Update on FY2010 Migration Planning

Subject: Update on FY2010 Migration Planning

Reference: July 16, 2008 Grants.gov FY2010 Budget Meeting

Objective: Transition the Grants.gov PMO systems capabilities to a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) (i.e., cloud computing) business model.

Rationale: Transition the PMO away from the task of hardware & software management and focus on core mission of developing, testing, and placing into production Grant applications for the purpose of transmitting data.

PaaS/Cloud rationale:
1. Increase processing power
2. Responsive scalability
3. Increase system availability
4. Significantly enhance system availability
5. Increase redundancy (addressing COOP)
6. Security issues mitigated
7. Better economics (overall and individual costing)

Upon migration completion, the objectives are:
1. Employ full forms functionality
2. Employ self-diagnostic forms
3. Make available a self-diagnostic computer tool for applicants
4. Operate in an environment responsive to in-depth metrics collection
5. Replicate the user experience vis-à-vis forms submission
6. Automate opportunity notice & availability via RSS, Twitter, etc.
7. Reduce reliance on contact center
8. Create a more realistic & responsive test environment

Regarding the website, by FY2010:
1. Effectiveness to significantly increase
2. Efficiency increase
3. More dynamic & responsive to changing needs
4. Information Architecture = encyclopedic
5. Data bases to remain intact & updated
6. Use website for work-flow management & increased transparency with Grantor community

Timeline - Migration will occur in FY2010