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FSA SDLC News Items – 2008-2015 (Archived News)

Dec 08, 2015

Uploaded user documents t MRT DA.

Dec 02, 2015

Updated new version and link for CMBS Release Notes.

Oct 29, 2015

Updated Memos with SDLC Migration to Percussion Memo Final.

Oct 15, 2015

Changes related to migration of SDLC site.

Jul 02, 2015

Uploaded new revisions of IB-136 and IB-143 to the "Information Bulletins & Memos" page.

Jul 01, 2015

Updated artifact lists on individual SDLC phase pages to align with the lists provided on the "Templates & Documents" page. Made minor corrections to lists on "Templates and Documents" page.

Jun 22, 2015

Corrected all found links to the FSA Records Management Web Site to point to the actual site.

Jun 10, 2015

Updated links to the K: drive to point to the renamed location.

May 14, 2015

Uploaded FSA SDLC Documentation Memorandum to the "Memos" page. Added verbiage to the "Templates & Documentation" page to clarify that the listed templates

are suggested formats for the phase deliverables.

Apr 24, 2015

Uploaded new bulletin (IB-158 Jasper and iText, Java 2EE Rptg & Doc Generation) to "Information Bulletins & Memos" page.

Apr 22, 2015

Identified and updated links to use the correct URL to SharePoint locations, since redirects from the old URLs will be retired as of May 1, 2015.

Apr 21, 2015

Redesigned the layout of the "Templates & Documents" page to enhance clarity. Required and optional deliverables are listed by phase.

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Apr 20, 2015

Replaced "SDLC Waiver Process" diagram on the "Architectural Decisions / Waivers page" with a new version.

Created link to the "SDLC Waiver Override" template on the "Templates & Documents" page.

Apr 16, 2015

Created link to "FSA NITC Mainframe SDLC" document on the "Mainframe & System 36 SDLC" page.

Searchable IB space was created on the WIKI.

Apr 14, 2015

Uploaded "CBS Release Notes" for version 2.3.19; document accessed from "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page.

Uploaded latest version of "NPS Services Description" document; updated label and file size on "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page.

Uploaded new "Farm Service Agency Systems Inventory - February 2015" document; updated label and file size on "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page.

Mar 27, 2015

Uploaded latest version of Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Guide (accessed from "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page).

Mar 06, 2015

Updated Legislative and Policy Drivers broken links. Impacted: • USDA Information and Technology Transformation • USDA Enterprise Shared Services (ESS) • Web Site Development and Maintenance • USDA eLearning Services, Courseware and Content

Feb 19, 2015

Updated the system inventory link label on the "FSA Assets and Shared Services" page to "Farm Service Agency Systems Inventory Book - July 2014", and added informational text about the document.

Jan 28, 2015

Modified the "FSA Eclipse Software" hyperlinks on the "Approved Software" page to point to generic locations for the latest file versions.

Jan 15, 2015

Updated the "Architectural Decisions / Waivers" page to reflect changes to the waiver process, including links to a new Waiver Override template and a new Waiver Process flow diagram. Uploaded a new version of the Waiver template.

Jan 13, 2015

Uploaded the latest version of the "Farm Records Web Service Implementation Guide" to the "FSA Assets and Shared Services" page.

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Dec 18, 2014

Updated this "News" page to consolidate all items from 2013 and earlier into a single searchable Word document which is organized by year. The link to the new document is located at the bottom of this page.

Dec 12, 2014

Updated the link on the "Approved Software" page to point to the FSA Eclipse 5.0 files; added a link to FES installation instructions.

Dec 10, 2014

Uploaded latest version of the "Statement of Understanding Template" (accessed from the "SDLC Development Process" and "Templates & Documents" pages).

Dec 8, 2014

Uploaded latest version of the "Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Guide" (accessed from the "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page).

Updated verbiage on the "Architectural Decisions / Waiver" page to reflect that signed waivers should be submitted to PMO for retention.

Nov 21, 2014

Uploaded latest version of the "Deployment Plan Template"; updated file sizes for document references on the "Release & Maintenance Phase" and "Templates & Documents" pages.

On the "Active IBs" page, added link to a new IB site in Confluence that provides the ability to search bulletins as well as generate a pdf of all bulletins.

Oct 29, 2014

Uploaded new "Farm Service Agency Systems Inventory - July 2014" document; updated label and file size on "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page.

