OMG’s Government Information Days

OMG Technical Meeting, Washington, DC
 
Monday & Tuesday, March 10-11, 2008

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Agenda: Monday, March 10, 2008
   
09:00-09:10 OMG Welcome & Introduction
  Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman & CEO, Object Management Group
 
09:00-09:30 Welcome and Overview of the OMG Government Information Days
  Larry Johnson, Co-chair, OMG Government Domain Task Force
 
09:30-10:30 Keynote Presentation
  Kshemendra N. Paul, (Acting) Chief Architect, President's Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
 
10:30-10:45 Break
 
10:45-11:15 Records Management Services
  Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

The OMG process in support of the Records Management Services Component, a cross-agency initiative of 18 Federal agencies, facilitated by the US National Archives and Records Administration.
 
11:15-11:45 Federal Transition Framework
  OMB
 
The OMG process in support of the Federal Transition Framework, an OMB initiative
 
11:45-12:00 Questions & Answers
  Larry Johnson, Facilitator
 
12:00-13:00 Lunch
 
13:00-13:45 Model Based Acquisition
  George Thomas, Chief Architect, General Services Administration (GSA)
 
The strategic intent of the Object Management Group (OMG) Government Domain Task Force (GovDTF) ‘Model Based Acquisition’ (MBA) Request for Information (RFI) will be presented. OMG Model Driven Architecture (MDA) standards for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Business Process Management (BPM) will be shown in support of Federal Enterprise, Segment and Solution Architecture best practices, to achieve competitive sourcing in Federal Line of Business initiatives.
 
13:45-14:30 Keynote Presentation:
 

The Role of Modernization at DOD
Col. Thomas Loper, Commander, Army Software Engineering Center 

This session will offer insights into the challenges and strategies associated with the management and modernization of software systems at the Army Software Engineering Center. 
 

14:30-15:00 Architecture-Driven Modernization: The Legacy Systems Challenge
  William Ulrich, Co-chair, OMG ADM Platform Task Force

The legacy systems challenge includes inconceivable architectures, rampant redundancy and obsolete functionality - intermixed with mission critical code. The government must address these issues to conform to new legislation, shifting requirements, mandated architectures and loss of subject matter expertise. This session discusses how modernization can address these issues and how OMG standards play a role in these efforts.
 
15:00-15:15 Break
 
15:15-15:45 The Role of Modernization at GSA
  George Thomas, Chief Architect, General Services Administration (GSA)

An overview of the Object Management Group (OMG) Model Driven Architecture (MDA) and Architecture Driven Modernization (ADM) standards and tools used in GSA Financial Management architecture and legacy modernization plans will be presented.
 
15:45-17:00 Case Studies Panel
  Chaired by John Weiler, Executive Director, Interoperability ClearingHouse

This panel will discuss various modernization projects that have been deployed at various government agencies. Summary level presentations will be followed by interactive Q&A with government attendees. Find out how these organizations succeeded.

Panelists:
Terry Balven, CIO, Secretary of the Airforce, Acquisition (SAF/AQ)
Chris Thomas, CTO, Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
PG Gaur, Director Enterprise Integration, OSD Business Transformation Agency
George Thomas, Chief Architect, General Services Administration (GSA) 
 
   
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
   
09:00-09:10 Announcements
 
09:10-10:00 Keynote Presentation:
  Diane Reeves, DOI
 
10:00-10:15 Break
 
10:15-10:45 Business Modeling Disciplines and Standards
  David Bridgeland, Chief Business Architect, Global Business Transformation, Unisys
and
Ron Zahavi, CIO, Border and Critical Infrastructure Security, Unisys
 
Business modeling is becoming increasingly popular. Business models are useful for understanding how a business is organized, who interacts with whom, what goals and strategies are being pursued, what work is performed, and how the work is performed In this session you will learn what a business model is, and how models can be used. The four business modeling disciplines will be reviewed, each concerning a different dimension of an enterprise: business motivation modeling, business interaction modeling, business process modeling, and business rules modeling. In the session the disciplines are explained, their purpose detailed, and the state of the standards efforts for each is described. Examples and case studies will be presented to illustrate how business modeling is used to achieve business goals.
 
10:45-11:30 Model Driven Enterprise Architecture for Government
  Cory Casanave, CEO, Model Driven Solutions
 
The MDA approach and success factors to more effective government using business focused service oriented architectures and model based acquisition. This serves to provide line-of-site from enterprise architecture and business analysis to solutions matched to agency goals in accordance with the president’s management agenda. We will show how the OMG standards provide a way to integrate architectures across segments, providing for enterprise effectiveness in a federated environment.
 
11:30-12:00 Panel Discussion: 
  What’s Next for Business Architecture?
Chaired by William Ulrich, President, Tactical Strategy Group, Inc.
 
A panel discussion of the gaps in Business Architecture standards.
 
Panelists: 
Diane Reeves, DOI
Cory Casanave, Model Driven Solutions
Donald Chapin, Business Semantics Ltd.
Fred Cummins, EDS
 
12:00-13:00 Lunch
 
13:00-13:30 Overview OMG and Software Assurance (SwA)
  Djenana Campara, CEO, KDM Analytics
 
13:30-14:15 Keynote Presentation:
  Software Assurance: The Need for Standardization 
Joe Jarzombek – PMP, Director for Software Assurance, National Cyber Security Division, 
Office of Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security & Communications, Department of Homeland Security
 
14:15-15:00 Keynote Presentation:
  Implementation of Standards to Deliver Assurance in the DoD Environment
Mitchell Komaroff, OCIO/I&NA, Information Assurance Policy, CG3/1101
 
15:00-15:30 OMG Activities in Governance Risk and Compliance
  Dr. Said Tabet, Inferware / Chief Architect, GRC-RT
 
15:30-15:45 Break
 
15:45-16:45 Panel Discussion:
  Software Assurance-related Tools and Technologies;
Current State and Future Directions
Moderator: Djenana Campara, CEO, KDM Analytics
 
Panelists:  
Mike Kass, Computer Scientist, NIST
Dr. Larry Wagoner, NSA
Pedro Vales, Principal Security Engineer, CTC
 
16:45-17:00 Wrap-up

Organizational Sponsor:

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