Cross-Agency e-Gov Portal Implementations Presenter: Cliff Zhonggang Li, CEO,

1. Cross-Agency e-Gov Portal Implementations Presenter: Cliff Zhonggang Li, CEO,

2. Introduction of FLRules Background: Regulatory Rule, Statute, Court Case, Administrative Procedure Act eRulemaking and public participation (notification and comment) Initiatives: Federal regulations.gov, GPO FDSys, NARA eArchiving Characteristics: Cross-agency content authoring Content data management by designated publisher agency Public access, print vs ePublishing (Quick Demo)

3. Introduction of eOMA Background: Bacteria testing, Analyte, Matrix, and Equipment Initiatives: USDA/FSIS eCAM Characteristics: Cross-organization content authoring Content data management by the Trade Association Public access, print vs ePublishing (Quick Demo)

4. Between FLRules and eOMA Different Fields / Knowledge Different Applications Different Interfaces Different Data Structures Same publishing/archiving engine Same approach

5. FLRules Milestones • 10/20/05 Contract execution • 01/06/06 Release #1, user can read notices in the first eFAW issue 1st FAW issue was entered and published online by publisher • Public search interface is done; • 03/15/06 Release #2, a functional eRulemaking system • Email notification system, and Public Comment system • FLRules.org is linked and released officially • 06/30/06 Release #3, eFAW fully functional • Agency Interface is released, training starts • Move hosting to Central Computing Facility, DOS • 11/10/06 Release #4 FAC fully functional integrated with FAW, support history versions • most agencies are using the new system; • Iterative Development • Quick Deployment

6. FLRules Stats January 6 - December 31, 2006 Notices: 10172 in Register Issues: 52 Final adopted rules: 20833 by about 170 agencies Agency users assigned role(s): 459 for 293 agencies Subscribers: 879 Search profiles for notification: 620 Notification emails sent: 9669 Operation side: No extra Staff added during the transition handling eRule, Legacy system, and print;

7. Standards and Approaches • Open Archive Information System (OAIS) • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) • Portal Application • XML • Avoid born-obsolete designs – lessons learnt through case studies of approaches adopted by some states

8. SOA Matrix: Users • Stake Holders • Trade Associations, Attorneys • Activists, Major industry players • Individual Citizens • Small Businesses, Professionals • Agency Users • Management • Staff members • Rulemaking staff • Legislature Users • Joint Committee • Publisher

9. SOA Matrix: Services Live Demo: Access Issue is no longer if users can access regulatory information Question is how they access Presentation a Rule’s spiral life cycle presented in or outside Register/Code Linking/Reference related websites Public Participation/User Interaction

10. Legacy system: Publisher is between Agencies and Public No Rule database Only identify which agency user Oriented to publisher

11. FLRules.com:Portal for Public users, Agency users and Publisher

20. Cross-Agency Platform Organization Behavior Different motive Different role ADA 508 Compliance issue Who is responsible, author or publisher?

21. New Services Content Scope: Rule Text vs Rule Text + Reference Material Content Volume: Book in print is a natural barrier; so is the workflow around it Content Media: Supplemental material from Text, Image, nested Table to video, and interactive media Content Access: Print Publication, On-Demand Printing, Mobile device, ePaper-when? Latency of Content Preparation Cut-off syndrome + weeks -> on-demand + minutes Now eFAC is using on-demand publishing MOST IMPORTANTLY: ……

22. Outside the box Rulemaking and Rule adoption is only the beginning of a rule’s life cycle. The platform can support knowledge-base for rule compliance practice – spiral growth of a rule and its compliance

23. Open Archival Information System (OAIS) What’s the emphasis? SOA is the answer.

24. Discussion