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Exhibit 300 (BY2010) - Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS)

PART ONE

OVERVIEW

1. Date of Submission:: 2009-04-10

2. Agency:: 009

3. Bureau:: 33

4. Name of this Capital Asset:: AHRQ Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS)

5. Unique Project Identifier:: 009-33-01-02-01-0011-00

6. What kind of investment will this be in FY2010?: Operations and Maintenance

7. What was the first budget year this investment was submitted to OMB?: FY2003

8. Provide a brief summary and justification for this investment, including a brief description of how this closes in part or in whole an identified agency performance gap.: The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is the major Federal source of high-quality data for estimates of healthcare use, expenditures, types of medical services used, healthcare quality and sources of payment for medical care. MEPS, a unique, central, consolidated database is mandated by Title IX of the Public Health Service Act and its 1999 amendment (P.L.106-129). MEPS provides Federal and other governmental policymakers, researchers, healthcare administrators, businesses, and the public with timely, comprehensive information to evaluate health reform policies, the effect of tax code changes on health expenditures and tax revenue, and proposed changes in government health programs such as Medicare. MEPS, the most recent in a series of medical expenditure surveys, has three IT components: 1) survey; 2) data center and analytic capability and 3) a website. It is a mixed life cycle investment: all three components are steady state operations, but the survey was being modernized. The survey consists of a Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) program, related databases and programs that transform the interviews into usable statistical information. The CAPI software modernization effort had converted the current proprietary DOS product to a COTS Windows application, thus filling a program GAP since the DOS-base systems will no longer be supported and laptops used in the data collection will no longer be able to properly function in that mode. MEPS helps achieve three AHRQ Strategic Goals: (1) Improve healthcare safety and quality for All Americans - by providing essential data for the National Healthcare Quality Report and the National Healthcare Disparities Report; (2) Achieve wider access to effective healthcare services and reduce healthcare costs - by furnishing vital data on health insurance usage, coverage and cost; and (3) Assure that providers and consumers use beneficial and timely healthcare data to make decisions -by providing timely, accurate information for healthcare purchasers and governmental and business policymakers. MEPS directly supports PMA Initiative, Expanded Electronic Government, by providing extensive, current and comprehensive data to the public, researchers, and policy makers (i.e., government-to-citizen; government-to-business). MEPS was initially approved through the AHRQ CPIC and budget review process and subsequently approved by the HHS ITIRB. At the end of FY 08 MEPS will be in Steady State.

9. Did the Agency's Executive/Investment Committee approve this request?: yes

9.a. If "yes," what was the date of this approval?: 2006-06-23

10. Did the Project Manager review this Exhibit?: yes

11.a. What is the current FAC-P/PM certification level of the project/program manager?: Waiver Issued

11.b. When was the Program/Project Manager Assigned?: 2006-09-30

11.c. What date did the Program/Project Manager receive the FACP/PM certification? If the certification has not been issued, what is the anticipated date for certification?: 2009-07-31

12. Has the agency developed and/or promoted cost effective, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable techniques or practices for this project.: no

12.a. Will this investment include electronic assets (including computers)?: yes

12.b. Is this investment for new construction or major retrofit of a Federal building or facility? (answer applicable to non-IT assets only): no

13. Does this investment directly support one of the PMA initiatives?: yes

If yes, select the initiatives that apply:

Initiative Name
Broadening Health Insurance Coverage through State Initiatives
Expanded E-Government

13.a. Briefly and specifically describe for each selected how this asset directly supports the identified initiative(s)? (e.g. If E-Gov is selected, is it an approved shared service provider or the managing partner?): MEPS supports both the Expanded E-Government and Broadening Health Insurance Coverage Through State initiatives by providing timely, comprehensive information on the use of and payment for medical care, health insurance and health/chronic conditions. MEPS is also used extensively by nearly 50 State governments in evaluating their population's health insurance profiles, focusing on eligibility, enrollment rates, and respective premium costs for employer sponsored health insurance coverage.

