Program and Research Updates Fall 2006 PDES, Inc. Offsite Mark Conrad Archives Specialist ERA Research Division

Bob’s Not Here! (He Wishes that He Was!) NARA’s Representative to PDES Bob will be replacing Ren Cahoon on PDES Board 1+2 year Commitment to PDES Specific Questions – [email_address] Who am I? Archivist on Bob’s Staff Continuing Contributor to PDES Newly-minted NARA Member of the TAC Caveat Emptor!

Bob’s Not Here! (He Wishes that He Was!)

NARA’s Representative to PDES

Bob will be replacing Ren Cahoon on PDES Board

1+2 year Commitment to PDES

Specific Questions – [email_address]

Who am I?

Archivist on Bob’s Staff

Continuing Contributor to PDES

Newly-minted NARA Member of the TAC

The ERA Program: Timeline 12/ 03 Release of the RFP 8/3/04 Awarded Two Design Contracts 9/8/05 NARA Selects a Single Developer 2005 - 2011 Multiple Increments (Inc) w/ Multiple Releases: FY07 Initial Operating Capability 2011 Full Operating Capability Initial Operating Capability FY 2007 12/03 Release of the Request For Proposal (RFP) Contract Awarded NARA Selected Lockheed Martin Corporation Full Operating Capability 2011 Inc 1 8/3/04 Sep 2005 Inc 2 Inc 3 Inc 4 Inc 5 2 years 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year

12/ 03 Release of the RFP

8/3/04 Awarded Two Design Contracts

9/8/05 NARA Selects a Single Developer 2005 - 2011 Multiple Increments (Inc) w/ Multiple Releases:

FY07 Initial Operating Capability

2011 Full Operating Capability

NARA’s Research Partners National Center for Supercomputing Applications NIST … and many other Federal Agencies and their Records Officers National Science Foundation San Diego Supercomputer Center Global Grid Forum Army Research Laboratory

National Coordination Office for Networking Information Technology Research and Development (NCO/NITRD)

FY 2007 NITRD Supplement to the President's Budget See http://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/2007supplement/

FY 2007 NITRD Supplement to the President's Budget: Some Highlights Human-Computer Interaction and Information Management Needs Include: Next-generation methods, tools, and technologies to make it possible to access, integrate, analyze, and efficiently manage massive stores of widely distributed, heterogeneous information (e.g., science and engineering research data, Federal records )

Human-Computer Interaction and Information Management Needs Include:

Next-generation methods, tools, and technologies to make it possible to access, integrate, analyze, and efficiently manage massive stores of widely distributed, heterogeneous information (e.g., science and engineering research data, Federal records )

FY 2007 NITRD Supplement to the President's Budget Some Highlights Human-Computer Interaction and Information Management Needs Include: Federal information management architecture testbeds: To evaluate issues in petascale collections of information governed by differing requirements (e.g., national security, personal privacy) Long-term preservation: Maintenance of and access to long-lived science and engineering data collections and Federal records

Human-Computer Interaction and Information Management Needs Include:

Federal information management architecture testbeds:

To evaluate issues in petascale collections of information governed by differing requirements (e.g., national security, personal privacy)

Long-term preservation:

Maintenance of and access to long-lived science and engineering data collections and Federal records

FY 2007 NITRD Supplement to the President's Budget Implications for PDES Explicit Priority for R&D Funding Monitor RFPs, RFIs, etc ERA Research Will Post to the List any Opportunities We are Made Aware of

Explicit Priority for R&D Funding

Monitor RFPs, RFIs, etc

ERA Research Will Post to the List any Opportunities We are Made Aware of

ERA Research Collaboration Updates STEP-based Ship-wide Unclassified Model 5 year Research Initiative NAVSEA is Executive Agency NAVAIR and DLA also Participating Will Include Use of Supercomputing Covers all Major Systems

STEP-based Ship-wide Unclassified Model

5 year Research Initiative

NAVSEA is Executive Agency

NAVAIR and DLA also Participating

Will Include Use of Supercomputing

Covers all Major Systems

ERA Research Collaboration Updates West Virginia University Professor George Trapp Expertise with STEP

West Virginia University

Professor George Trapp

Expertise with STEP

ERA Research Collaboration Updates The HDF Group Mike Folk Use of HDF5 with STEP Part of our Collaboration with NCSA and NSF

The HDF Group

Mike Folk

Use of HDF5 with STEP

Part of our Collaboration with NCSA and NSF

ERA Research Collaboration Updates NNSA Continued Research Colaboration Collaboration on First Rollout of Operational ERA

NNSA

Continued Research Colaboration

Collaboration on First Rollout of Operational ERA

ERA Research Collaboration Updates Three New MOUs Naval Sea Systems Command –September SDSC and NSF OCI – June Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command - May

Three New MOUs

Naval Sea Systems Command –September

SDSC and NSF OCI – June

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command - May

ERA Research Collaboration Updates A Sample of Continuing Collaborations ARL – High Confidence Computing Support for OMG NSF – Cyberinfrastructure UMIACS – Data Packaging and Ingestion

A Sample of Continuing Collaborations

ARL – High Confidence Computing

Support for OMG

NSF – Cyberinfrastructure

UMIACS – Data Packaging and Ingestion

ERA Research Collaboration Updates TPAP Wins Engineering Award Collaboration with SDSC, UMIACS, NSF OCI Internet2 Driving Exemplary Applications (IDEA) Award

TPAP Wins Engineering Award

Collaboration with SDSC, UMIACS, NSF OCI

Internet2 Driving Exemplary Applications (IDEA) Award

Your Contacts in the ERA Program Management Office Bob Chadduck [email_address] Mark Conrad [email_address] ERA Communications (301) 837-0740 [email_address] The ERA Website is http://www.archives.gov/era