Uploaded version 3.0.14 of "NPS Services Description" document; updated label and file size on "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page.

Oct 2, 2014

Uploaded revised version of IB-130; updated file size on "Information, Bulletins and Memos" page.

Sep 23, 2014

Replaced SHAM zip file with latest version.

Aug 29, 2014

Uploaded additional artifact examples for the "Requirements & Analysis" and "High Level Design" phases.

Aug 27, 2014

Uploaded version 1.3 of the "Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Guide", accessed from the "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page.

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Created reference and link for version 1.2 of the "Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Guide" on the "Archived FSA Assets & Shared Services" page.

Aug 14, 2014

Replaced SHAM zip file with latest version; updated SHAM link label on "FSA Assets and Shared Services" page to remove version information; updated file size to accurately represent size of updated zip file.

Corrected invalid link to Business Delegate article in IB-137 - Reference Architecture.

Aug 12, 2014

Replaced calendar.js file in the JavaScript Calendar zip file with updated version. This is accessible from the "Approved Software" page.

Aug 7, 2014

Updated the Deployment Plan Template document with version 3.1, and updated the Templates and Documents page to reflect file size for the updated document.

Jul 24, 2014

Removed version numbers from several document references to initiate an ongoing effort to simplify maintenance of the "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page

Uploaded latest version of Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Guide (accessed from "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page)

Updated "Archived FSA Assets & Shared Services" page with references to prior versions of Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Guide and SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual

Jul 23, 2014

Replaced existing documents under Stellent section of "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page with a new Release Notes document for Content Management Business Service (CMBS)

Updated "SDLC Approved Software" page with additional links and information associated with the Websphere product

Jul 18, 2014

Uploaded latest version of AGI Service Interface Guide (accessed from "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page)

Jul 2, 2014

Updated SDLC Waiver template with corrections and additions to signature lines; updated the "Architectural Decisions/Waivers" page to reflect correct signature requirements

Jun 20, 2014

Updated "News" page with missing items going back to January 2013

Jun 18, 2014

Updated the "Visual Paradigm" links to reflect and point to version 11.1 on the "Developer Tools - Approved Software" page. Links are provided to both 64-bit and 32-bit software versions.

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Jun 12, 2014

Added IB-157 (Migration from WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.1 to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 5.1), dated June 11, to Active Information Bulletins page

Moved IB-131 (Migration from Websphere Application Server (WAS) 5.0 to WAS 6.1), which was made obsolete by IB-157, from Active Information Bulletins page to Archived Information Bulletins page

May 14, 2014

Added new "SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual" (final) version (1.13) to the "FSA Assets and Shared Services" page

Apr 30, 2014

Added "Guiding Principles" section to the "Architectural Decision" template

Apr 16, 2014

Added new SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual version (1.13 DRAFT-MIDAS) to FSA Assets and Shared Services page

Updated Visual Paradigm to Visual Paradigm for UML version 11.0 on Approved Software page Updated Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Manual with new version (1.1) on the FSA Assets

and Shared Services page

Mar 31, 2014

Updated SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual with new version (1.12) on the FSA Assets and Shared Services page

Corrected typo on Templates & Documents page - Updated SDLC Quick Start Guide version from 1.4 to 1.5

Feb 24, 2014

Updated FSA CCB Charter template with new version (2.3, dated January 27, 2014)

Feb 7, 2014

Updated FSA Deployment Plan template with new version (3.0, submitted January 30, 2014)

Jan 6, 2014

Updated YSlow Firefox plugin, from version 2.1.0 to version 3.1.4, on "Approved Software" page

Updated "Archived Assets and Services" page to include previous versions of CBS Shared Services Release Notes that had previously been published on the active page: 2.3.13, 2.3.11, 2.3.7, 2.3.6, 2.3.5, and 2.3.2

Updated "Archived Information Bulletins" page to include IB-151 (Revision 1), which was archived on November 21

Dec 23, 2013 Updated CBS Shared Services Release Notes to version 2.3.15

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Dec 6, 2013 Added a new section for "Stellent UCPM Documentation" on the "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page, with

links to five related documents Corrected the broken link to the "Section 508 Wiki page" on the "Enterprise Architecture; Legislative and

Policy Drivers" page Updated site text on the "FSA Configuration and Change Management Program" page; replaced linked

documents with current versions on the "FSA Configuration and Change Management Program" page; added Word and PDF links to the "FSA Systems Configuration Management Plan" documents on the "Templates & Documents" page

Updated the "FSA Interactive Web Application Style Guide" to revision 1.2.3-1 on the "Templates & Documents" page. This revision contains multiple corrections and updates to link URLs.

