DRAFT CHARTER SUBJECT TO FURTHER REVISION AND APPROVAL
(1) WG NAME (and any acronym or abbreviation of the name): The WG name, acronym and abbreviation must not include trademarks not owned by the Organization, or content that is infringing, harmful, or inappropriate.
eGovernment Work Group (eGov)
(2) PURPOSE: Please provide a clear statement of purpose and justification why the proposed WG is necessary.
The eGovernment Work Group (eGov WG) will be responsible for:
- Facilitating collaboration and discussion among Liberty members with an interest in eGovernment identity management applications and services
- Acting as a forum to discuss best practices by government organizations on national, regional and municipal levels.
- Present "a government view" into other NewOrg Kantara Initiative Work Groups so that these views may be taken into account in the development of NewOrg Kantara Initiative Policy Recommendations and Specifications for future contribution to an appropriate Standards Setting Organization.
To accomplish this goal the eGov Work Group shall:
- Provide NewOrg Kantara Initiative with subject matter expertise on government-related requirements, challenges for potential work areas
- Provide an information sharing and feedback forum for any NewOrg Kantara Initiative participants, Discussion and Work Groups with an interest in eGovernment, and to communicate core findings and concerns of the Work Group to the relevant NewOrg Kantara Initiative organizational entities.
- Where appropriate, take part in the identification, planning, execution and follow-up of Government-focused industry events
- Where appropriate, recommend liaison relationships for NewOrg Kantara Initiative that will further adoption and deployment of ID-FF and ID-WSF Specification Sets solutions
- To provide NewOrg Kantara Initiative with spokespersons on eGovernment-related topics.
- Share solutions and/or technical approaches to avoid 'reinventing the wheel' and to drive adoption of standards-based identity management mechanisms in government on a global basis
(3) SCOPE: Explain the scope and definition of the planned work.
{_}Specific Objectives of the eGov Work Group shall include:_1. Continue to develop an operational checklist for the federation and trust aspects of deployments of ID-FF and ID-WSF Specification Sets 2.
Work in concert with other NewOrg Kantara Initiative groups on further refinement of the Legal Frameworks and Deployment Guidelines
(4) DRAFT TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: List Working Titles of draft Technical Specifications to be produced (if any), projected completion dates, and the Standards Setting Organization(s) to which they will be submitted upon approval by the Membership.
Document eGov Use Cases requiring federation - Identify common characteristics and differences, obstacles and opportunities. Map use cases to existing (or where applicable new) profiles in SAMLv2.0 and ID-WSF.
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(6) LEADERSHIP: Proposed WG Chair and Editor(s) (if any) subject to confirmation by a vote of the WG Participants.
Colin Wallis, New Zealand Government State Services Commission
(7) AUDIENCE: Anticipated audience or users of the work. International Government Security and Technology administrations
(8) DURATION: Objective criteria for determining when the work of the WG has been completed (or a statement that the WG is intended to be a standing WG to address work that is expected to be ongoing).
<INSERT TEXT> The NewOrg Kantara Initiative Leadership Council charters the eGovernment Work Group for five years. It may be amended from time to time, with changes approved by the Leadership Council. This charter will expire on <INSERT DATE>.
(9) IPR POLICY: The Organization approved Intellectual Property Rights Policy under which the WG will operate. <CHOOSE>
Kantara Initiative IPR Policy - Current Liberty IPR Model- Apache 2.0 (for use if your group will produce source code) - (The 2 policies above got the most positive feedback. We have not gotten any requests for other IPR policies. )Liberty Option
(10) RELATED WORK AND LIAISONS: Related work being done in other WGs or other organizations and any proposed liaison with those other WGs or organizations.
(11) CONTRIBUTIONS (optional): A list of contributions that the proposers anticipate will be made to the WG.
(12) PROPOSERS: Names, email addresses, and any constituent affiliations of at least the minimum set of proposers required to support forming the WG.
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