Next Chief Architects Forum (CAF) meeting is scheduled for Thursday May 1, 2008 at the Graduate School, USDA in Rooms 890-1 and 890-2    (3WQ4)

Chief Architects Forum    (3WQ5)

Sponsored by:    (3WQ6)

Federal CIO Council, Architecture and Infrastructure Committee, and Industry Advisory Council    (3WQ7)

Date and Time: Thursday May 1, 2008 9:00 am to 12:00 pm    (3WQ8)

Location: The Graduate School, USDA, 600 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington DC (See below for directions)    (3WQ9)

Topics: Practical Guide for Service Oriented Architecture and OMB’s MAX Federal Collaboration Community Wiki    (3WQA)

Teleconference Information:    (3WQB)

CONFERENCE RESERVATION NUMBER: 4458127    (3WQC)

PHONE NUMBER: 1-888-560-8501    (3WQD)

PARTICIPANT CODE: 1275479#    (3WQE)

PARTICIPANTS: 50 (Maximum)    (3WQF)

The focus of the 2008 CAF meetings will be Cross-Agency Lines of Business and FEA Best Practices (that attendees can walk away with and use immediately in their organization.).    (3WQG)

Agenda    (3WQH)

· Ira Grossman, Chairman, CAF - Introduction and Greeting    (3WQI)

Kshemendra Paul, Director, OMB FEA PMO – OMB FEA Update    (3WQJ)

· Andrew Schoenbach, Chief, Budget Systems Branch, Office of Management and Budget MAX Federal Collaboration Community    (3WQK)

1. https://max.omb.gov/maxportal/    (3WQL)

2. Federal Computer Week article about MAX: http://www.fcw.com/print/22_5/features/151796-1.html    (3WQM)

· George Thomas, GSA – Collaborative Workshop to Discuss and to Provide Comments about the “Practical Guide for Service Oriented Architecture” (PGFSOA)    (3WQN)

1. The PGFSOA wiki can be found at http://smw.osera.gov/pgfsoa/index.php/Welcome    (3WQO)

2. Download the PGFSOA Draft 1.0 Public Release Draft in standalone portable document format (pdf) at http://smw.osera.gov/pgfsoa/images/4/49/PGFSOA_v-1_0_Draft_2008-02-29.pdf    (3WQP)

Please RSVP to Ira Grossman @ IGrossman@fdic.gov    (3WQQ)