Subject: National Information Organizer/Locator, Productivity/Capability Increases, Cost Reduction, Core Data/Database Maintenance

The Federal Government can provide core data about the nation and the government. The data can be dynamically maintained by the various Federal, State, and Local Governments, and compiled at the Federal level.

My analysis indicates that the optimal core data would consist of dot-decimal-numbered hierarchies (i.e., outlines) of:

1-LOCATION NAMES, from Continents, National Governments, and States, down to individual Streets, Street/Building Numbers, and where feasible, room numbers. Include Postal/Zip codes and "Center Point" geographic coordinates. Optionally include boundary geographic coordinates.;

2-ORGANIZATION NAMES for government, industry, non-profits, consortiums, task forces, etc. Outline to the lowest office-code level. Include Standard Industry Code.;

3-WORK UNITS for Government ORGANIZATIONs, providing a breakout of all offices to individual positions. Provide Standard Occupational Code. Industry and Non-Profits can provide the position detail voluntarily.;

4-MISSIONS of ORGANIZATIONs, with functions outlined down to major subfunctions broken down into individual tasks, and with management programs outlined into projects broken down into tasks.;

5-PROCESSES of ORGANIZATIONs, with major processes outlined down to specific transactions.; and

6-RESOURCES of ORGANIZATIONs, naming and describing the major resource categories of: PERSONS (list of people), INFORMATION (Guidance (Policy / Standards / Procedure)), FUNDS, PERSONNEL, MATERIEL, FACILITIES, and SERVICES.

Each ORGANIZATION that provides/maintains core data categories also maintains associations between a category and its "containers". For example, have:

ORGANIZATION data managers identify the low level LOCATIONs where their ORGANIZATION elements are located,

WORK UNIT managers identify the low level ORGANIZATION to which they belong,

MISSION Managers identify the WORK UNIT offices and positions to which they and their people are assigned,

PROCESS Managers identify the low level MISSIONS they support, and

RESOURCE Managers identify the low level PROCESSes to which they contribute (input, control, or mechanism) or which produce their RESOURCE as output.

If quantity and quality characteristic data are provided, then a RESOURCE management, accounting, and quality management capability results, crossing all participating ORGANIZATION boundaries.

This results in an effective and efficient government-wide information locator (with source/maintainer of information) and the core data and relationships to conduct and improve government business practices. Such information would serve as a valid baseline for performing improvements such as (Re)Engineering and Continuous Improvement. If maintained, the core data presents the changing attributes of managed items, displaying changes in parent, descendant, container, and component items, i.e., changes in an item's context or environment.

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General Context Model.

PARENT

|

|

PAST\ |

CONTAINER-----<ITEM>------COMPONENT

| \FUTURE

|

|

DESCENCANT

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Example MISSION-descendant Program context in the current time.

PARENT(s):

4-GrandParent Mission(s)

CONTAINER(s): 4-Parent Mission(s)

1-Locations(s) |

2-Organization(s) |

3-Work Unit Office(s) PAST\ |

3-Work Unit Position(s)----<4-SPECIFIC PROGRAM>----COMPONENT(s):

| \FUTURES(s) 5-Process(es)

| 6-Resource(s)(ICO or M),

| Quantity and Quality

DESCENDANT(s):

4-Project(s)

4-Task(s)

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Implementation/provision of the data/relationships above can reduce government operation costs by allowing Cross-LOCATION / ORGANIZATION / WORK UNIT / MISSION / PROCESS / RESOURCE views of operations, singly or in combination. Major and ad-hoc information systems can be built from the shared core of data/relationships, significantly reducing system development/maintenance costs, working from accurate and timely data/relationship sources.

The network (communication, computer, and database) technology to support such a capability is in common use.

I am available to discuss or present this concept. This information, although copyrighted, is released into the public domain.

Roy Roebuck

One World Information System (OWIS)

703-892-2351 (Voice/Fax)

roebuckr@tmn.com