14. Does this investment support a program assessed using the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)?: yes

14.a. If yes, does this investment address a weakness found during the PART review?: no

14.b. If yes, what is the name of the PARTed program?: 10000272 - Health - Data Collection and Dissemination

14.c. If yes, what rating did the PART receive?: Moderately Effective

15. Is this investment for information technology?: yes

16. What is the level of the IT Project (per CIO Council's PM Guidance)?: Level 2

17. What project management qualifications does the Project Manager have? (per CIO Council's PM Guidance): (1) Project manager has been validated as qualified for this investment

18. Is this investment identified as high risk on the Q4 - FY 2007 agency high risk report (per OMB memorandum M-05-23)?: no

19. Is this a financial management system?: no

19.a.2. If no, what does it address?: Health Care Survey information.

20. What is the percentage breakout for the total FY2009 funding request for the following? (This should total 100%)

Area	Percentage
Hardware	0
Software	0
Services	100
Other	0

21. If this project produces information dissemination products for the public, are these products published to the Internet in conformance with OMB Memorandum 05-04 and included in your agency inventory, schedules and priorities?: n/a

22. Contact information of individual responsible for privacy related questions.

Name	Timothy Erny
Phone Number	301-427-1760
Title	Senior Official for Privacy
Email	Tim.Erny@ahrq.hhs.gov

23. Are the records produced by this investment appropriately scheduled with the National Archives and Records Administration's approval?: yes

24. Does this investment directly support one of the GAO High Risk Areas?: no

SUMMARY OF SPEND

1. Provide the total estimated life-cycle cost for this investment by completing the following table. All amounts represent budget authority in millions, and are rounded to three decimal places. Federal personnel costs should be included only in the row designated Government FTE Cost, and should be excluded from the amounts shown for Planning, Full Acquisition, and Operation/Maintenance. The total estimated annual cost of the investment is the sum of costs for Planning, Full Acquisition, and Operation/Maintenance. For Federal buildings and facilities, life-cycle costs should include long term energy, environmental, decommissioning, and/or restoration costs. The costs associated with the entire life-cycle of the investment should be included in this report. All amounts represent Budget Authority Note: For the cross-agency investments, this table should include all funding (both managing partner and partner agencies). Government FTE Costs should not be included as part of the TOTAL represented.

Cost Type	Py-1 & Earlier -2007	PY 2008	CY 2009	BY 2010
Planning Budgetary Resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Acquisition Budgetary Resources	10.600	0.300	0.000	0.000
Maintenance Budgetary Resources	84.536	21.094	21.587	22.082
Government FTE Cost	1.800	0.313	0.000	0.000
# of FTEs	18	3	0	0

2. Will this project require the agency to hire additional FTE's?: no

3. If the summary of spending has changed from the FY2008 President's budget request, briefly explain those changes.: DME activity for this investment will be closed by the end of FY08 (1) Current contracts do not extend beyond 2010 and hence can not be accurately estimated beyond then. It is anticipated, however, that MEPS will continue in some form because of the importance of the data and analyses to many customers and stakeholders. (2) Totals are for 2002 to 2011 (2011 is an estimate that is not included in the current contract costs under the acquisition strategy tab.)

PERFORMANCE

In order to successfully address this area of the exhibit 300, performance goals must be provided for the agency and be linked to the annual performance plan. The investment must discuss the agency's mission and strategic goals, and performance measures (indicators) must be provided. These goals need to map to the gap in the agency's strategic goals and objectives this investment is designed to fill. They are the internal and external performance benefits this investment is expected to deliver to the agency (e.g., improve efficiency by 60 percent, increase citizen participation by 300 percent a year to achieve an overall citizen participation rate of 75 percent by FY 2xxx, etc.). The goals must be clearly measurable investment outcomes, and if applicable, investment outputs. They do not include the completion date of the module, milestones, or investment, or general goals, such as, significant, better, improved that do not have a quantitative measure.

Agencies must use the following table to report performance goals and measures for the major investment and use the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Performance Reference Model (PRM). Map all Measurement Indicators to the corresponding Measurement Area and Measurement Grouping identified in the PRM. There should be at least one Measurement Indicator for each of the four different Measurement Areas (for each fiscal year). The PRM is available at www.egov.gov. The table can be extended to include performance measures for years beyond FY 2009.

