OMB 'throwing out' current Core.gov, starting over
Core.gov - the federal government's repository of reusable components - is undergoing a major revamp, according to Dick Burk, the government's chief architect at OMB, Federal Computer Week reports.
While Core.gov holds a lot of components, those applications that can be linked with others to complete business transactions, it has not been nearly as useful as it could be, Burk said.
Officials are establishing a new governance process and “have begun a top review of various service components for inclusion” into the repository, he said.Core.gov will also take on a larger role as a collaborative tool for participants in governmentwide projects such as the lines of business.
“I don’t know whether this will be consolidation of IT infrastructure, whether it’ll be standardization across multiple agencies, or whether it’ll simply be a series of smart buys,” Burk said. “There certainly seems to be the promise for saving quite a bit of money and improving the service.”
Component-based Architecture White Papers
- Service Component-Based Architectures: Version 2.0 - Chief Information Officers Council
- The Service Component Reference Model (SRM) Version 1.0: A Foundation for Government-Wide Improvement - White House
- Towards a Flexible ICT-Architecture for Multi-Channel E-Government Service Provisioning - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Service Component Reference Model (SRM) Version 1.0 - FEA-PMO
- Business Objects and MapInfo: Location Intelligence Component - Business Objects
- e-Grants: IT Architecture Overview - Grants.gov
- Enterprise Representation: A Different Paradigm for Designing Process-Interoperability Standards - National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Lessons Learned in Applying Architecture to the Acquisition of Air Force Command and Control Systems - MITRE
- Achieving Business-Aligned and Performance-Based Enterprise Architectures - Interoperability Clearinghouse
- Embracing Requirements Variety for e-Governments Based on Multiple Product-Lines Frameworks - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers