COMDTINST 5230.68A governs the U.S. Coast Guard Enterprise Architecture policy, including its development, integration, and oversight.
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The publication establishes the CGEA as a process for aligning missions, business processes, information, technology, and organizational structures. It requires a USCG-wide architecture, a transition plan, an authoritative repository, and coordination of architecture development efforts.
Applies to: This Instruction applies to all USCG management disciplines, referred to as the Management Disciplines hereafter, and processes.
All Coast Guard unit commanders, commanding officers, officers-in-charge, deputy/assistant commandants, and chiefs of headquarters staff elements shall comply with the provisions of this Instruction. (paragraph 2)
The Enterprise Architecture Management System (TEAMS) is the official USCG EA Repository. (paragraph 6)
All architecture development efforts shall be coordinated and designated under Commandant (CG-671) and reported to the Enterprise Architecture Board (EAB), regardless of organizational structure or command, to ensure alignment and integration with the CGEA.
The CGEA shall always align to the USCG Strategic Plan; apply the most current and/or critical technical, security, and privacy standards and mandates; and incorporate plans for significant lifecycle upgrades, replacements, and disposition of information and platform IT systems when the systems can no longer effectively support missions or business functions.
Specifically, Reference (f) requires the USCG to develop an EA that describes the baseline architecture (“As-Is”), target architecture (“To-Be”), and a transition plan to get to the target architecture.