Nov 26, 2013 Updated FSA CCB Charter Template, available from "Templates & Documents" page, to version 2.2, published

on October 22 Updated the "Statement of Understanding" template with multiple changes. A link to this template is found

on the "FSA SDLC Development Process" page.

Nov 21, 2013 Updated IB-151 (Java Build Process, Quality Reporting, and Deployment Standards) to Revision 2, on Active

Information Bulletins Page. Added Stellent API documentation to FSA Assets and Shared Services Page

Nov 13, 2013 Published version 1.2.3-1 of the FSA Interactive Web Application Style Guide Updated CBS Shared Services Release Notes to version 2.3.13; removed Release Notes for 2.3.7 and 2.3.11 Corrected link to Section 508 Landing Page (FSA Developer Wiki) from Enterprise Architecture Programs Page

Oct 29, 2013 Updated Site Map to align its content with the current site structure

Sep 30, 2013 Corrected broken links on the "Developer Tools - Approved Software" page and added descriptions Added new Information Bulletin: IB-156 - Audit Table Standards Replaced the reference and link to "Data Source Connection Pool Settings" (which is obsolete) with the

reference and link to "Standard Data Source Configuration Form" on the "Templates & Documents" page Updated the text of IB-0094 to remove the reference and link to the position paper entitled "Externalizing

Application Initialization Information" (document not found)

Sep 19, 2013 Updated tool references on the "Developer Tools Overview" page Updated existing links to "Wiki" sites to point to Confluence. Links were found on the "SDLC Home" and

"Developer Tools - Overview" pages

Aug 6, 2013 Corrected external link to "508 Compliance" site on "Discover Constraints" page

Jul 29, 2013 Added new Information Bulletin: IB-155 - J2EE and .NET File Processing Standards

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July 1, 2013 Updated link to Putty with new version of software on "Developer Tools - Approved Software" page

May 6, 2013 Uploaded "CBS Release Notes" (version 2.3.11) to the "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page Updated the "Production Data Change Policy" memo with changes issued by DBMO. This memo is found on

the "Information Bulletins & Memos" page under "Other Memos" Updated the "Developer Tools - Overview" page to reflect JIRA as the approved tool for "Defect

Tracking/Change Management" Replaced the "(KC Employees only)" link qualifier with "(FSA Intranet Access Only)" for the file link associated

with "FSA Eclipse Software Distribution" on the "Developer Tools - Approved Software" page Updated "Quality Control" paragraph on "FSA SDLC Development Process" page

Apr 16, 2013 Updated the "SDLC Waiver" template to version 1.2. This document is accessible from the "Architectural

Decisions / Waivers" page

Apr 9, 2013 Updated the contents of the "Mainframe and System 36 SDLC" page

Apr 8, 2013 Added new Information Bulletin: IB-154 - SSIS Package Platform Upgrade Uploaded the new version (for CM 2.X), of the "JIRA CCB Implementation Guide" accessible on the

"Templates & Documents" page

Feb 28, 2013 Made the "FSA Systems Inventory" document generally available on the "FSA Assets & Shared Services" page

(no longer protected behind eAuth)

Feb 7, 2013 Added a link to the "Production Data Change Policy" memo on the Memos page under "Other Memos"

Jan 29, 2013 Added "BPMN Visio Stencils" to "Developer Tools - Approved Software" page Jan 22, 2013 Updated FSA Change Management Plan and CCB Charter template with new versions

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FSA SDLC News Items - 2012

Dec 20, 2012 Updated IB-152 (Rev. 1), Deployment Management Standards

Oct 10, 2012 Updated Farm Record Web Service Implementation Guide from v1.5 to v1.6 on FSA Assets and Shared

Services page

Oct 09, 2012 Fixed broken link on Legislative Policy Drivers page

Sep 14, 2012 Updated CCB charter template v2 with v2.1 on Template and Documents page and on FSA Configuration and

Change Management Program page

Aug 30, 2012 Updated Supplementary Specs Example document link contents on Requirements and Analysis Phase page

Aug 28, 2012 Updated Architecture Office contact email list on the Approved Software page

