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ED Web

• Part I: Summary Information and Justification
  • Section A: Overview
  • Section B: Summary of Spending
  • Section D: Performance Information
  • Section F: Enterprise Architecture (EA)
• Part III: For "Operation and Maintenance" investments ONLY (Steady State)
  • Section A: Risk Management
  • Section B: Cost and Schedule Performance

1. Date of submission: Sep 8, 2008
2. Agency: 018
3. Bureau: 24
4. Name of this Capital Asset: ED Web
5. Unique Project (Investment) Identifier: 018-24-01-07-01-1010-00
6. What kind of investment will this be in FY2010? Operations and Maintenance
7. What was the first budget year this investment was submitted to OMB? FY2001 or earlier
8. Provide a brief summary and justification for this investment, including a brief description of how this closes in part or in whole an identified agency performance gap: ED.gov is the Department's primary Internet portal and website. As such, it performs the following functions to ensure efficient and expanded public access and communication between the government and citizens: * convey the Department's brand and key messages * provide relevant and timely information * hosts sites for ED offices and programs * provide a unified entry point to other ED resources.
9. Did the Agency's Executive/Investment Committee approve this request? yes
   1. If "yes," what was the date of this approval? Jun 14, 2007
10. Did the Project Manager review this Exhibit? yes
11. Contact information of Program/Project Manager?

1. What is the current FAC-P/PM (for civilian agencies) or DAWIA (for defense agencies) certification level of the program/project manager? Senior/Expert/DAWIA-Level 3
12. Has the agency developed and/or promoted cost effective, energy efficient and environmentally sustainable techniques or practices for this project. yes
    1. Will this investment include electronic assets (including computers)? yes
    2. Is this investment for new construction or major retrofit of a Federal building or facility? (answer applicable to non-IT assets only) no
       1. If "yes," is an ESPC or UESC being used to help fund this investment? [Not answered]
       2. If "yes," will this investment meet sustainable design principles? [Not answered]
       3. If "yes," is it designed to be 30% more energy efficient than relevant code? [Not answered]
13. Does this investment directly support one of the PMA initiatives? yes
    Expanded E-Government
    1. Briefly and specifically describe for each selected how this asset directly supports the identified initiative(s)? ED.gov supports the President's Management Agenda by providing expanded electronic government to our citizens through easy-to-find online single points of access to education resources relevant to parents, students, teachers, administrators, and researchers. ED.gov enables the public to find information regarding civil rights, school choice, education statistics, financial aid, and for the education of different groups of disadvantaged or gifted students.
14. Does this investment support a program assessed using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)? (For more information about the PART, visit www.whitehouse.gov/omb/part.) no
    1. If "yes," does this investment address a weakness found during a PART review? [Not answered]
    2. If "yes," what is the name of the PARTed program? [Not answered]
    3. If "yes," what rating did the PART receive? [Not answered]
15. Is this investment for information technology? yes

For information technology investments only:

16. What is the level of the IT Project? (per CIO Council PM Guidance) Level 1
17. In addition to the answer in 11(a), what project management qualifications does the Project Manager have? (per CIO Council PM Guidance) (1) Project manager has been validated as qualified for this investment
18. Is this investment or any project(s) within this investment identified as "high risk" on the Q4-FY 2008 agency high risk report (per OMB Memorandum M-05-23)? no
19. Is this a financial management system? no
    1. If "yes," does this investment address a FFMIA compliance area? [Not answered]
       1. If "yes," which compliance area: [Not answered]
       2. If "no," what does it address? [Not answered]
    2. If "yes," please identify the system name(s) and system acronym(s) as reported in the most recent financial systems inventory update required by Circular A-11 section 52 [Not answered]
20. What is the percentage breakout for the total FY2010 funding request for the following?

21. If this project produces information dissemination products for the public, are these products published to the Internet in conformance with OMB Memorandum 05-04 and included in your agency inventory, schedules and priorities? yes
22. Contact information of individual responsible for privacy related questions:

23. Are the records produced by this investment appropriately scheduled with the National Archives and Records Administration's approval? yes
24. Does this investment directly support one of the GAO High Risk Areas? no

2. Will this project require the agency to hire additional FTE's? no
   1. If "yes", How many and in what year? [Not answered]
3. If the summary of spending has changed from the FY2009 President's budget request, briefly explain those changes: #1) ref. Operations and Maintenance/BY+1 2011: increased value to 4.94 to reflect a long planned upgrade and technology refresh to the website's existing functionality. This new value will be reflected in future out years as well. #2) ref. Government FTE Costs/BY2009: decreased value slightly to relect expected FTE costs. This new value will be reflected in future out years as well (BY+1, etc.).

1. Is this investment included in your agency's target enterprise architecture? yes
   1. If "no," please explain why? [Not answered]
2. Is this investment included in the agency's EA Transition Strategy? yes
   1. If "yes," provide the investment name as identified in the Transition Strategy provided in the agency's most recent annual EA Assessment. EDWEB
   2. If "no," please explain why? [Not answered]
3. Is this investment identified in a completed and approved segment architecture? yes
   1. If "yes," provide the six digit code corresponding to the agency segment architecture. The segment architecture codes are maintained by the agency Chief Architect. For detailed guidance regarding segment architecture codes, please refer to http://www.egov.gov/. 072-000

6. Will the application leverage existing components and/or applications across the Government (i.e., USA.Gov, Pay.Gov, etc)? no
   1. If "yes," please describe. [Not answered]

1. Does the investment have a Risk Management Plan? yes
   1. If "yes," what is the date of the plan? Jun 18, 2008
   2. Has the Risk Management Plan been significantly changed since last year's submission to OMB? yes
   3. If "yes," describe any significant changes: Completely rewritten to conform to Risk Management best practices
2. If there currently is no plan, will a plan be developed? [Not answered]
   1. If "yes," what is the planned completion date? [Not answered]
   2. If "no," what is the strategy for managing the risks? [Not answered]

1. Was operational analysis conducted? yes
   1. If "yes," provide the date the analysis was completed. Aug 22, 2008
   2. If "yes," what were the results? The ED Web investment: (3) supports the Department's strategic goal #1; (4) surveys its user base to determine the degree to which user needs are being satisfied; (5) has positive Cost and Schedule EVM performance; (6) has targeted gaps for system improvement; (7) has identified a vision for innovation; and (8) has positive performance metrics.
   3. If "no," please explain why it was not conducted and if there are any plans to conduct operational analysis in the future: [Not answered]
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   1. What costs are included in the reported Cost/Schedule Performance information (Government Only/Contractor Only/Both)? Contractor Only

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