The document discusses the eRulemaking initiative to enable public participation in federal rulemaking. It describes how Lockheed Martin and Blue Fish Development Group helped build an electronic system called FDMS that allows the public to access and comment on agency rules and regulations through a single online portal. The system provides benefits like increased transparency and cost savings compared to paper-based processes. It also discusses challenges in developing a flexible system that all agencies can customize while maintaining common services and standards.

1. Power to the People – Enabling Every U.S. Citizen to Participate in Federal Rule Making Vic Forney Operations Manager - eRulemaking Lockheed Martin Information Technology Jason Perkins Director Blue Fish Development Group

2. Agenda About Lockheed Martin Solution Views EMC 2 and eRulemaking Challenges And Solutions What is eRulemaking? Architecture How Blue Fish Development Group Helped Summary, Questions & Answers Bridging the Federal Government and Public Together

3. Lockheed Martin Information Technology Powered by Innovation, Guided by Integrity Leading Technology Partner to the Federal Government - Manage 60% of the world’s aircraft traffic - Support electronic social security disbursements to 35 million Americans - Support 500,000 Navy Sailors with Pay and Personnel - Provide IT Support Services for national wild fire fighting resources Focus On Six Critical Areas Of IT Capabilities And Technology Leadership - Enterprise Architecture - E-Government - Homeland Security - Information Assurance - Systems Integration - Privatization & Outsourcing

4. eRulemaking Program Overview Project Plan: Regulations.gov (Module 1 - retired) Federal Docket Management System (2nd generation Regulations.gov - Module 2) Rule Writer’s eToolbox (Voluntary) (Module 3) Approach: Inter-agency collaboration Project Management Office EPA, Managing Partner, leads initiative Authority: E-Government Act of 2002 (H.R. 2458/S. 803) Section 206 directs Federal Agencies to post to the Internet regulatory dockets and accept electronic submissions to online dockets via Regulations.gov One of 25 eGov Initiatives using Information Technology across Federal Agencies to meet citizens needs Vision: Citizens can easily access and participate in a high quality, efficient, and open rulemaking process. Scope: 150 Federal Rulemaking Entities

5. Benefits of eRulemaking Increased Responsiveness to Public Increased Public Involvement Lower Cost to the Public Value Standardization of service to the public Each agency provided their own level of service, information, help and support resulting in inconsistent results. Single location for the public to find, read, comment, and participate in the rule making process Multiple web sites and methods required to view and comment on rule making documents. Single solution providing shared services across the federal government Multiple IT systems providing redundant services at a greater cost to the government. eRulemaking Initiative Benefits Previous Operations

6. eRulemaking Concept of Operations Public USDA Paper Comments OFR Congress Comment Disposition & Response Mad Cow Notices Proposed Rules Rules Document Management Records Management Distributed Scanning Electronic Comments Need a rule Document Rendering Services Search Review FDMS.gov Regulations.gov

7. eRulemaking by the Numbers As of July 30, 2006 1 Year Projection Current Measure 855 450 660 240 Gb 3.2 Gb 1,700 285,000 38,400 2.85 Million 700 Rules per week (avg.) 2,000 Public Comments per week (avg.) 4,000 Number of Agency Users 80,000 Total Number of Dockets 800 Supporting materials per week (avg.) 600 Gb Content Size 7 Gb Database Size 700,000 Total Number of Documents 6 Million Average Number of Hits Per Month

14. Information Structure Overview Docket Metadata Docket Number Format What elements will be used What labels display to public Default Permissions Document Metadata What elements will be used What labels display to public Default Permissions & Assignments Permissions Docket Level Document Level Each Agency manages their configuration Agency Administrator Agency Viewer Docket Manager Rule Writer User Roles

15. Solution – Screenshots, Features Agency Administration: Controls Users System Attributes Screen Labels Required Values Viewable by Public Groups Account Administration

16. Agency Users: Inbox View Agency Users: Advanced Filters control users views for assigned work based on Docket or Document Default filters set and saved by each user

17. Agency Users – Metadata controls Agency Users: Document Management Metadata Permissions Assignments Content and Content Rendering

18. Agency Users – Document Relationships Agency Users: Docket Content and Organization

19. Public: Access to Published Documents Public Access: Target Open For Comment Documents Quick Links Basic Search Advanced Search for All Documents

20. Public: Access to Published Documents Public Access: Electronic Comments with Attachments Required Metadata Configurable by Agency

22. eRulemaking Access and Usage Proposed rules drive public involvement Agency usage is consistent with variable public usage

23. Summary Points  Reaching out to subject matter experts will increase probability of building a sound solution that can be easily maintained in the future.  Systems will need to be updated based on users actual usage patterns after initial release.  Technology must be reliable and secure to ensure trust is maintained with all stakeholders.  Success is driven by effective organizational change management processes.  The eRulemaking initiative is changing the way government works.

25. Questions & Answers