[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10766-10767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3958]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION


Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegations of Authority

    This statement amends Part S of the Statement of the Organization, 
Functions and Delegations of Authority which covers the Social Security 
Administration (SSA). Chapter S4 covers the Deputy Commissioner for 
Systems. Notice is given that Chapter S4 is being amended to reflect 
the establishment of a new office with four new divisions. The new 
material and changes are as follows:
    Section S4.10  The Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Systems--
(Organization):
    Establish:
    I. The Office of Systems Electronic Services (S4M).
    Section S4.20  The Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Systems--
(Functions):
    Establish:
    I. The Office of Systems Electronic Services (OSES) (S4M) directs 
the development of the SSA-wide mission critical software applications 
that support the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) Initiatives. It 
performs long range planning and analysis, and the design, development, 
implementation and maintenance of eSoftware solutions in support of 
SSA's social insurance and income maintenance programs. These 
applications will provide access to SSA services over such service 
delivery channels as the Internet, Extranet, Kiosk, and future direct 
service data collection channels. It provides a means for the public to 
have direct access to selected SSA services. It directs the 
coordination of general systems requirements definition among key SSA 
stakeholders, and representatives of the user community. It maintains a 
comprehensive software engineering program that provides tools, and a 
software infrastructure in support of SSA's entrepreneurial web 
development goals. It defines the Agency standards for software 
development. It conducts software validation and testing for all 
eSoftware solutions required to run on, extract data from, any of SSA's 
host processor's or its mission critical systems.
    Section S4G.20 The Office of Systems Design and Development--
(Functions):
    Amend as follows:
    E. The Division of Data Gathering and Architecture Software (S4GG).
    Items 1 and 4.
    Change the word Internet to Intranet.
    Item 2.
    Change the word user to users and delete the remainder of the 
sentence.
    Establish Subchapter:

Subchapter S4M
Office of Systems Electronic Services
S4M.00  Mission
S4M.10  Organization
S4M.20  Functions

    Section S4M.00 The Office of Systems Electronic Services--
(Mission): The Office of Systems Electronic Services (OSES) directs the 
development of the SSA-wide mission critical software applications that 
support the Electronic Service Delivery (ESD) Initiatives. It performs 
long range planning and analysis, and the design, development, 
implementation and maintenance of eSoftware solutions in support of 
SSA's social insurance and income maintenance programs. These 
applications will provide access to SSA services over such service 
delivery channels as the Internet, Extranet, Kiosk, and future direct 
service data collection channels. It provides a means for the public to 
have direct access to selected SSA services. It directs the 
coordination of general systems requirements definition among key SSA 
stakeholders, and representatives of the user community. It maintains a 
comprehensive software engineering program that provides tools, and a 
software infrastructure in support of SSA's entrepreneurial web 
development goals. It defines the Agency standards for software 
development. It conducts software validation and testing for all 
eSoftware solutions required to run on, extract data from, any of SSA's 
host processor's or its mission critical systems.
    Establish:
    Section S4M.10  The Office of Systems Electronic Services--
(Organization): The Office of Systems Electronic Services (S4M), under 
the leadership of the Associate Commissioner for Systems Electronic 
Services, includes:
    A. The Associate Commissioner for Systems Electronic Services 
(S4M).

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    B. The Deputy Associate Commissioner for Systems Electronic 
Services (S4M).
    C. The Immediate Office of the Associate Commissioner for Systems 
Electronic Services (S4M).
    D. The Division of Architecture and Support Software Development 
(S4MA).
    E. The Division of Client and Organizational Services Application 
Development (S4MB).
    F. The Division of Quality, Testing and Validation (S4MC).
    G. The Division of Project Support (S4ME).
    Section S4M.20 The Office of Systems Electronic Services--
(Functions):
    A. The Associate Commissioner for Systems Electronic Services (S4M) 
is directly responsible to the Deputy Commissioner, Systems, for 
carrying out the OSES mission and providing general supervision to the 
major components of OSES.
    B. The Deputy Associate Commissioner for Systems Electronic 
Services (S4M) assists the Associate Commissioner in carrying out his/
her responsibilities and performs other duties as the Associate 
Commissioner may prescribe.
    C. The Immediate Office of the Associate Commissioner for Systems 
Electronic Services (S4M) provides the Associate Commissioner and 
Deputy Associate Commissioner with staff assistance on the full range 
of their responsibilities.
    D. Division of Architecture and Support Software Development 
(S4MA).
    1. Develops and maintains the software engineering architecture 
appropriate for delivering electronic services to SSA's customers in 
accordance with the Agency's Electronic Service Delivery Strategy.
    2. Identifies and procures software tools necessary for the design 
development, implementation and maintenance of SSA's eBusiness 
applications.
    3. Designs, develops and maintains eBusiness framework components 
of the architecture for data interface, security, authentication, audit 
and messaging objects.
    4. Researches, evaluates and analyzes current and emerging 
technologies relevant to SSA's eBusiness architecture.
    5. Designs, develops and maintains repositories to support 
eBusiness application development.
    E. Division of Client and Organizational Services Application 
Development (S4MB).
    1. Plans, designs, develops and maintains software integral to 
SSA's Internet strategy.
    2. Plans, designs, develops and maintains software integral to 
SSA's Extranet strategy.
    3. Defines specific functional specifications in support of SSA's 
ESD applications.
    4. Coordinates eBusiness application development with legacy and 
management information systems.
    F. Division of Quality, Testing and Validation (S4MC).
    1. Develops project specific test plans in support of SSA's 
eBusiness strategy.
    2. Performs front-end systems validations as necessary to support 
implementation of eBusiness software.
    3. Develops, maintains, and implements quality control standards in 
support of the development of eBusiness software.
    4. Designs, develops and maintains software for the testing, 
validation and quality control of eBusiness applications.
    5. Works in conjunction with other SSA components in conducting 
pilots and focus groups testing eBusiness software prior to 
implementation.
    G. Division of Project Support (S4ME).
    1. Analyzes eBusiness requirements and needs of other OSES 
components, and provides appropriate systems support capability.
    2. Provides standards, procedures, systems support and technical 
assistance to OSES project managers to facilitate preparation of work 
plans.
    3. Directs review of project work plans to ensure completeness, 
compatibility with standards and managerial directives, and 
requirements and conformity to the ADP Plan and other management 
decisions.
    4. Monitors OSES workloads, resource estimates and resource usage 
for eBusiness applications. Provides comprehensive resource information 
to DCS management to support workload priority decisions. Directs 
resource estimation and reporting processes for OSES.
    5. Coordinates OSES input to Agency and DCS planning processes.

    Dated: February 8, 2001.
William A. Halter,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 01-3958 Filed 2-15-01; 8:45 am]
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