Summary
Building the Homeland Security Department has been a lot like renovating a house. Architects have been assembled and they have put pen to paper to show how 22 different agencies, previously scattered among different departments, will fit together under one roof. They've created a real document, known as an enterprise architecture. On its face, it's a blueprint that shows how the department's myriad computer systems are laid out and work together - or don't, in some cases. The architecture gives managers an idea of which systems - from those supporting administrative functions such as payroll processing to more mission-oriented applications such as terrorist watch lists - need to be connected, separated or torn down. But when the architecture is complete, its designers hope it also will describe, in useful detail, how Homeland Security really works. Department officials plan to have a new version ready sometime this month.
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Designing a Department
Building the Homeland Security Department has been a lot like renovating a house. Architects have been assembled and they have put pen to paper to show how 22 different agencies, previously scattered among different departments, will fit together under one roof.
They've created a real document, kn...See the full content of this document
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