Aug 23, 2012 Updated SRC template document link to point to share point site on the FSA Templates and Document page Updated Latest version of SoapUIPro on the Approved Software page

Aug 06, 2012 Corrected Broken eAuthentication page link on FSA Assets and Shared Services page and on Discover

Constraints page

July 03, 2012 IB-153 MQ and Java EE Messaging Standards posted on Active IBs page

July 02, 2012 Updated Deployment Plan Template v2.1 with v2.2 on Templates and Documents page

June 26, 2012 Updated Content of Architectural Decisions /Waivers Page with Latest Version of SDLC Waiver template

contents

June 21, 2012 Replaced EAS Admin User Guide v1.6 document with Version 4 on the FSA Assets and Shared Services page

June 14, 2012 Replaced CBS Release Notes 2.3.6 document with Version 2.3.7 on the FSA Assets and Shared Services page

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June 08, 2012 Replaced NPS Service Description 3.0.12 document with Version 3.0.13 on the FSA Assets and Shared Services

page

May 31, 2012 Updated Latest version of Change Management Plan Process Definition document on the FSA Templates and

Document page and on the FSA Configuration and Change Management page Updated Latest version of SoapUI on the Approved Software page

April 23, 2012 Updated Latest version of FSA CCB Charter Template on the FSA Templates and Document page and on the

FSA Configuration and Change Management page Updated FSA Configuration and Change Management page with latest contents

April 12, 2012 Updated Customer Status Service Description to v1.1 on the FSA Assets and Shared Services page Updated Production Data Change Policy memo with new version on the Memos page

March 5, 2012 Updated Latest version of EAS Deployment 6.1 Shared Library Developer Reference Manual and Installation

Manual on the FSA Assets and Shared Services page Also archived EAS 3.x Migration Guide

March 21, 2012 Updated Jira CCB Implementation Guide with the latest version on the Template & documents page and on

the FSA Configuration & Change Management Program page Also added FireEyes plugin to the Approved Software page.

February 9, 2012 Updated broken links on Enterprise Architecture Legislative and Policy Drivers page.

February 3, 2012 IB-151 (Rev. 1) Java Build Process, Quality Reporting, and Deployment Standards was posted to the Active IBs

page and IB-151 was moved to the Archived IBs page.

January 26, 2012 Added SRC Update Memo to the Memos Page and replaced NPS Service Description 3.0.10 with version

3.0.11on the FSA Assets and Shared Services page.

January 25, 2012 Updated SDLC Contact Us page.

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December 19, 2011 IB-143 (Rev. 2) Change Management Process Improvements was posted to the Active IBs page and IB-143

(Rev. 1) was moved to the Archived IBs page.

December 15, 2011 Removed old Change Management and ClearQuest links from the Configuration & Change Management and

Templates & Documents pages, and replaced them with links to the new CM 2.0 documents.

December 7, 2011 Added Cygwin to the FSA Approved Software page.

December 6, 2011 Updated version 2.3.5 of the CBS release notes to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

December 5, 2011 Added version 2.8.2 of the WAS Auto Deploy Scripts to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

November 8, 2011 Added the new 1.5 version of the Farm Records Service Implementation Guide to the FSA Assets & Shared

Services page.

October 6, 2011 Replaced version 4.1 of the FES Software Distribution with version 4.2 on the Approved Software page.

September 29, 2011 Added version 4.0 of the JDBC Driver SQL Server and version 4.1.2 of iReports to the Approved Software page. Added IB-151 - Java Build Process, Quality Reporting, and Deployment Standards to the Active IBs page.

August 10, 2011 Added version 2.3.5 of the CBS Release Notes to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

August 10, 2011 Added Websphere Application Server for Developers 6.1 to the Approved Software page.

July 28, 2011 Moved IB-138, Migration from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 from the Active Information Bulletins

page to the Archived Information Bulletins page.

July 19, 2011 Added IB-141 Rev. 2, J2EE Application Diagnostic Standards to the Active Information Bulletins page and

moved IB-141, Rev. 1 to the Archived Information Bulletin page.

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July 14, 2011 Added IB-145 Rev. 1, Shared Service Standards to the Active Information Bulletins page and moved IB-145 to

the Archived Information Bulletin page.

June 13, 2011 Added FSA Software Distribution version 4.0 to the Approved Software page.

June 9, 2011 Added version 2.3.2 of the CBS Release Notes to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

June 8, 2011 Added version 1.10 of the SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

June 1, 2011 Added Drools 5.0.1 to the Approved Software page. Added ISO to the list of Stakeholders on the Requirements & Analysis page.

