EA: What is it?
10 thoughts/10 people on enterprise architecture

• Learn more on OMB’s federal enterprise architecture Web site.

OMB scores high on EA
Even some of OMB’s frequent critics say the House agency has been an effective advocate of enterprise architecture

• Learn more about OMB’s federal enterprise architecture here (Source: OMB).

The new public-safety language
The National Information Exchange Model provides a rallying point for government and industry to coordinate homeland security efforts

• Check out the NIEM Web site.

Up close and impersonal
Encrypted indexing techniques let security agencies exchange information more freely without sacrificing personal privacy

• Find a link to Carnegie Mellon University’s Data Privacy Lab.

Buzz of the Week

Is IT security getting short shrift?
Concerned former DOD officials call for greater use of cybersecurity metrics

OPM stung by thefts

Military can't buy IT fast enough

Circuit

Editorial: Dressing up EA’s mission
Dick Burk has done much for enterprise architecture and linking EA to agency missions

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NASA needs boomer expertise
Brain drain could mean a serious setback for the agency’s next trip to the moon

• Read the GAO report, “NASA: Progress Made on Strategic Human Capital Management.” (.pdf)

Defense unions optimistic

CFOs: Use more financial data

CIO University refills the pipeline

• Find out more about the CIO University (Source: GSA).
  
  

NSA begins crypto upgrade
15-year plan to fund new encoding technology

ITIL’s stock rises

GSA issues stricter rules on year-end spending requests
Agency asks for breathing room to award contracts before the end of the fiscal year

• Read the cutoff memo.
  
  

Richard Burk: EA evangelist
OMB’s retiring chief architect preaches the virtues of enterprise architecture

A case for EA

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