COMDTINST 5230.68
Data Sponsors are responsible for defining the data requirements, including content, quality, and
currency, for use in mission and mission support activities. Data Sponsors are also responsible
for forming and facilitating Communities of Interest around specific data categories to address
differences and issues.
6. IMPLEMENTATION. EA practices establish the actions necessary to ensure compliance with the
OMB requirement that the budget submissions of Federal agencies demonstrate how their C4&IT
investment decisions align with that of their EA C4&IT modernization strategy. All Coast Guard
organizations involved in the planning, acquisition, production, deployment, support, operation, and
disposition of C4&IT systems shall follow the EA practice. CG-6 charters and delegates primary
development, maintenance, and review responsibility for C4&IT Enterprise Architecture practices to
the C4&IT Enterprise Architecture Policy Review Board. CG-6 has final approval authority for
these practices. The EA practices provide the procedures and processes for the following:
a. Managing the As-Is Enterprise Architecture. The procedures for establishing, maintaining and
updating the As-Is Architecture, including procedures for incorporating As-Is EA content already
published or delivered by contract to the Coast Guard.
b. Managing the Target EA. The procedures for establishing, maintaining, and updating the Target
architecture.
c. Managing the Enterprise Transition Plan. The procedures for establishing, maintaining, and
updating the transition plan, addressing impacts on baseline and Target architectures, TRM, the
enterprise standards profile, and the enterprise data architecture, etc., following DHS, DoD, and
Federal guidance, including procedures for incorporating transition plans already developed or
published by other directorates or delivered by contract to the Coast Guard.
d. Conducting EDM. The procedures and activities necessary for managing data throughout an
enterprise.
7. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT AND IMPACT CONSIDERATIONS. Environmental
considerations were examined in the development of this Instruction and have been determined to be
not applicable.
8. FORMS/REPORTS. None.
C.I. PEARSON /s/
Assistant Commandant for Command, Control,
Information Technology
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