Certified Enterprise Architect All-in-One Exam Guide

CHAPTER   23

Common Approach and FEAF2

While the U.S. Department of Defense started its EA efforts because of interoperability and architecture comparability issues, the EA guidance for federal agencies as a whole is driven by reporting requirements from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB is responsible for oversight and management of the budget, approval of capital investments and expenditures, and other duties to ensure that government monies are spent responsibly and effectively. (The federal guidance applies only to DoD at the highest level. Thus, DoD has its own internal architecture requirements for the military services, defense, and intelligence agencies.) The focus of this chapter is on the most recent guidance for ...