March 7, 2007

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM

Level: Intermediate

In the wake of 9/11, and with the growing threat of terrorism, the need to "connect the dots" places greater requirements on our intelligence agencies to be able to interrelate and share data. Our response is to develop an EDA engaged in all facets of data integration, exploitation, sharing and our emerging SOA. Our need to apply the EDA is immediate, and cannot wait for its completion. Therefore, we are taking an approach that is simultaneously both strategic and tactical. We employ 3-pronged outreach to development organization “Referents”, a “Project Guidance” service, and ongoing education. Referents are active, engaged representatives who review and contribute to the emerging EDA and serve as emissaries to our diverse development activities. The voluntary “Project Guidance Service” engages interactively with projects to develop phased data models and recommendations to enable downstream convergence with the maturing EDA and Data Services Architecture without disrupting schedules. Our CTO Seminar Series features internal and external experts, educating and engaging advocates throughout the enterprise. By the time the EDA is completed and formally adopted, it will already have been largely implemented and will be delivering significant benefits to the Nation.

Marguerite Ardito is founder and Principal Information Architect for Information Exchange, Inc. She is currently playing a lead role in the CIA’s Enterprise Data Architecture. Marguerite has been specializing in strategies and technologies for sharing, integrating and apply data and information for over 35 years, primarily in intelligence and military applications. She is experienced in semantic interoperability and information sharing technology including Enterprise Information Integration, Semantic Service-Oriented Architecture, knowledge representations and ontologies.

David C. Roberts is the Chief Technical Officer of Applications in the Central Intelligence Agency. His career spans government and industry. He was employee #12 at Oracle, and was Vice President, Marketing there. With the government, Mr. Roberts has led hardware, software and architecture efforts, including introducing enterprise architecture to the CIA. He has graduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science and is Adjunct Professor at George Washington University