NEWS ROOM | Press Releases
For immediate release: September 13, 2004
Contact: Beth Roszman
NASCIO Enterprise Architecture Program
Receives Office of Justice Programs Grant
(Lexington, KY) - On September 8, 2004, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) received official grant award notification from the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, in the amount of $500,000, for the continuation of the enterprise architecture (EA) development program.
The awarded grant proposal contains eight initiatives for the 2004-05 program year. These include:
| EA Business Case | |
| Marketing Effort & Awareness | |
| Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model Assessment/Validation Site Visits | |
| Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model Expansion | |
| National EA Consensus | |
| Facilitation Guide | |
| Implementation Guide for EA | |
| Repository Investigation |
The grant, which is currently in its sixth year, will continue to focus on expansion and application of (EA) to address the critical limitations of interoperability among agencies within the justice and law enforcement communities.
NASCIO plans to expand its EA program funding to include agencies outside of the justice community; such as Environmental Protection, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Transportation. Enterprise architecture will provide for interoperability to the various layers of government by encompassing state, local, tribal and federal agencies.
The focus of the EA program is to provide a portfolio of products & services that will aid the states in providing excellence in government through quality business practices, information management and technology policy.
For more information on the NASCIO EA program contact either Vince Havens, 859-514-9215, vhavens@amrinc.net or Eric Sweden, 859-514-9189, esweden@amrinc.net.
NASCIO is the National Association of State Chief Information Officers and represents the state chief information officers from the 50 states, six U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Other IT officials participate as associate members and private sector representatives may become corporate members.
Association Management Resources, Inc. (AMR) provides NASCIO with full management services. For more information about AMR visit www.amrinc.net.