May 2, 2011 Added version 1.9 of the SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

April 25, 2011 Modified SDLC Architectural Decisions page to clarify steps and responsibilities.

April 19, 2011 Added WAS Auto Deploy Scripts v2.5 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page and moved version 2.4 to the

Archived Assets & Services page.

April 14, 2011 Added IB-150 – Hyperion Application Data Source Standards to the Active IBs page.

April 13, 2011 Added the Hyperion Data Source Configuration Form to the Templates & Documents page.

April 5, 2011 Added the CA Workload Automation Desktop Client to the Approved Software page.

April 4, 2011 Modified Coding Practices page to reflect changes to JavaScript standards per IB-132 Javascript Usage.

March 31, 2011 Added IB 149, System Release Checklist to the Active IBs page.

March 24, 2011 Added WinMerge 2.12.4 to the Approved Software page. Added a System Release Checklist Template link to the Templates & Documents page.

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March 16, 2011 Added IB 132 (Rev. 1) to the Active IBs page and moved IB 132 to the Archived IBs page.

March 15, 2011 Added the latest versions of the Firefox plugins to the Approved Software page.

March 10, 2011 Added version V97FP3a of the DB2 Database Driver to the Approved Software page.

March 8, 2011 Added version 2.4 of the WAS Auto Deploy Scripts to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

March 7, 2011 Removed the link to AO Training from the Learning Overview page and updated the DAWG link to the new

SharePoint location.

February 28, 2011 Added CBS Release Notes v2.2.4 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page and moved CBS Other v1.18 to the

Archived Assets and Services page.

February 24, 2011 Added version 1.2.3 of the FSA Styleguide to the Templates and Documents page.

February 23, 2011 Added the SQL Server Upgrade to 2008 in Dev and Integration memo to the Memos page.

February 22, 2011 Added the Tax ID Elimination memo to the Memos page.

February 10, 2011 Updated the SDLC Waiver template to include new signature lines.

February 8, 2011 Added the NPS Services Description v3.0.10 to the FSA Assets and Shared Services page.

February 3, 2011 Moved the paragraph from the top of the Information Bulletins home page to the top of the Active IBs page.

The Active IBs page is now the new home page.

February 2, 2011 Added the SQL Server Drive Upgrade memo to the Memos page.

January 11, 2011 Replaced version 3.0 of the Software Distribution on the Approved Software page with version 3.1.

January 6, 2011 Updated the contact information on the Project Management page.

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December 20, 2010 Added DbVisualizer v7.1.4 to the Approved Software page.

November 24, 2010 Replaced v1.1 of the JDBC Driver SQL Server with v3.0 on the Approved Software page. Replaced v4.2 of Visual Paradigm with v5.0 on the Approved Software page.

November 12, 2010 Changed the link to the Reference Project Feature Matrix on the FSA Assets & Shared Services page to point

to the new Wiki page. Added PuTTY v0.60 to the Approved Software page.

October 20, 2010 Added the ClearCase Lockdown Memo to the Memos page. Added a link to the USDA SDLC Guide on the Legislative and Policy Drivers page.

October 19, 2010 Added EAS 3.3 to the FSA Assets and Shared Service page and moved v3.2 to the Archived Assets and Shared

Services page.

October 15, 2010 Added the Eligibility EJB Shared Services Interface Guide v4.0 and the NPS Services Description v3.0.9 to the

Assets and Shared Services page and moved Eligibility EJB Shared Services Interface Guide v3.0 and the NPS Services Description v3.0.8 to the Archived Assets and Services page.

September 30, 2010 Added IB-143 (Rev. 1) Change Management Process Improvements to the Active IBs page and moved IB-143

Change Management Process Improvements to the Inactive IBs page.

September 29, 2010 Removed a broken link to the USDA SDLC PDF on the Legislative & Policy Drivers page.

September 23, 2010 Fixed the broken link to the FSA TRM Standards List on the Approved Software page. Added "Process Definition" to the title of the second bullet point on the Configuration & Change

Management page.

August 31, 2010 Added Squirrel SQL v3.1.2 to the Approved Software page.

August 17, 2010 Added the Logging and Handling of Data Extracts of Sensitive Information and Personally Identifiable

Information memo to the Application Security page and the Memos page.

