“Enabling Public Innovation and Service Excellence through Geographic Solutions.”
US Department of Agriculture
Cloud Computing Overview
Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
US Department of Agriculture
January 9, 2013
Storyboard of Geospatial Support Services
Stephen Lowe – OCIO/EGMO (062311) v1
Policy Questions:
Geocoding:
Production:
- What exists at a particular location?
- Where do certain conditions exist?
- What has changed since..?
- What is relationship of x to y?
- What spatial pattern exists?
- What if…?
- What is the story to be told?
- What data attributes are needed?
- Who guarantees data quality?
- How will data cleansing occur?
- How is address matching performed?
- How is data indexed for search?
- Where will spatial data reside?
- Where are spatial data sets certified,
registered, & cataloged?
- How will spatial data be provisioned?
- How will spatial data be consumed?
- Who has access to spatial assets?
- Where will geospatial solutions reside?
- How are spatial assets maintained?
- What performance is measured?
- How will business model be deployed?
Field Data Collection:
- What data tells the story?
- Where does data reside?
- How may data be collected?
- Who or what collects the data?
- When is the best time to collect data?
- What is process for organizing data?
- Where will data be stored?
Create
Spatial
Queries
Map Development:
- What is the standard geography?
- What is spatial object unit?
- What map themes are required?
- How will spatial models be used?
- What spatial analytics are needed?
- What are reporting demands?
- What cartography is required?
- How will data layer be presented?
- Where are map products/services
certified, registered, & cataloged?
Create
Web Map
Services
Create
Geospatial
Database
Collect &
Stage Raw
Data
Provision
Maps & Data
Layers
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Performance Goals
Electronic Media
Cloud Computing PaaS, SaaS
United States Department of Agriculture
Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Consume Map Services
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Optimize GIS Workflows to Reduce Cost
Job Shop
Low volume, low
standardization,
often one of a
kind
Very flexible,
high unit
costs
Batch
Multiple
products, low
volume
Assembly
Line
Few major
products, higher
volume
Continuous Flow
High volume, high
standardization,
commodity products
Reduced cost to build…and own
Common workflows, templates, scale and symbol
conventions, core data sets, map and feature services, etc.
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Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Low Flexibility,
low unit costs
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Spatial Solutions Adoption Models
• Top down: Leaders implement, lead and promote the
adoption of tools and techniques. Identify small number of
"seed" groups; encourage enthusiasts and early adopters.
• Bottom up: Employees start engaging GIS to advance their
jobs (…provide platforms then let organic adoption grab hold).
• Inside out (variation of “bottom up”): GIS tools are adopted
internally first and their usage spills over into external space
used by citizens, partners, customers, detractors, etc.
• Outside in: The adoption of GIS by the citizens progresses to a
point where the organization can no longer ignore it.
United States Department of Agriculture
Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
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Enterprise Geospatial Organization Structure
Mission Executive
Geospatial Advisors
Interagency Portfolio
Investment Council
Strategic
Tactical
Operations
CIO Geospatial
Subcommittee
EGMO
GeoCOE
RSCC Imagery
Requirements
Infrastructure
Design
Data
Management
Develop
Deploy
Product
Management
Position
Shared Services
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Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
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EGMO Organization Practice Structure
OSEC
DUS
OSTP
OMB
FGDC
CIO
DCIO
GIO
Programs
• Policy
• GeoCOE
• Portfolio/CPIC
• External Liaison
Projects
• Requirements
• Project Review
• Standards/Arch
• GIS Practice Liaison
Products
• Branding/CRM
• Promo/Marketing
• Value Management
• Business Liaison
Performance
• Governance
• Measurement
• Lifecycle Mgt.
• OCIO Liaison
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Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Vendors
• Design/Development
• Capacity Building
• Configuration Mgt.
• Vendor Liaison
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EGMO Enterprise Solutions Roadmap
Establish a collaborative network of geospatial providers and consumers
Increase the lifecycle value of geospatial solutions
•
Enterprise
Geospatial
Management
Office (EGMO)
FY2011
•
•
Geospatial
Center of
Excellence
(GeoCOE)
Enterprise
Geospatial
Repository
(EGR)
FY2012-2013
Improve public service workflow visibility
and speed to market
• GIS Shared
Sustain capacity to solve
Services Platform
complex problems
•
•
•
(GSSP)
Geospatial Data
Warehouse (GDW)
Map Workflow
Manager (MOWM)
Mobility Service
(GeoMob)
FY2013-2014
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Geospatial Information Officer
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•
Spatial Analytics
Service (SAS)
Agriculture
Advisor Web
Application
(AAWA)
FY2014
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Map User Experience Sequence
Multiple Phases: One Storyline in Geospatial Presentation
Static Map
Dynamic Map
1
2
February 2012
July 2012
Show info…
Search info…
Collaborative Map
3
October 2012
Expand info…
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Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Collective Map
4
March 2013
Explore info…
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USDA Geospatial Platform Deployment Model
FY2012/Qtr 1 FY2012/Qtr 2-3 FY2012/Qtr 4
NGP
Cloud
Program
Analysis
Commodity
Products/Services
Assembly/Product
Management
3
Craftwork/
Custom
1
Esri Cloud
4
USDA PaaS
Community Analyst
FY2013/2014
Hybrid
Cloud
USDA
ArcGIS Online3 (external)
2 Enterprise Geospatial Repository (internal)
ArcGIS v10.1 Desktop
NITC Citrix
(DaaS)
Federal
ESRI
USDA
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Geospatial Information Officer
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Geospatial
Enterprise
Data
Center
Spatial
Data
Assets
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Geospatial Cloud Tools Model
United States Department of Agriculture
Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Data Lifecycle Management
User Feedback & Participation
Master Geo Database
Location
Public
Service
Participants
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Fundi
Maturity Phase/Date
Beneficiary Type/Number
Inputs/Ou
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Date
USDA CBO Amou Projec Appli Fund In- Projec NBF – NBFBF – BF-SDA – Activity
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Providing
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technical
assistance
and
training;
seed and
tools
purchased
Agency Data Stewards
Enterprise Data Manager
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Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
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Executive Branch Mandates Satisfied (Examples)
Title
Codification Issue
(if any)
Date
KYF2 Contribution (direct/indirect)
Developing
M-10-21
Effective PlaceBased Policies for
the FY 2012 Budget
10 Jun
2010

