Independent Agency Independent Agency of the US government Human Resource This class refers to the workforce Government Body Any US government organization 1, the FEA is being constructed through a collection of interrelated âÂÂreference modelsâÂ? designed to facilitate cross-agency analysis and the identification of duplicative investments, gaps, and opportunities for collaboration within and across Federal Agencies. FEA Model Us government commission Commission Executive Agency Executive Agency of the US government Industry Body Any non government organization Federal Enterprise Architecture To facilitate efforts to transform the Federal Government to one that is citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is developing the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), a business-based framework for Governmentwide improvement. FEA Technology Concept FEA Enterprise Concept Missions are carried out by the organizational entities Mission A commercial organization Company FEA Architecture Concept The point at which value is measured. IT Initiative A program of work that implements information technology based capabilities. Party Citizen Citizen of the United States of Americe Civil Servant An employee of the US Government Technology means Information Technology Technology This class includes any fixed assets such as vehicle fleets, facilities and other equipment. Other Fixed Asset Technology standard Standard Organization Entity US government office Office Board US government board FEA Concept Customer The diverse nature of federal programs means that there are many customers spanning the citizen, business, other government, and internal categories. Some customers receive direct government services, such as veterans receiving health care from the Veterans Health Administration. Other âÂÂcustomersâÂ? are those subject to regulatory activities, such as large businesses conforming to safety regulations administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Importantly, the citizen is generally considered to be the ultimate âÂÂcustomerâÂ? of government activities regardless of the nature of the customer relationship. PRM volume 1, p.14 Budget Council US Government council Quasi Official Agency of the US government Quasi Official Agency Each reference model has an extensional property based on partitioning. This reveals implicit semantics in each reference model. Partition Resource An agency of the US government Agency Strategic Outcomes represent broad, policy priorities that drive the direction of government (such as to Secure the Homeland or Expand E-Government). PRM volume 1, p.13 Strategic Outcome Process The BRM includes a Mode of Delivery Business Area that is designed to identify at a very high level the process that is being used to achieve an intended purpose. PRM volume 1, p.16 The PRM is a framework to measure the performance of major IT initiatives and their contribution to program performance. The PRM will help agencies produce enhanced performance information; improve the alignment and better articulate the contribution of inputs, such as technology, to outputs and outcomes; and identify improvement opportunities that span traditional organizational boundaries. PRM The TRM provides a foundation to describe the standards, specifications, and technologies supporting the delivery, exchange, and construction of business or service components and E-Government solutions. The TRM unifies existing agency TRMs and EGovernment guidance by providing a foundation to advance the re-use of technology and component services from a government-wide perspective. TRM DRM SRM The SRM provides a common framework and vocabulary to characterize the IT and business components that collectively comprise an IT investment. The SRM will help agencies rapidly assemble IT solutions through the sharing and reuse of business and IT components. A component is a self-contained process, service, or IT capability with pre-determined functionality that may be exposed through a business or technology interface. BRM The Business Reference Model is a function-driven framework for describing the business operations of the Federal Government independent of the agencies that perform them. The Business Reference Model provides an organized, hierarchical construct for describing the dayto-day business operations of the Federal government. While many models exist for describing organizations - org charts, location maps, etc. - this model presents the business using a functionally driven approach. The Lines of Business and Sub-functions that comprise the BRM represent a departure from previous models of the Federal government that use antiquated, stovepiped, agency-oriented frameworks. The BRM is the first layer of the Federal Enterprise Architecture and it is the main viewpoint for the analysis of data, service components and technology. The BRM identifies three Business Areas that provide a high-level view of the operations the Federal Government performs. The three Business Areas comprise a total of 35 external and internal Lines of Business - the services and products the Federal Government provides to its citizens; and 137 Sub-Functions - the lower level activities that Federal Agencies perform.