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							ARMY DATA NEWSLETTER
Leading Army Data Transformation




April 2009



                                 “The only person in the Army who owns data is the Secretary of the Army.
                                            Everyone else is a caretaker or maintainer of data.”
                               - The Honorable Thomas E. Kelly III, Deputy Undersecretary of the U.S. Army


                     Net-Centric Services Success Stories Web Site
                     The Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Office (CIO) published a DoD Net-Centric Services
                     Strategy in March 2007. The DoD's vision is to establish a Net-Centric Environment (NCE) that
                     increasingly leverages shared services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). In order to understand
                     how far the DoD has progressed in implementing and using shared services, the Net-Centric Services
                     Success Stories Web site was established.

                     The purpose of this Web site is to capture and share success stories across the Warfighter, Business,
                     Intelligence, and Enterprise Information Environment Mission Areas. These success stories cover
                     multiple perspectives - from the operational user to the IT developer to the organizational manager.

                     Sharing these success stories will enable others to learn from examples, inform future investments in IT
                     capabilities, and provide increased opportunities to further transform the DoD. To document and share a
                     success story, please visit the Net-Centric Services Success Stories Web site
                     https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/607312 and follow the instructions provided on the site.


                     UCore V2.0 Baseline Roll-Out
                     UCore V2.0 Baseline was approved by the Interagency UCore Executive Steering Council (ESC) and
                     rolled-out for use on March 30, 2009. More than 500 members of the community contributed to the
                     design, development, testing, and evaluation of UCore V2.0 over the past year and a half. In late
                     January, UCore was recognized by the Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) for its
                     contribution to Network Centric Warfare.

                     An invitation has been extended to the Army Data Community to log onto the full service Web site
                     (https://ucore.gov) in order to access the latest developer's guide, schemas, artifacts, and
                     documentation to support implementation. Also posted is an executive brief on the site to help users
                     socialize the effort within their organizations.

                     March 31, 2009 marked the first day of the implementation phase, where the focus shifted from testing
                     to enabling users to achieve improved information sharing across mission areas and lines of business.
                     Organizations that have incorporated UCore into their respective architectures or are planning to use
                     UCore are encouraged to fill out the information on the UCore Adopter's tab on the Web site. This will
                     allow the UCore development and implementation team to monitor the community more effectively and
                     help connect teams of UCore developers to reduce cost and risk for new community members.

                     The ESC members, engineers and management staff of UCore Central look forward to hearing about
                     users’ UCore successes and challenges. They are standing by to socialize efforts across the federal
                     government and to advise users on the best implementation practices.




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                     U.S. Army Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) – Army Materiel
                     Command’s Data Management Agent
                     Oversight of any program with the dynamics, visibility and breadth of data management for an
                     organization as robust as the Army Materiel Command (AMC) requires flexibility and quick reaction. The
                     Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA) Enterprise Data Management Office (EDMO) has been tasked with
                     providing central oversight for a strategy that will provide a single source of oversight for the integrity of
                     data populating the AMC enterprise. Within that tasking, providing leadership and guidance to the AMC
                     community is the primary goal. In order to provide controls and ensure the integrity of the data within the
                     enterprise, the following goals have been established:

                              Detail roles and responsibilities
                              Define data goals, objectives, strategies and standards for data cleansing, validation and
                               accuracy administration
                              Exercise oversight of legacy data cleansing, analysis, harmonization and staging to support the
                               Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment and prioritize associated tasks. These
                               activities take place primarily outside of the ERP environment with third party solutions.
                              Develop technical solutions to support identified metrics
                              Monitor data quality and availability through use of metrics and audits
                              Compile and maintain a catalog with discovery level metadata using a standard metadata
                               template that provides information about content, characteristics, accessibility and ownership.
                              Coordinate the investigation of data related issues and data actions
                              Develop, define and provide guidance for an AMC Data Quality Program

                     Further information about data management to include tools utilized, approach and execution will be
                     coming in future editions of the Army Data newsletter. Additional information about the LOGSA mission
                     in data management for AMC can be obtained by contacting the Enterprise Data Management Office at
                     256-489-5210 or e-mail at logsa.amxlsed@conus.army.mil.

