RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Seeking Volunteers
Reimagine How We Align Federal Missions with What Matters Most
How might we break down silos between mission goals and mission support? How can we uncover duplicate efforts across agencies before wasting time and resources? How could we make it easier to track progress toward mandates like the Evidence Act, GPRA, and cross-agency priority goals?
Background
Modernizing Federal Networks (WAN, LAN, and Campus) is essential to ensure that our nation's infrastructure remains resilient, efficient, and capable of meeting the demands of the digital age. By leveraging advanced technologies such as Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SDWAN), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Fixed Wireless, and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, we can create a network that is not only robust but also adaptable to future advancements.
Overall Project Objective and Mission
In Progress
Summary:
The ACT-IAC Artificial Intelligence Working Group (AI-WG) seeks to enable government agencies with the ability to assess their organization to identify areas that would benefit from the introduction of artificial intelligence and share best practices to implement AI to drive mission and operational value.
OBJECTIVES:
In the context of the ET COI’s charter mission, the AI-WG seeks to:
Background: Congress has repeatedly provided bipartisan support for initiatives to improve the federal hiring process. Examples include the Chance to Compete Act of 2023, which modifies requirements to allow for technical assessments in the hiring process for competitive service positions[1] and pooled talent listings which allows agencies to share hiring certificates based on candidate skills[2].
Summary:
The Blockchain Working Group's goal is to provide an authoritative resource for government agencies looking to understand and incorporate blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology functionality into their organization.
- Blockchain Sharktank
- Complete Blockchain Playbook with addition of Integration chapter
- Use of Blockchain in Federal Acquisitions
OBJECTIVES
Overview
Over the past few years, there has been a major focus on the development of tools that can detect, sense, and capture data across the IT spectrum, from devices to networks to identities. This has resulted in massive stores of data. This data, however, is not being leveraged in a manner that significantly changes the cyber landscape. Similarly, a core component to Zero Trust Architecture is the protection of data assets, which are growing at an incredible rate.
Summary:
The purpose of this working group is to increase understanding of DevOps across the federal through providing information and resources to enhance culture, automation, learning, measures, and information sharing. The DevSecOps Working Group is tasked to develop a playbook and white papers in order to better educate government OITs, Program Managers, and Acquisition professionals on principles of DevOps.
Overview
The purpose of this project is to explore options for creating standard protocols for the protection, availability, and sharing of health research and care data identified by the NIH Researcher Auth Service (RAS) community.
Background
Summary:
This Working Group will provide an authoritative resource for government agencies looking to understand and incorporate IoT and Smart Technologies into their organization. This Working Group will have two functions: to provide a venue where members can hear about the latest in IoT/Smart Tech and to develop resources for adoption and use of this technology in government.
Planned Deliverables
Project Background
Over the years, the Federal Government has investigated several strategies to standardize and streamline the collections of IT spend (execution) data, which could then lead to future automation. This project reviews/evaluates the work that has been done to date, and will prepare a business case/white paper that provides recommendations on the best path forward, given the cost, time, and political will needed to implement one strategy over another.
Project Objectives
Background
Metrics provide a quantitative measure or assessment that can be used for comparing and/or tracking the performance of an organization, entity, project, or program. All across the Federal government, Agencies are continually gathering and reporting metrics for all sorts of Federal mandates, Agency efforts, initiatives, and so forth. However, not all metrics are meaningful, nor do they represent usable data that actually impacts organizational change.
Pilots to Production: Ensuring Seamless Transitions
Background:
Pilot to Production Transition: Many IT projects struggle with scaling from pilot to full production. Ensuring that solutions are robust, scalable, and ready for wide-scale deployment is a key challenge.
Standardization and Governance: Establishing standardized processes and strong governance frameworks to ensure consistent and secure deployment of IT services is crucial. This includes setting clear guidelines, responsibilities, and accountability mechanisms.
Strategic Site Selection for Data Centers: Mitigating Risks and Optimizing Sustainability Amid Resource Demand and Extreme Weather or Geophysical Impacts
Background
Background
The project's purpose is to continue to determine the impact Zero Trust initiatives have currently on federal agencies and start planning for future engagements. The Zero Trust project has been a phased approach, this being the third phase in the overall assessment of the impact of zero trust to federal agencies.
Overall Project Objective and Mission
Completed
Background
The All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to gather data from at least 1 million people in the US. Its goal is to accelerate research and medical breakthroughs and enable individualized prevention, treatment, and care—the program's core values, including diversity, transparency, and accessibility, guide All of Us. The program creates a national research resource to inform thousands of studies covering various health conditions.
Retirement and Replacement for Legacy Copper Networks