will update the Working Group on the outcome of the upcoming EWG and EITIRB meetings**
**Next meeting will be on March 19 in room 108-A**