# Presentation: 525371

## Presidential eGovernment Initiatives Meeting

Chris Niedermayer, USDA eGovernment Executive

- Chris Niedermayer, USDA eGovernment Executive

## Welcome and Introductions

**Which Presidential eGovernment Initiative(s) are you participating in?**
**What USDA agency/office do you represent?**

## Agenda

**President’s Management Agenda – Overview & Scorecard **

-     USDA’s Contribution to Presidential eGovernment Initiatives

-      USDA eGovernment Strategic Plan Initiatives

-      Roles & Responsibilities and Future Communication Process

## eGovernment is one of five main goals of the President’s Management Agenda.

**The President’s Management Agenda provides a foundation and strategy for streamlining the management and performance of the Federal government via strategic planning, linkages with budgeting, government-wide solutions, and citizen-centered design**
**The PMA sets five main dimensions for achieving better management: eGovernment, Human Capital, Competitive Sourcing, Financial Management, and Budget/Performance Integration**
**The eGovernment component has four main, stakeholder-focused, goals:**
- Create easy-to-find single points of access to government services for individuals;
- Reduce the reporting burden on businesses — businesses should not have to file the same information over and over because government fails to reuse the data appropriately or fails to take advantage of commercial electronic transaction protocols;
- Share information more quickly and conveniently between the Federal and state, local, and tribal governments; and
- Automate internal processes to reduce costs internally, within the Federal Government, by disseminating best practices across agencies.
**The 24 Presidential eGovernment Initiatives are intended to help the Federal Government achieve these goals by leveraging cross-agency solutions**

## OMB maintains a scorecard to measure the government’s overall achievement of, and progress on, the PMA.

**OMB issues a quarterly scorecard measuring current achievement ****of, and progress toward, the ideals of the PMA**
**USDA was one of only a few Departments not to receive a failing eGovernment grade on the first PMA progress report issued in ****early 2002**
- Instead, the Department received a **yellow** rating
**Further, the Department received a ****‘green’**** on its eGovernment progress for the first 2 quarters (but maintained a yellow overall rating for eGovernment)**
- OMB cited the Department’s eGovernment strategic planning, the USDA Smart Choice Business Cases, and our participation in the Presidential Initiatives as reasons for the positive rating.
**USDA must continue to make progress to ensure we receive an overall ‘green’ rating**
- To get the ‘green’ (money), USDA must get a green PMA rating

## Agenda

- President’s Management Agenda – Overview & Scorecard** **

**    ****USDA’s Contribution to Presidential eGovernment Initiatives**

-      USDA eGovernment Strategic Plan Initiatives

-      Roles & Responsibilities and Future Communication Process

## To get to green on the PMA scorecard, USDA must demonstrate we are committed to the Presidential eGovernment Initiatives.

**While USDA must take several additional steps to ensure an overall green rating (including defining an enterprise architecture and improving IT investment controls), Presidential Initiative participation is a key measure**
**To ensure the Department presents an accurate and complete picture to OMB, coordination across people and agencies is required**
- USDA will provide an integrated status report, due to OMB September 14, on Presidential eGovernment Initiatives for which USDA is a partner (based on the template sent to all USDA liaisons in mid-August)
- We depend on your help in filling out this report and maintaining communication on USDA’s contribution to your initiative’s progress
- OMB will require continued reporting, which will require internal USDA communication on an ongoing basis
**USDA has already provided the foundation for its participation by becoming a partner on 18 of the 24 initiatives**
- This participation must continue and include contribution of necessary financial and staff resources, integration of systems and processes, and other actions necessary to achieve the goals of each initiative

## USDA is a partner in 18 of the 24 Presidential eGovernment Initiatives.

| Presidential Initiative Name | USDA Lead | Dollars Requested/Provided | Staff Resources Requested/Provided | Other In-Kind Contributions |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Disaster Management | Barbara LaCour (OCIO) | None requested yet |  |  |
| eAuthentication | Mark Liegey (OCFO) |  | 1 Part-Time |  |
| eGrants | Bob MacDonald (CSREES) | $900K req. (FY02-04) | 1 FTE |  |
| eLoans | Bob Bonnet (FSA) | None requested yet | 2+ FTEs |  |
| ePayroll | Jerry Lohfink (OCFO) |  |  |  |
| eRecords Management | Bette Fugitt (OCIO) | None requested yet |  |  |
| eTraining | Keith Namock (FS) |  |  |  |
| eTravel | Wendy Snow (OCFO) |  |  |  |
| Geospatial One Stop | Dennis Lytle (NRCS) | $135K requested (FY02), $90 provided |  |  |
| GovBenefits | Dennis Egan (OCIO) | $500K requested | 4 FTEs |  |
| Integrated Acquisition Env. | Tish Tucker (DA) |  |  |  |
| Integrated HR | Joe Colantuoni (OHRM) |  |  |  |
| Intl. Trade Process Streamlining | Dan Berman (FAS) | Requesting $500K (est.) | Approx. 1 FTE |  |
| Online Rulemaking | Mike Poe (OBPA) | None requested yet |  |  |
| Recreation One Stop | Larry Warren (FS) | $50K/year (prelim.) |  | Marketing support |
| Recruitment One Stop | Joe Colantuoni (OHRM) | None requested yet |  |  |
| USA Services | Ron Anderson (OCIO) |  | 1 Part-Time |  |
| Wireless (SAFECOM) | Tim Quinn (FS) |  |  |  |

## Agenda

- President’s Management Agenda – Overview & Scorecard

-     USDA’s Contribution to Presidential eGovernment Initiatives

-      **USDA eGovernment Strategic Plan Initiatives**

-      Roles & Responsibilities and Future Communication Process

## USDA’s eGovernment Strategic Plan, and associated agency eGovernment Tactical Plans, extend eGovernment throughout the enterprise in accord with the PMA.

