Global Architecture & Information Network InitiativeGlobal Architecture & Information Network InitiativeGAIN_15ae7e8c-3d88-4897-a1e9-dd8e228cffc9To enable more effective government, business opportunities, transparent government and job creation by building on and extending the U.S. leadership success in the internet combined with open source software and industry standards. _4937e455-a8ed-4eb4-bb55-26a573b2246aData Cloud Network ArchitecturesCreate a “network of business and technology information and architectures” that will allow for federation of government and commercial organizations processes, services, data and plans - the Data Cloud. _00ca8aa1-83d7-4c4e-aea6-68ffeff2db941The imperatives for integration and collaboration are well established: greater collaboration and integration means more effective government, more profitable business, visibility and leadership. Collaboration, integration and information visibility are the cornerstones of a wide range of initiatives from economic recovery to fighting terrorism as identified in the president's agenda.BackboneProvide a “backbone” of open source software and government architectures_28de7597-95fd-43f0-a923-bd3065a3bc301.1The key enabler of the Global Architecture & Information Network is a “backbone” of open source software and government architectures that can lay the foundation for GAIN and spur commercial tools, infrastructure, services and architectures that will build on the foundation provided by the backbone. This backbone can be provided by a joint effort of government, industry, standards organizations, and universities. GAIN can be facilitated with open standards and open source, including Model Driven Architecture standards from the OMG and, Linked Open Data and the Semantic Web from the W3C.2010-02-08http://portal.modeldriven.org/project/GAINArthurColman (www.drybridge.com)colman@drybridge.com