Row	Fiscal Year	Strategic Goal Supported	Measurement Area	Measurement Grouping	Measurement Indicator	Baseline	Planned Improvement to the Baseline	Actual Results
1	2005	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Mission and Business Results	Health Care Research and Practitioner Education	Establish MEPS Data Center for User statistics	None	New Service and support area; Establish Baseline	Baseline Established
2	2005	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	MEPS use and demographic data available sooner after data collected	12 months	1 month improvement	Met target - 11 months
3	2005	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Availability	Maintain Steady State for time between data collection and data availability in all file and table categories	Various baselines	Maintain Steady State	Maintain Steady State
4	2005	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Data Storage	Increase the number of topical tables included.	None	1 topical area added access	1 topical area added access
5	2006	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Mission and Business Results	Health Care Research and Practitioner Education	Maintain Steady State # of MEPS data center projects	Maintain established baseline of 31 projects	Maintain Number of data center projects	Maintain Baseline
6	2006	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	MEPS Expenditure data available sooner after data collection	12 months	Maintain Steady State	Maintain Steady State - data is available after 12 months of end of data collection
7	2006	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Availability	Maintain Steady State	Various baselines	Maintain Steady State	Maintain Steady State
8	2006	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Data Storage	Eliminate dependency on DOS systems	Conversion to Windows	Produce functional Windows instrument	Windows Instrument Fielded 2/07
9	2007	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Mission and Business Results	Health Care Research and Practitioner Education	Increase number of MEPS data center projects	To be determined from 2006	Increase Number of data center projects	14 user/projects last year; 23 this year
10	2007	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	Insurance component tables will be available within 6 months of collections	6 months	Maintain baseline of 6 months collection	Data available 6 months after collection
11	2007	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Availability	Maintain Steady State	Various baselines	Maintain current delivery schedule through technology transition	All dates met
12	2007	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Data Storage	Eliminate dependency on DOS systems	Windows Instrument established	Windows instrument successfully fielded and data collected in Windows environment.	Transition on schedule
13	2008	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Mission and Business Results	Health Care Research and Practitioner Education	Increase the number of MEPS data center projects	To be determined from 2007	Increase Number of data center projects	27 Data Center projects
14	2008	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	Insurance component tables will be available within 6 months of collections	6 months	Maintain baseline of 6 months collection	Data available 6 months after collection
15	2008	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Availability	Maintain Steady State	Various baselines	Maintain current delivery schedule through technology transition	All Dates Met
16	2008	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Data Storage	Eliminate dependency on DOS systems	Data successfully collected in Windows	Data files produced from Windows based data collection.	Transition on schedule
17	2009	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Mission and Business Results	Health Care Research and Practitioner Education	Increase the number of MEPS data center projects by 5% over prior year	To be determined from 2008	Increase Number of data center projects	TBD
18	2009	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	Insurance component tables will be available within 6 months of collections	6 months	Maintain baseline of 6 months collection	TBD
19	2009	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Data Storage	100% of all laptops used to collect survey data will have the windows operating system. (Technology)	Data successfully collected in Windows	Data files produced from Windows based data collection.	TBD
20	2009	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	Decrease the time between collection and availability of use and demographic data by at least 1 month.	12 months	1 month improvement	TBD
21	2009	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Data Storage	Increase the number of state level topical tables by at least one (1).	1 table	Additional state level tables to be added	TBD
22	2009	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Processes and Activities	Timeliness	Full Year Expenditure data will be available within 12 months of end of data collection	12 months	Have data available at the end of the 11th month	TBD
23	2009	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Processes and Activities	Timeliness	Decrease the average number of field staff hours required to collect data per respondent housedhold for MEPS.	14.2 hr baseline	13 hours	TBD
24	2010	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Mission and Business Results	Health Care Research and Practitioner Education	Increase the number of MEPS data center projects by 5% over prior year	To be determined from 2009	Increase Number of data center projects	TBD
25	2010	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	Insurance component tables will be available within 6 months of collections	6 months	Maintain baseline of 6 months collection	TBD
26	2010	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Technology Improvement	100% of all laptops used to collect survey data will have the windows operating system. (Technology)	Data successfully collected in Windows	Data files produced from Windows based data collection.	TBD
27	2010	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	Decrease the time between collection and availability of use and demographic data by at least 1 month.	12 months	1 month improvement	TBD
28	2010	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Data Storage	Increase the number of state level topical tables by at least one (1).	1 table	Additional state level tables to be added	TBD
29	2010	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Processes and Activities	Timeliness	Full Year Expenditure data will be available within 12 months of end of data collection	12 months	Have data available at the end of the 11th month	TBD
30	2010	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Processes and Activities	Timeliness	Decrease the average number of field staff hours required to collect data per respondent household for MEPS.	FY09 Target 13 hours	12.8 hours	TBD
31	2011	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Mission and Business Results	Health Care Research and Practitioner Education	Increase the number of MEPS data center projects by 5% over prior year	To be determined from 2009	Increase Number of data center projects	TBD
32	2011	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	Insurance component tables will be available within 6 months of collections	6 months	Maintain baseline of 6 months collection	TBD
33	2011	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Customer Results	Delivery Time	Decrease the time between collection and availability of use and demographic data by at least 1 month.	12 months	1 month improvement	TBD
34	2011	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Technology Improvement	Increase the number of state level topical tables by at least one (1).	1 table	Additional state level tables to be added	TBD
35	2011	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Technology	Data Storage	Full Year Expenditure data will be available within 12 months of end of data collection	12 months	Have data available at the end of the 11th month	TBD
36	2011	S.O. 1.3 - Improve health care quality, safety, cost and value	Processes and Activities	Timeliness	Decrease the average number of field staff hours required to collect data per respondent housedhold for MEPS.	FY10 Target 12.8 hours	12.6 hours	TBD