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August 11, 2010 Added the WAS Auto Deploy Scripts zip to the FSA Assets and Shared Services page. Removed the ClearCase references from the Developer Overview page and the Build the System page. Added the Subversion Migration memo to the Memos page.

August 9, 2010 Added the FSA Assets and Shared Services News Blog memo to the Memos page.

July 29, 2010 Added version 1.2.2 of the FSA Styleguide to the Templates and Documents page. Added a link to the FSA Styleguide on the Design System Interface page.

July 28, 2010 Added version 3.0.8 of the NPS Services Description document to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

July 27, 2010 Added version 1.4 of the Subsidiary Services Description - Direct Attribution document to the FSA Assets &

Shared Services page. Added the “Key Areas for Developers” content to the SDLC Home page.

July 26, 2010 Added IB-0148 – J2EE JNDI Naming Standards to the Active IBs page.

July 19, 2010 Moved the JLog items from the FSA Assets & Shared Services page to the Archived Assets & Services page.

July 1, 2010 Moved IB 88 from the Active IBs page to the Archived IBs page.

June 16, 2010 Added the MRT Web Services User Manual v0.6 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page. Moved IBs 26, 61, 74, 75, 124, & 129 from the Active IBs page to the Archived IBs page.

June 15, 2010 Added IB-142 (Rev. 1) FSA’s Web Tools Application to the Active IBs page and moved IB-142 to the Archived

IBs page. Added Visual Paradigm v4.2 to the Approved Software page.

June 3, 2010 Added the new version of the RLMS Service Interface Guide to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page. Added version 1.8 of the SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

May 17, 2010 Removed the Application Build Naming Standards document from the Templates & Documents page.

May 7, 2010 Added the CBS 2.0 memo to the Memos page.

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April 29, 2010 Added soapUI 3.5.1 to the Approved Software page.

April 26, 2010 Modified the content of the FSA Quality Assurance & Control Process page to include updated information

pertaining to QC reviews by the Architecture Office.

April 22, 2010 Added Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Guide v3.0 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page and moved

Eligibility EJB Shared Service Interface Guide v2.0 to the Archived Assets & Services page.

April 6, 2010 Added five new Firefox plugins to the Approved Software page: HTML Validator 0.8.6.1, Total Validator 6.3.0,

Web Developer 1.1.8, yslow 2.0.7, & Firebug 1.5.3.

April 5, 2010 Added a section 508 wiki page link to the Legislative and Policy Drivers page.

April 2, 2010 Added the eFMS Obligations Service Description v3.4 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page and moved

the Obligations Service Description v3.3 to the Archived Assets & Services page.

April 1, 2010 Added a link on the FSA Assets & Shared Services page to the Reference Project User Guide wiki page.

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December 11, 2009 Added updated repository references (Subversion) to the Build the System page and the Developer Tools -

Overview page.

December 4, 2009 Added the ClearQuest User Guide to the Configuration & Change Management page.

December 2, 2009 Added the A-123 Appendix A Change Control Compliance Project Initiation memo to the Memos page. Added more detail about SDLC Waivers to the content on the Architectural Decisions page.

November 25, 2009 Added the SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual v1.7 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

November 23, 2009 Added the Subsidiary Services Description - Direct Attribution document to the FSA Assets & Shared Services

page.

November 17, 2009 Removed all instances of Drools from the Approved Software page.

November 13, 2009 Removed all instances of Hibernate from the Approved Software page.

November 10, 2009 Added version 3.0.6 of the NPS Services Description document to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page. Added the Transition from RSA to Eclipse memo to the Memos page.

November 5, 2009 Added the EAS Shared Library Installation Manual and the EAS Shared Library Developer Reference Manual to

the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

November 3, 2009 Added EAS 3.2 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page and moved EAS 3.1 to the Archived Assets & Services

page.

November 2, 2009 Added SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver v1.1 to the Approved Software page.

October 29, 2009 Added IB-0146 Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Persistence and Transaction Management Standards

to the Active Information Bulletins page.

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October 22, 2009 Added the Standalone Web Project User Guide to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

October 21, 2009 Added the Standalone Web Project to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

October 9, 2009 Updated the "Developers Guide" links on the Construction & Assembly, Build the System, and Templates &

Documents pages.

October 8, 2009 Updated the "Urgency" descriptions on the Resolve Defects page.

October 6, 2009 Added the Subversion Command Line Client v1.6.5 to the Approved Software page.