                     CIO to Speak at June Data Governance Conference
                     LTG Jeffrey Sorenson, the U.S. Army Chief Information Officer, is the scheduled keynote
                     speaker at the Data Governance Annual Conference June 1-4, 2009, at the Catamaran
                     Resort Hotel and Spa in San Diego, Calif.

                     Data Governance has emerged as a new discipline
                     in response to regulatory requirements as well as
                     business necessity. This conference will focus on the                   For More Information
                     "how tos" from starting a data governance and
                     stewardship program to attaining data governance                        The Army Data Transformation Office provides
                     maturity. The conference will include in-depth                          Department of the Army level guidance and
                     tutorials and presentations by leading data                             governance, coordinates Army Enterprise
                     governance experts as well as numerous case                             positions, and delivers world-class technical
                     studies from government agencies and commercial                         support and infrastructure to transform the
                     industries. A special session will also be presented,                   Army into a net-centric environment.
                     in which a panel of experts will discuss topics such
                     as “data governance and the financial downturn,”                        For additional information on Data
                     “impact of cloud computing and governance,” and                         Transformation or any of the topics in the
                     “governance of sharing data between institutions.”                      Army Data Newsletter, please visit us at
                                                                                             http://data.army.mil.
                     A overview of LTG Sorenson’s keynote address
                     “Data Governance Considerations - Implementation




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                     on a Large Scale” is provided below.

                     The same basic motivation underlies all data governance whether the organization is small or massive.
                     The U.S. Army requires enhancement to existing governance in order to achieve DoD data-related
                     mission objectives. The strong role of strategy plays a critical part in facilitating data governance
                     enhancement. With this important exception, governance enhancement considerations for the U.S.
                     Army mirror those of most organizations: needs evolving faster than support, increasing demand for
                     real time analysis, and less tolerance for inaccuracy. This talk will discuss the motivation, the approach
                     to, the structural challenges facing the Army with respect to data governance implementation.

                     For more information or to register for the conference, please visit the Data Governance Annual
                     Conference Web site http://debtechint.com/dg2009/index.html .

                     CDO Scheduled as Key Note Speaker for MIT Information Quality
                     Industry Symposium
                     Mr. Ronald Bechtold, the U.S. Army Chief Data Officer, is scheduled to give the Keynote Speech at the
                     Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Information Quality Industry Symposium (IQIS) in
                     Cambridge, Mass., July 15-17, 2009. Mr. Bechtold will present “Transforming the Army Enterprise with
                     High IQ” on July 15.

                     Ms. Michelle Dirner, of the Army Net-Centric Data Strategy Center of Excellence, will speak during a
                     plenary session July 16. She will present “Exposing Data as a Service within the Army Enterprise.”

                     Through the IQIS, MIT promises to help “organizations capture and harness the power of information.”
                     Their aim is also to help private and public sector organizations leverage their information to improve
                     productivity and effectively contribute to the socio-economic development of the society at large.

                     Session topics will include a tutorial workshop and individual tracks focusing on government, healthcare,
                     and business. All sessions are designed to provide a forum to facilitate discussion among practitioners
                     and academicians of how to improve the quality of information transmitted, stored, and processed in
                     organizations.

                     Many of the sessions will be of particular interest to the Army Data Community, for example, “Ubiquitous
                     Data in a Net-Centric Environment,” “Enterprise Data Management II,” and “Not All Data Are Created
                     Equal – Taxonomic Data and Data Governance.”

                     For more information or to register for the symposium, please visit the MIT IQIS Web site
                     http://mitiq.mit.edu/IQIS/2009/AboutUS.aspx .

                                                               UPCOMING DATA EVENTS
                  APRIL 24           Army Data Council Meeting
                  APRIL 27-30 2009 Annual Identity Protection and Management Conference
                                     (Co-hosted by the Biometrics Task Force)
                  MAY 5-6            Biometrics Data Sharing Community of Interest Meeting
                  MAY 12-14          2009 Annual Biometrics and Forensics Summit (Co-hosted by the Biometrics Task Force)
                  JUNE 1-4           Data Governance Annual Conference (Keynote Speaker: LTG Sorenson)
                  JULY 13-16 International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies
                  JULY 15 -17 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Information Quality Industry Symposium
                                     (Keynote Speaker: Mr. Bechtold)



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