- Federal Transition Framework
The Federal Transition Framework (FTF) is a single information source for cross-agency information technology (IT) initiatives using a simple, familiar and organized structure. It contains government-wide IT policy objectives and cross-agency initiatives including:
- OMB-sponsored initiatives, e.g., E-Gov and LoB initiatives
- Government-wide initiatives, e.g., Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPV6), Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD 12)
Links and Documents
FTF Catalog
The link above will pop up a new window to the FTF Catalog site that will allow one to generate a specific FTF catalog in either HTML or XML.FTF Metamodel Reference v2.0
Provides information on the internal structure of the FTF. This document is provided as a technical reference for architects. This document was released in January 2008.
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Content related to these initiatives is provided in one place - the FTF Catalog. The FTF Catalog is organized into sections. Each section describes a single cross-agency initiative. Information describing each initiative is organized using a standard series of layers mapped to the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Reference Models.
Why is the FTF Important?
Information published in the FTF Catalog is provided to support the following goals:
- Increase the alignment of agency enterprise architecture with federal IT policy decisions or other forms of official guidance
- Increase sharing and reuse of common, cross-agency business processes, service components and technology standards
- Increase collaboration through agency participation in cross-agency communities of practice
What are the Benefits of the FTF?
There are a number of benefits from the FTF, both for agencies and government-wide. Agencies can:
- Receive more consistent, complete and detailed information about cross-agency initiatives more quickly to inform their EA, capital planning and implementation activities
- Use cross-agency initiative information to make better decisions about their IT investments
- Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of IT investments to realize service improvements and cost savings
- Communicate more consistent, complete and detailed information about cross-agency initiatives more efficiently
- Increase the level and speed of adoption of cross-agency initiatives
- Improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of IT investments related to cross-agency initiatives
How is the FTF Used?
The FTF Catalog is used to provide information to agency decision makers in support of cross-agency initiative implementation, and to provide guidance to working groups developing cross-agency initiative architectures.
