Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Data Administration, Architecture and Analysis Support

Challenge:

To provide the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) with data management services on an enterprise scale. Support would span across the entire FDIC enterprise, including 11 families of data, 242 Enterprise Entities, 243 Conceptual Data Model Entities, 700+ production databases, and coordination of approximately 200 business data stewards from all divisions and offices of the FDIC.

Solution:

KGS delivered enterprise data management, administration, architecture, analysis, modeling and design services to the FDIC to effectively manage all FDIC’s data assets. KGS provided application development, maintenance, data conversion, data migration and data warehouse efforts; acts in coordination with stakeholders including FDIC data administrators, data stewards, subject matter experts, database administrators (DBAs) and applications delivery teams; uses conceptual, logical and physical data modeling techniques; and develops and institutes integral FDIC data management, data administration (DA), data stewardship, metadata management, Corporate Data Sharing (CDS) Program and Enterprise Data Architecture concepts to improve FDIC’s enterprise data assets and data management capabilities. KGS delivered the full range of business and technical management services that assist in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of policies, procedures, guidelines, and directives related to FDIC’s ability to comply with requirements of the law and legislation and to operate the enterprise in an efficient manner. Specifically KGS delivered enterprise management, architecture, administration, analysis, modeling and design services to the FDIC to effectively manage data as a critical corporate asset.

Results:

As a result of KGS’s program and data management work at FDIC constituted enterprise-wide IT integration and transformation that caught the attention of national organizations like Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement (ZIFA) and Government Computer News (GCN). Under this effort KGS facilitated the planning and execution of Enterprise Data Architecture efforts, including establishing desired outcomes, strategic planning, policy development, standards development, facilitation, training, artifact development, artifact configuration control, program information outreach and dissemination.