US Federal Government 
Datasheet: Federal Government
Federate agency data using SOA and data services
Government agencies are under increasing pressure to improve
efficiency, share information more readily and execute on ever
expanding congressional mandates. To meet these demands, a number
of SOA-based initiatives including Net-Centricity, Civilian Centered
Services, e-Government and more are now underway.
Data Integration is key to Successful Federal SOA Initiatives
Information is the key driver in a federal agency’s ability
to serve its customers – citizens, industry, or other agencies
or departments. The federal government (civilian sectors, intelligence,
and defense) is overwhelmed with data gathered through a myriad
of mission-critical systems and activities, designed to promote
and/or protect the interests of the American public. In today’s
net-centric, on-demand world, there is an expectation—and
often a compelling need—to access this information as quickly
as possible.
However, the data needed to provide this useful information
and support these new SOA-based initiatives is locked up in disparate
systems and formats across various agencies. Often it seems
Herculean efforts are required to uncover and unlock this critical
data.
Composite Data Services Enable SOA for the US Federal
Government
Composite provides a best of breed SOA data services solution that
lets agencies reach data wherever it lives and serve that data
flexibly in support of a range of SOA-based initiatives
- Federate diverse data. Find, access,
and federate heterogeneous data from diverse sources such as
JDBC, ODBC sources, custom and packaged applications including
Oracle EBS, Siebel, SAP, legacy mainframe systems) located
throughout the government.
- Virtualization, not replication. Bind
many different data types into one federated agency or program-wide
data model, including schema and content. FEA-compliant.
- Deliver data how you need it. Data
is delivered using application semantics and vocabularies that
work best for your SOA. Preferred logical abstracted
form vs. complex physical form. Security policy enforced.
- Agile architecture. Flexibility and
agility by loosely coupling both services and applications
from the underlying physical databases. Remove dependencies. Simplify
change. Reduce development and maintenance costs.
- Less complexity. Configuration instead
of coding and reuse provide time and cost savings. SMEs
/ Data Architects easily model shareable data services. SOA
standards, interfaces, and protocols compatibility assured.
Composite Supports the Federal Enterprise Architecture
(FEA) Model
According to the FEA Program Management Office:
“Federated Data Management is an architecture for
managing and accessing information data and metadata across
physical boundaries, which may be system to system, department
to department, or enterprise to enterprise boundaries.”
Composite data services are key enablers for the following FEA
components:
- Service Component Reference Model
- Technical Reference Model
- Data Reference Model
Composite Federates Agency Data
Federal agencies leverage Composite to virtualize,
abstract, and federate the key data required across a range of
initiatives and programs.
- Dashboards. Offers the government an easy-to-use,
easy-to-navigate capability to translate data from disparate
systems into actionable information. For example, an agency
can easily have an instant, comprehensive view of the security
and integrity of their IT systems throughout the country; astronauts
in outer space can identify and analyze system anomalies, pulling
information from multiple data sources, to immediately recommend
appropriate solutions to the problem; or American forces on
the ground in the Middle East can use data to determine where
and when to strike and anticipate the tactics of the enemy.
- Single View of Criminal/Terrorist. Government
can receive real-time or near real-time access to data across
multiple underlying systems. For example, this capability would
allow the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to pull seemingly
innocuous information from multiple partners throughout the
intelligence community, Transportation Security Administration,
Customs and Border Protection, and Immigrations and Customs
Enforcement, to identify a potential terrorist.
- Operational Business Intelligence. Allows
on-demand capture and analysis of operational data, helping
government agencies to meet immediate challenges. For example,
agencies are paying out billions of dollars in over payment
of many workers compensation cases. Our solution enables on-demand
access and integration of claims and payment systems. Agencies
will have greater visibility into fraudulent cases and avoid
expired cases.
- Master Data Management. Helps government
manage master data shared by several disparate IT systems and
groups, presenting information in a uniform fashion. For example,
despite being located in different types of reports in multiple
formats, government agencies can pull data concerning the experimentation
and distribution of hazardous substances from the Centers for
Disease Control, U.S. Department of Agriculture, federally
funded university projects, and military installations to assess
criminal activity or terrorist threats.
- Intelligence Analyst Workbench. Intelligence
agencies can aggregate information on suspected terrorist cell
activities (e.g., flight school training, biohazard research
activities, and militia group activity) from individual agencies
in order to consolidate information into a repository of actionable
intelligence.
- Data Center One-Stop. In support of the
E-Gov initiative for developing an IT Infrastructure Line of
Business, Composite Software can develop a single face for
the interoperability of data center functions across all sectors,
partners, and government levels.
- Single View of Disaster Victim. Government
can receive a real-time view of the inter-governmental services
offered to a disaster victim following a natural or other disaster.
For example, the government could have a full view of the type
of services offered to the survivor of a hurricane (e.g., housing
allowance, transportation vouchers, monetary voucher, and child
care assistance). The result would enable FEMA to better assist
victims and safeguard against fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars.
Federal Contact:
Erin Hawley, Director US Federal Practice
Composite Software, Inc.
Federal Office:
11921 Freedom Drive, Suite 550
Reston, VA 20190
T/ +1.703.925.5940
F/ +1.703.935.0512
