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The Architecture and Infrastructure Committee (AIC), of the Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council, develops policy, direction, and guidance in concert with the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office (FEA PMO) to drive business process improvement, investment management, and technical decisions. The partnership of the AIC and the FEA PMO is designed to further the development and implementation of the FEA. The purpose of the AIC is to support the CIO Council's mission for a Federal government that is transparent and responsive in servicing citizens and business needs and agile in meeting critical mission requirements. The AIC will lead efforts to enable and support government agencies and their business partners to efficiently and effectively architect, invest, and implement solutions to improve the performance of government. The results of this work will be documented and demonstrated by improved performance in terms of both mission outcomes and operational efficiency.

Subcommittees

Data Architecture Subcommittee

The purpose of the Data Architecture Subcommittee is to advance the management of Federal data as a valued national asset that supports the business of the Federal Government. This will be accomplished by stewardship of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Data Reference Model (DRM), FEA DRM Management Strategy, and other emerging FEA DRM documents, promotion of the use and improvement of data and data standards across the Federal Government and; the facilitation of community collaboration and information sharing within and among communities of interests, both federal and intergovernmental.

Chair
Adrian Gardner
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
301-286-5700
adrian.gardner@nasa.gov
 

Emerging Technology Subcommittee

The purpose of the Emerging Technology Subcommittee is to develop processes and procedures that support the discovery and assessment of maturing technology offerings responsive to E-government goals. The goals are to: (1) create greater synergy between technology push cycles and market pull cycles in order to support a performance-based framework for innovation prototyping and adoption; and (2) provide a scalable, robust process to respond to the rapidly increasing number of proponent offerings, while accelerating the discovery, creation, validation, and maturation of FEA aligned technologies most likely to yield strategic contributions. The Subcommittee will employ mechanisms for interacting with industry that create value and mitigate risks for all parties.

Co-Chair
Hung Nguyen
National Archives and Records Administration 
Hung.Nguyen@nara.gov

Co-Chair
Stephanie McMillian
Defense Information Systems Agency
stephanie.mcmillian@disa.mil

Governance Subcommittee

The Governance Subcommittee provides policy guidance, and advice and assistance in the definition, design and implementation of Enterprise Architecture (EA) discipline and practice throughout the Federal Government. The Subcommittee serves as a focal point for the development and coordination of Federal government-wide policy, guidance, including best practices for EA development and implementation. The Subcommittee establishes common terminology definitions, frameworks, and practical guidance for use by Federal agencies to effectively implement and sustain EA.

Co-Chair
John Sullivan
General Services Administration 
202-501-1983
john.j.sullivan@gsa.gov

Co-Chair
Diane Woodson
Bureau of Land Management
202-912-7558
DWoodson@blm.gov

Outreach Subcommittee

The Outreach Subcommittee serves as the communications mechanism for the AIC.  This team is responsible for developing and managing the ArchitecturePlus Seminar Series, as well as maintaining and developing all website content associated with the AIC and its Subcommittees.  To this end, the Subcommittee intends to increase relevant participation in the AIC and its Subcommittees through consistent outreach and messaging activities.   

Chair
Karen Kaye
Federal Aviation Administration
202-385-8180
Karen.Kaye@faa.gov

Services Subcommittee

The Services Subcommittee will analyze the principles and patterns of Shared Services and Service Oriented Architecture, and develop communications collateral and architectural assets to advance the goal of resource rationalization across the Federal IT Portfolio by using shared services. The purpose of the Subcommittee is to understand the dynamics associated with designing and deploying Shared Solutions and Services and, in particular, composite applications using Service Oriented Architecture technologies and standards. In addition the Services Subcommittee will recommend solutions to the deployment, governance, performance, and program challenges involved with Shared Services. 

Chair
Daniel Risacher
Office of the Secretary of Defense
703-602-1098
daniel.risacher@osd.mil

Technology Infrastructure Subcommittee

The primary purpose of the TIS is to provide the Federal CIO Community with a unified voice in advising NIST and other standards bodies regarding infrastructure technology standards.  This will be implemented through established processes on their requirements for and experiences with infrastructure technology standards such as those around IPv6 and the (USGCB).   By providing a singular perspective on these NIST standards processes, this Subcommittee will enable greater accountability as it relates to the implementation of the initiatives in the purview of the TIS.  Further, it is expected that over time and with the concurrence of the AIC Co-Chairs, the TIS will make recommendations and provide input on technology areas which may benefit from standards, based on the value proposition to the Federal CIO Community and the availability of agency-based resources to support the activity.   A secondary purpose of the TIS is to establish a forum for the AIC on behalf of the Federal CIO Council to provide feedback on technology infrastructure questions to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).   The Federal government operates as a single enterprise providing decision-making flexibility at the agency level.  The TIS will provide an opportunity to allow agencies to have their voice, and as a community a collective voice, with respect to key infrastructure standardization activities.  

Co-Chair
Cita Furlani
Director, Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
301-975-6478 
cita.furlani@nist.gov

Co-Chair
Bobbie Stempfley
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Cyber Security and Communications
Department of Homeland Security
703-235-5192
Roberta.Stempfley@dhs.gov