Enterprise Architecture

In order to successfully address this area of the business case and capital asset plan you must ensure the investment is included in the agency's EA and Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) process, and is mapped to and supports the FEA. You must also ensure the business case demonstrates the relationship between the investment and the business, performance, data, services, application, and technology layers of the agency's EA.

1. Is this investment included in your agency's target enterprise architecture?: yes

2. Is this investment included in the agency's EA Transition Strategy?: yes

2.a. If yes, provide the investment name as identified in the Transition Strategy provided in the agency's most recent annual EA Assessment.: AHRQ Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPS)

3. Is this investment identified in a completed (contains a target architecture) and approved segment architecture?: no

4. Identify the service components funded by this major IT investment (e.g., knowledge management, content management, customer relationship management, etc.). Provide this information in the format of the following table. For detailed guidance regarding components, please refer to http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/egov/. Component: Use existing SRM Components or identify as NEW. A NEW component is one not already identified as a service component in the FEA SRM. Reused Name and UPI: A reused component is one being funded by another investment, but being used by this investment. Rather than answer yes or no, identify the reused service component funded by the other investment and identify the other investment using the Unique Project Identifier (UPI) code from the OMB Ex 300 or Ex 53 submission. Internal or External Reuse?: Internal reuse is within an agency. For example, one agency within a department is reusing a service component provided by another agency within the same department. External reuse is one agency within a department reusing a service component provided by another agency in another department. A good example of this is an E-Gov initiative service being reused by multiple organizations across the federal government. Funding Percentage: Please provide the percentage of the BY requested funding amount used for each service component listed in the table. If external, provide the funding level transferred to another agency to pay for the service.

Row	Agency Component Name	Agency Component Description	Service Type	Component	Internal or External Reuse?	Funding %
1	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Knowledge Management	Information Retrieval	No Reuse	4
2	MEPS Website (www.ahrq.meps.gov)	MEPS provides a website where the data and data analysis is available for download or request.	Knowledge Management	Knowledge Distribution and Delivery	No Reuse	4
3	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Knowledge Management	Knowledge Distribution and Delivery	No Reuse	4
4	MEPS Website (www.ahrq.meps.gov)	MEPS provides a website where the data and data analysis is available for download or request.	Content Management	Content Publishing and Delivery	No Reuse	4
5	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Customer Initiated Assistance	Online Help	No Reuse	4
6	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Customer Initiated Assistance	Self-Service	No Reuse	4
7	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Knowledge Management	Information Sharing	No Reuse	4
8	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Knowledge Management	Categorization	No Reuse	4
9	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Reporting	Ad Hoc	No Reuse	4
10	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Customer Relationship Management	Surveys	No Reuse	4
11	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Content Management	Content Publishing and Delivery	No Reuse	4
12	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Knowledge Management	Knowledge Capture	No Reuse	4
13	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Document Management	Classification	No Reuse	4
14	Researcher Data Center	MEPS provides a data center where researcher may use data sets not available to the public as well as FAQs and other customer service information on the MEPS website.	Customer Initiated Assistance	Assistance Request	No Reuse	4
15	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Content Management	Tagging and Aggregation	No Reuse	4
16	MEPS Website (www.ahrq.meps.gov)	MEPS provides a website where the data and data analysis is available for download or request.	Content Management	Content Authoring	No Reuse	4
17	MEPSnet	MEPSnet is a collection of analytical tools that operate on MEPS data in two categories: the Household Component Data and the Insurance Component Data.	Search	Query	No Reuse	4
18	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Content Management	Content Authoring	No Reuse	4
19	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Knowledge Management	Information Mapping / Taxonomy	No Reuse	4
20	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Search	Query	No Reuse	4
21	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Reporting	Standardized / Canned	No Reuse	4
22	Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)	Application and backend database for the data storage and analysis.	Analysis and Statistics	Mathematical	No Reuse	4

