The Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business (BFELoB)

MAX Cloud Services Capabilities

May 2011

Sponsored by the Budget Formulation and Execution

Line of Business (BFELoB)

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25-Point IT Reform Plan

Apply “LightTechnology”

and Shared Solutions

1. Complete detailed implementation plans to consolidate 800 data centers by 2015

2. Create a government-wide marketplace for data center availability

3.

Shift to a “Cloud First”

policy

4. Stand-up contract vehicles for secure IaaS solutions

5. Stand-up contract vehicles for “commodity”

services

6.

Develop a strategy for shared services

25-Point IT Reform Plan

Align the Budget Process with the Technology Cycle

17. Work with Congress to create IT budget models that align with modular development

18. Develop supporting materials and guidance for flexible IT budget models

19. Work with Congress to scale flexible IT budget models more broadly

20. Work with Congress to consolidate Commodity IT spending under Agency CIO

Ten Shared Services as Common Solutions

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Program Management (Coordination, Standards, Architecture)

Agency Budgeting Tools

Analytical Tools

Budget Performance Integration

Data Collection & Tracking

Document Production

Knowledge Management

Human Capital (Federal Budgeting Profession)

Budget Execution and Financial Management Integration

Collaboration Generally Applicable Government-wide

Services

Budget Formulation and Execution

Specific Services

MAX Services & Applications

Agility and cost effectiveness through a service oriented approachAgility and cost effectiveness through a service oriented approach

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MAX Federal Community Govt-wide Information Sharing, Collaboration,

& Content Management -

45,000 users

Data Collection, Analysis, & Publication The Challenge

Data collection exercises can be large and complex Require quick turnaround; input from multiple organizations & usersWorkflow with multiple levels of review (stages and roles)Diverse Information requirements:–

Text (bullets, rich-text, comments), numbers (data fields, tables), attachments

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Analytical capabilities: Charts, graphs, reports, dashboards, export–

Camera-ready publishing (incl. paginated Table of Contents and index)Integrate information already collected

Data Collection, Analysis, & Publication The Answer

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MAX Analytics

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Analyze and visualize data from MAX Collect and other data sources:

Easy-to-use interface to develop queriesDynamic 3D Charts and Graphs Publish output of queries in multiple formats:o

Spreadsheets and HTML with dynamic drilldown

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Dynamically display content in the Community and other web dashboards

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PDFs to include in documents and presentations

Data Cube functionality (OLAP) allows users to “slice and dice” data for real time analysis and review.

Dynamic Integrated Charts

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3D Bar Chart

MAX Online Meetings Dynamically Share Presentations

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Share visual information to make conference calls & complex phone calls more effective. Draft documents collaboratively real-timePermanent named rooms - both pre-registered participants and ‘guests’Secure – all users authenticated thru MAX LoginFISMA compliant (fully certified & accredited) - will not be blocked by agency firewallsCost effective shared service

MAX Shared Desktop Collaborate in a Shared Environment

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Enables multi-user collaboration and authoringCompletely isolated environmentRooms can be created with multiple security levels and access options Fully integrated with the Community

Robust MAX Infrastructure

FISMA CompliantFully integrated authentication (MAX IDs and MAX groups)•

HSPD-12 login option (C&A’d

at FIPS-199 ‘moderate’)

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Capable of partnering with agencies on single-signon•

Useable by agencies in their own web applications

Highly agile - readily customizable and extendible platformHighly Scalable•

Current capacity for 150,000 users (3.6x current usage)

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Architecture allows straightforward expansion through clustering and federation

Business Continuity•

Multiple redundant servers

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Two geographically separate sites(Looking to partner with agencies on additional locations)

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Sponsored by The Budget Formulationand Execution Line of Business (BFELoB)

BFELoB

Organization and Contacts:

LoB

Executive Sponsor:

Courtney Timberlake, Assistant Dir. for Budget, OMB

Managing Partner:

Tom Skelly, Director of Budget Service, Education

Policy Lead:

Andy Schoenbach, Chief, Budget Systems Branch, OMB

Deputy Policy Lead: Phil Wenger, OMB

Program Management Office Lead:

Mark Dronfield, Education

MAX Federal Community Lead:

Debbie Macaulay, OMB

MAX Analytics Lead: Dan Chandler, OMB

MAX Collect Lead: Tom Bullers, OMB

Contact the Budget LoB

at:

BudgetLoB@Ed.gov

Learn More about the Budget LoB

at: www.BudgetLoB.gov

Visit the Community at: www.max.gov

(Federal government employees only)

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