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Upcoming Meeting
GovDTF Agenda
Santa Clara, CA – 8-12 December 2008
OMG Technical Committee Meeting Info Page

Agenda Highlights

Issuance of Federal Segment Architecture Reporting RFP
Review of Skills Management RFP
Status Review of Records Management Service Revised Submission (not scheduled for issuance in this meeting)
Roadmap Discussion: Records Management Auto-Categorization Request for Information
Industry Feedback and Guidance by ARMA on the draft Records Management Maturity Model RFC
Issuance of "OMG Value Proposition for Government" Whitepaper
OMG Government Workshop planning for July 2009.

GovDTF Meeting Results
Orlando, FL – 22-26 September 2008
Meeting Minutes

Meeting Highlights
(see minutes for details)

Established RMS Revised Submission Date for the Santa Clara Meeting: The GovDTF established a Revised Submission Date for the Records Management Services RFP as 10-November-2008, the 4wk Rule for the OMG Technical Committee meeting in Santa Clara CA. In Santa Clara, another submission date vote is planned for the OMG TC Meeting in Washington DC where the submission team plans to move for issuance.
Work Item Reviews
- Overview of Records Management Services Initial Submission
- Draft Records Management Maturity Model RFC
- Whitepaper: "OMG Value Proposition for Government"
- Draft Skills Management RFP's
Planning Discussion for GovDTF Workshop in Washington DC, July 2009: In lieu of an "Information Day" at the OMG TC Meeting in Washington DC in March 2009, the GovDTF is planning a workshop for Washington DC in July 2009. The task force made an initial "sketch" of the event.
FEA Segment Architecture Reporting RFP: This work item has been activated from the Roadmap. Plans for moving forward with the work item were discussed.
Federal Transition Framework News: The Federal Transition Framework specification began the adoption votes for promotion to a formal Version 1.0. The Finalization Task Force expired without issues. The Beta 1 specification will be adopted as the first formal version.

GovDTF Meeting Results
Ottawa – 23-27 June 2008
Meeting Minutes

Meeting Highlights
(see Minutes for details)

New Revised Submission Date for Records Management Services RFP: Motion Passed: Establish a Revised Submission Date for the Electronic Records Management Services Specification for 25 August 2008, the 4-week rule for the Orlando 2008 OMG Technical Committee Meeting.
Skills Management RFP Work Item Begun: The objective of the RFP is to enable interoperability among a diverse set of existing standards and tools. The co-authors are Kenji Hirata of Toyo University and Michael Brown of SkillsNet Inc.
Records Management Maturity Model (RM3): The RM3 effort is re-establishing its momentum. We are targeting the presentation of a draft RFC for Orlando in September. Issuance is planned for the December meeting in Santa Clara.
Review of Active Work Items
Roadmap Discussion

Government Domain
Task Force

Co-Chairs:

John C. Butler
Everware, Inc.

Larry Johnson
TethersEnd Consulting

US Government Working Group
Steering Committee (click here)

If you are interested in becoming a member of any of these Steering Committee, contact its Chair, Government or military employees are preferred as members.

Chair:

Robert Spangler
National Archives and
Records Administration

Members:

Edwin McCeney
Department of the Interior

Daryll Prescott
TethersEnd Consulting

George Thomas
General Services
Administration

The USWG has chartered a special task group:
Federal Transition Framework Metamodel Working Group
to address the OMB's FTF Work Items

Japan Government Working Group Steering Committee (click here)

Chair:

Kenji Hirata
Toyo University

Members:

To be appointed.

Latin American Governments Working Group Steering Committee (click here)

Acting
Chair:

Roberto Sasso
ICE

Members:

To be appointed.

Other Government Working Groups?

GovDTF would be pleased to be a vehicle for producing specifications of interest to your international, regional or local government organization or consortium

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Current Work Items
The bulleted Link is the project page for each work item. Go there for further detail on each item.

RFP: MDA Models for Records Management Services RFP
The sole submission team reports that they plan to begin the issuance process for the submission at the Washington DC Meeting in March 2009. A preview of the work-in-progress is planned for the GovDTF plenary in the Santa Clara Meeting in December 2008.
RFC: Records Management Maturity Model
The RFC is currently being authored. A draft was reviewed in the Orlando meeting in September. As a stretch goal, the submission team is targeting the Santa Clara meeting in December 2008 for issuance, though the Washington meeting in March 2009 may be more realistic.

RFP: Federal Segment Architecture Reporting
This work item was activated from the roadmap in Orlando at the request of the US President's Office of Management and Budget. The schedule is aggressive, targeting the Santa Clara meeting for issuance in December 2008
RFP: Skills Management
This work item was begun in the Ottawa meeting, June 2008. We reviewed a draft of the RFP in Orlando in September. Depending on the progress, the RFP will be issued it in Santa Clara in December 2008 or in Washington DC in March 2009.

Whitepaper: OMG Value Proposition for Governmental Organizations
A draft was reviewed in the Orlando meeting in September. GovDTF plans to issue this in Santa Clara, December 2008.
RFI: Model Based Acquisition
The initial draft is still in progress.

Related Activities

FTF: Federal Transition Framework
The Finalization Task Force presented its final report to the Architecture Board. No issues had been filed against the specification. The Beta 1 spec will become V1.0. The report is currently in an eMail vote in the Domain Technology Committee (takes nominally 10 weeks) after which it will go to the Board of Directors.

The FTF Revision Task Force 1.1 was chartered by the DTC

RTF: Federal Transition Framework V1.1
Pending the approval of the V1.0 Specification by the Board of Directors, this Revision Task Force has been chartered to resolve issues raised against the V1.0 specification, producing V1.1. Go to this project page to register any FTF issues.

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