25-Point
Implementation
Plan to Reform
Federal IT
Management
10 Dec
2010

n/a
Federal Information n/a
Technology Shared
Services Strategy




2 May
2012


Sunset URL Address
Date
(if any)
None
http://www.whitehouse.go
v/sites/default/files/omb/a
ssets/memoranda_2010/m
10-21.pdf
Helps stimulate economic growth by
extending program information (direct)
Alignment of FY2012 Budget (direct)
Breaks down federal program silos
(indirect)
None
Exercises shift to “Cloud First” policy
(direct)
Consolidate commodity IT funding under
the Agency CIO (direct)
Uses a modular approach with usable
functionality delivered every six months
(direct)
Enables shared approach to IT geospatial None
service delivery (direct)
Closes productivity gap by accelerating
access to data assets (indirect)
United States Department of Agriculture
Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
http://www.cio.gov/docum
ents/25-pointimplementation-plan-toreform-federal%20it.pdf
http://www.cio.gov/docum
ents/Shared_Services_Strat
egy.pdf
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Executive Branch Mandates Satisfied (Examples)
Coordination of OMB Circular 10 Nov
Geographic
A-16
2010
Information and
Related Spatial
Data Activities

Open
Government
Directive

M-10-06
8 Dec
2009



Streamlining
Executive
27 Apr
Service Delivery Order 13571 2011
and Improving
Customer
Service


Improves the coordination and use of
None
spatial data (direct)
Increases the effective and economical use
and management of spatial data assets in
the digital environment for the benefit of
the government and the Nation (direct)
http://www.whitehouse.gov
/sites/default/files/omb/me
moranda/2011/m11-03.pdf
Publishes government information online None
to create economic opportunity (direct)
Improves the quality of government
information through location-based views
(direct)
Creates and institutionalizes a culture of
open government with data distribution
innovation (indirect)
Supports deployment of the USDA
None
Customer Service Plan in FNS Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
location-based benefits (direct)
Improves the customer experience by
adopting proven customer service best
practices and coordinating across service
channels online (indirect)
http://www.whitehouse.gov
/sites/default/files/omb/ass
ets/memoranda_2010/m1006.pdf
United States Department of Agriculture
Stephen Lowe
Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
http://www.whitehouse.gov
/the-pressoffice/2011/04/27/executive
-order-streamlining-servicedelivery-and-improvingcustomer-ser
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Point of Contact:
Stephen.Lowe@ocio.usda.gov
202-720-0880 o
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Geospatial Information Officer
Office of the Chief Information Officer
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