5. To demonstrate how this major IT investment aligns with the FEA Technical Reference Model (TRM), please list the Service Areas, Categories, Standards, and Service Specifications supporting this IT investment. FEA SRM Component: Service Components identified in the previous question should be entered in this column. Please enter multiple rows for FEA SRM Components supported by multiple TRM Service Specifications. Service Specification: In the Service Specification field, Agencies should provide information on the specified technical standard or vendor product mapped to the FEA TRM Service Standard, including model or version numbers, as appropriate.

Row	SRM Component	>Service Area	Service Category	Service Standard	Service Specification (i.e., vendor and product name)
1	Information Retrieval	Service Interface and Integration	Integration	Middleware	PL/SQL by: Oracle Corporation
2	Knowledge Distribution and Delivery	Service Access and Delivery	Delivery Channels	Internet	Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 by: The Internet Engineering Task Force
3	Knowledge Distribution and Delivery	Service Access and Delivery	Access Channels	Web Browser	Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 by: Microsoft Corporation
4	Knowledge Distribution and Delivery	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Delivery Servers	Web Servers	Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 by: Microsoft Corporation
5	Content Publishing and Delivery	Component Framework	User Presentation / Interface	Content Rendering	XHTML 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language by: World Wide Web Consortium
6	Content Publishing and Delivery	Service Access and Delivery	Service Transport	Service Transport	TCP/IP by: The Internet Engineering Task Force
7	Content Publishing and Delivery	Service Access and Delivery	Access Channels	Web Browser	Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 by: Microsoft Corporation
8	Content Publishing and Delivery	Component Framework	Business Logic	Platform Independent Technologies	Java 2 Enterprise Edition by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
9	Content Publishing and Delivery	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Delivery Servers	Web Servers	Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 by: Microsoft Corporation
10	Content Publishing and Delivery	Component Framework	User Presentation / Interface	Static Display	Hyper Text Markup Language by: International Organization for Standardization
11	Online Help	Component Framework	Business Logic	Platform Independent Technologies	Java 2 Enterprise Edition by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
12	Online Help	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Delivery Servers	Web Servers	Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 by: Microsoft Corporation
13	Online Help	Service Access and Delivery	Access Channels	Web Browser	Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 by: Microsoft Corporation
14	Self-Service	Component Framework	Business Logic	Platform Independent Technologies	Java 2 Enterprise Edition by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
15	Information Sharing	Service Access and Delivery	Delivery Channels	Internet	Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 by: The Internet Engineering Task Force
16	Categorization	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Database / Storage	Database	Oracle by: Oracle Corporation
17	Ad Hoc	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Database / Storage	Database	Oracle by: Oracle Corporation
18	Ad Hoc	Service Interface and Integration	Integration	Middleware	PL/SQL by: Oracle Corporation
19	Ad Hoc	Component Framework	Data Management	Reporting and Analysis	SAS 9.0 by: SAS Institute Inc.
20	Ad Hoc	Service Access and Delivery	Access Channels	Web Browser	Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 by: Microsoft Corporation
21	Ad Hoc	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Delivery Servers	Web Servers	Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0 by: Microsoft Corporation
22	Surveys	Component Framework	Business Logic	Platform Independent Technologies	Java 2 Enterprise Edition by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
23	Content Publishing and Delivery	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Support Platforms	Dependent Platform	Microsoft Windows NT by: Microsoft Corporation
24	Knowledge Capture	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Database / Storage	Database	Oracle by: Oracle Corporation
25	Knowledge Capture	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Support Platforms	Dependent Platform	Microsoft Windows NT by: Microsoft Corporation
26	Knowledge Capture	Component Framework	Business Logic	Platform Independent Technologies	Java 2 Enterprise Edition by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
27	Classification	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Database / Storage	Database	Oracle by: Oracle Corporation
28	Assistance Request	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Database / Storage	Database	Oracle by: Oracle Corporation
29	Assistance Request	Service Interface and Integration	Integration	Middleware	PL/SQL by: Oracle Corporation
30	Assistance Request	Component Framework	Data Management	Reporting and Analysis	SAS 9.0 by: SAS Institute Inc.
31	Assistance Request	Component Framework	Business Logic	Platform Independent Technologies	Java 2 Enterprise Edition by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
32	Tagging and Aggregation	Component Framework	Data Management	Reporting and Analysis	SAS 9.0 by: SAS Institute Inc.
33	Content Authoring	Component Framework	User Presentation / Interface	Content Rendering	XHTML 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language by: World Wide Web Consortium
34	Content Authoring	Component Framework	Business Logic	Platform Independent Technologies	Java 2 Enterprise Edition by: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
35	Content Authoring	Component Framework	User Presentation / Interface	Static Display	Hyper Text Markup Language by: International Organization for Standardization
36	Query	Service Interface and Integration	Integration	Middleware	PL/SQL by: Oracle Corporation
37	Query	Component Framework	Data Management	Reporting and Analysis	SAS 9.0 by: SAS Institute Inc.
38	Information Mapping / Taxonomy	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Database / Storage	Database	Oracle by: Oracle Corporation
39	Standardized / Canned	Service Platform and Infrastructure	Database / Storage	Database	Oracle by: Oracle Corporation
40	Standardized / Canned	Component Framework	Data Management	Reporting and Analysis	SAS 9.0 by: SAS Institute Inc.
41	Mathematical	Component Framework	Data Management	Reporting and Analysis	SAS 9.0 by: SAS Institute Inc.