**Agency-Specific**

**Cross-Agency/****Cross-Mission Area**

**Enterprise-****Wide**

**Inter-****Departmental**

**Applications and initiatives that deal with one USDA agency.**

**Solutions and initiatives that apply across USDA agencies and mission areas.**

**Solutions and initiatives that apply throughout the entire USDA organization.**

**Solutions and initiatives that apply across Federal departments and agencies.**

**USDA’s eGovernment Strategic Plan, and associated agency eGovernment Tactical Plans, extend eGovernment throughout the enterprise in accord with the PMA.**

*Departmental*
*Strategic Plan &*
*Agency Tactical Plans*

*Presidential*
*Initiatives*

## USDA’s eGovernment Strategic Plan identifies 24 USDA eGovernment Opportunity Areas, 12 of which are high-priority Smart Choice initiatives.  

| eGovernment Strategic Opportunity Areas |  |
| --- | --- |
| eEligibility  | eRulemaking |
| eLoans * | Food Safety and Security Tools * |
| ePermits/Certificates | Web-based Supply Chain Management * |
| Nutrition/Dietary/Food Safety Awareness | Department-wide eProcurement * |
| Online Trade Assistance * | Financial Management Tools |
| eGrants * | Human Resources Online |
| eMaps | Physical Asset Management |
| Survey Capability |  |

| eGovernment Enablers |  |
| --- | --- |
| Application Hosting | Content Management * |
| Citizen & Public/Private Organization Database | Information Management * |
| Data Management *  | Service Center CRM and E-Enablement |
| eLearning* | eAuthentication * |
| USDA Web Presence and Portal Strategy * |  |

- * Opportunity was identified as a **Smart Choice initiative** by the USDA eGovernment Executive Council and approved by the EITIRB.

## To ensure cooperation and avoid duplication, many of the 24 USDA eGovernment initiatives are designed to be integrated with one of the Presidential eGovernment Initiatives.

| Presidential Initiative | USDA Initiative |
| --- | --- |
| eAuthentication | eAuthentication |
| eGrants | eGrants |
| Electronic Records Management | Information Management |
| Eligibility Assistance Online (GovBenefits) | eEligibility |
| Enterprise HR Integration | HR Online |
| eTraining (GoLearn) | eLearning |
| Geospatial Information One-Stop | eMaps |
| Integrated Acquisition Environment | eProcurement/Integrated Acquisition System |
| International Trade Process Streamlining | Online Trade Assistance |
| Online Access for Loans | eLoans |
| Online Rulemaking Management | eRulemaking |
| Project SAFECOM (Wireless) | Food Safety and Security Tools |
| USA Services | Service Center CRM |

## Agenda

-     USDA’s Contribution to Presidential eGovernment Initiatives

-      USDA eGovernment Strategic Plan Initiatives

-      **Roles & Responsibilities and Future Communication Process**

**Agenda**

## USDA’s liaisons to the Presidential eGovernment Initiatives have several specific responsibilities.

**Actively participate on the Presidential Initiative teams, representing the needs of **_**ALL**_** of USDA**
**Maintain coordination and communication with OCIO**
**Coordinate with USDA eGovernment Smart Choice team leads (for initiatives relating to Smart Choices) and/or with project managers for other relevant USDA initiatives**
- Ensure USDA and Presidential initiatives are complementary and not duplicative
- USDA’s eGovernment Team can help you coordinate with relevant team leads and provide guidance or answer questions related to the Smart Choices
**Advise managing partners to route all funding requests for a Presidential eGovernment initiative to the Deputy Secretary**
**Provide formal status on a quarterly basis and informal updates on an as-needed basis (see next slide for details)**

## To continue coordination, OCIO will institute a communication mechanism for reporting on the Presidential Initiatives.

**Regular meetings of the Presidential Initiative liaisons for USDA will be held every other month**
- Future meetings will focus on providing status on the initiatives, discussing outstanding questions or issues, identifying dependencies, sharing best practices and lessons learned, and other updates
**To ensure Departmental and OMB reporting needs are met, each liaison will submit a quarterly status report to OCIO on the initiative they represent**
- Content will be similar to the current status report OCIO is compiling
- Drafts of September status report will be circulated to all liaisons
- First quarterly report will be collected and finalized December 2002
**Continued general communication between USDA liaisons, Presidential Initiative teams, and OCIO is also important**
- Let us know of any issues you run into, practices you want to share, etc.
- You can reach the eGovernment Team by e-mailing the USDA eGovernment Mailbox, _[egov@usda.gov](mailto:egov@usda.gov)__, or calling 202-720-6144_
**We will continue to ask for updates/presentations to the eGovernment Working Group**