Last fall, OMB asked each agency to submit IA plans. The proposed IA Model is targeted to create a framework to help do this. Arnold restated that each member of the group should review the CIO Strategic Plan objectives to see how we can move in a positive direction to achieve these goals. Also read the five other plan objectives to see the overall direction of the CIO Council. The group needs to determine how to focus work and define exactly what a successful model is.
Enterprise needs a plan to bring things together.
A question was asked on what authority there was to make this happen. Alan responded that there is a lot of pressure for this group to succeed. OMB has the authority, but they are looking at the CIO Council to make it happen. The group needs to identify the documentation at the various agencies, what the level is, how it is approached, and the commonality of it. Another important goal of the group is to help each other get along in their own agencies.