6. Will the application leverage existing components and/or applications across the Government (i.e., FirstGov, Pay.Gov, etc)?: yes

6.a. If yes, please describe.: MEPS is leveraged across the government through FirstGov and FedStats. MEPS collects data from many sources and turns the data into meaningful information for the medical community, including both private industry and other government agencies. The system was implemented before citizen-centric emphasis and before cost-effective widespread web-based technology, but it has been managed and maintained to be consistent with federal direction and policy.

PART THREE

RISK

You should perform a risk assessment during the early planning and initial concept phase of the investment's life-cycle, develop a risk-adjusted life-cycle cost estimate and a plan to eliminate, mitigate or manage risk, and be actively managing risk throughout the investment's life-cycle.

Answer the following questions to describe how you are managing investment risks.

1. Does the investment have a Risk Management Plan?: yes

1.a. If yes, what is the date of the plan?: 2007-03-30

1.b. Has the Risk Management Plan been significantly changed since last year's submission to OMB?: yes

1.c. If yes, describe any significant changes:: The Risk Assessment plan was revised in response to our remediation plan. The revised risk management plan formalizes and regularizes management procedures including regular reporting and review of the risk environment that had already been operational for some time. Risks are reviewed twice a year (March and September) and at major milestones, including procurement actions. Several management areas (EVM, Privacy, Performance) viewed silmultaneously for risk management as result of risk plan revision.

COST & SCHEDULE

1. Was operational analysis conducted?: no

What were the results of your operational analysis?: The original contract did not have EVM language since it was awarded well before the requirement existed. It is a Performance Based contract AND we baselined this investment with the contractor and established EVM reporting in 2006 (based on HHS direction). This is why the funding in the cost and schedule table is inconsistent with the summary of spend (that represents the lifecycle of the contract). We are going into SS mode in FY09 and this particular contract ends in FY10. We identified the 2 vendors that will pick up the SS investment in FY11 and beyond. These contracts had EVM in their contract language and we plan to rebaseline the original investment in the fall to reflect outyear milestones (beyond the lifecycle of the current vendor).

1.c. If no, please explain why it was not conducted and if there are any plans to conduct operational analysis in the future.: The Operational Analysis will be conducted in September 2008. Results will be provided at that time.