September 17, 2009 Added version 01_018 of the CBS .jar to the FSA Assets page. Moved version 01_017 of the CBS .jar from the FSA Assets page to the Archived FSA Assets page.

September 16, 2009 Updated the EA email link on the following Enterprise Architecture pages: Tool Support, Templates &

Examples, & Training.

September 16, 2009 Updated the TCO link on the following pages with the new url: Independent Verification, Deliver & Support,

Resolve Defects, Requirements & Analysis, Document the System, & Plan Deployments.

September 10, 2009 Corrected the Architecture Office link on the Requirements & Analysis page, the Architectural Decisions page,

and the Approved Software page.

August 28, 2009 Added the Developer Resource - Security Policy for SQL 2005 to the Templates & Documents page. Added content to the new Audit Tables page. Added new DBMO content to the Detailed Design page, including a link to the new Audit Tables page. Added version 01_017 of the CBS .jar to the FSA Assets page. Moved version 01_016 of the CBS .jar from the FSA Assets page to the Archived FSA Assets page.

August 27, 2009 Added Jmeter 2.3.4 to the Approved Software page.

August 26, 2009 Added the ClearQuest CCB Workflow Guide to Configuration & Change Management page and the Templates

& Documents page.

August 17, 2009 Added the Jasper Reports memo to the Memos page.

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August 4, 2009 Added IB-0145 Shared Service Standards to the Active Information Bulletins page.

July 30, 2009 Added NPS Services Description 3.0.5 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page and moved version 3.0.4 to

the Archived Assets page.

July 27, 2009 Added CAF 4.1 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page and moved CAF 4.0 to the Archived Assets page.

July 24, 2009 Added content to the new Memos page.

July 22, 2009 Added the Developer Infobase Wiki content to the Developer Tools - Overview page.

July 22, 2009 The following memos have been released: Audit Table Policy Security Policy for SQL 2005 Note: These memos will eventually reside on the "Information Bulletins and Memos" page.

July 17, 2009 Removed IB-0107 EAS 2.1 Update Impact from the Active Information Bulletins page and added it to the

Archived Information Bulletins page.

July 16, 2009 Added IReports 3.5.2 to the Approved Software page.

July 14, 2009 Added the Customer Status Service Description document to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

July 10, 2009 The following memos were released by the Architecture Office: Farm Records Service Update SCIMS Service Deprecation Subsidiary Service Eligibility Deprecation Note: These memos will eventually reside on the "Information Bulletins and Memos" page.

July 8, 2009 Added IB-0144 - Logging and Exception Handling Standards to the Active IBs page. Added v1.4 of the Farm Records Web Service Implementation Guide to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page

and moved the reference to v1.3 to the Archived Assets page.

July 6, 2009 Added version 01.005 of the Subsidiary Eligibility Service Implementation Guide [EligibilitySOAP2] to the FSA

Assets & Shared Services page. Moved version 01.002 to the Archived Assets and Services page.

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June 30, 2009 Added version 4.000.1 of the CAF Implementation Guide to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page. Moved

version 4.0 to the Archived Assets and Services page. The Archived Approved Software page was removed from the site.

June 25, 2009 Added IB-0100 (Rev. 2) Application Security with eAuthentication to the Active IBs page. Moved IB-0100 to

the Archived IBs page.

June 18, 2009 Added the SCIMS Web Service Implementation Manual v1.6 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page and

moved v1.5 to the Archived FSA Assets page.

June 17, 2009 Added Maven information to the Approved Software page and removed all items from the Approved

Software list that also exist in the Nexus repository. Added the "Artifact Request Email" text document to the Templates and Documents page.

June 5, 2009 Added the "Use Case Language" content to the Define Behavior page.

June 3, 2009 Added EAS 3.1, the EAS 3.1 Migration Guide and the EAS Design - Service Description document to the FSA

Assets & Shared Services page. Moved versions 3.0 of these items to the Archived FSA Assets page.

May 28, 2009 Replaced AFAO Services Description v2.2 with NPS Services Description v3.0.4 on the FSA Assets & Shared

Services page. Moved the AFAO reference to the Archived Assets page.

May 27, 2009 Removed the five "QC" documents from the Templates & Documents page. Renamed "Software Distribution" to "FSA Eclipse Software Distribution" on the Approved Software page.

May 14, 2009 Added AO contact information to the Development Process page in reference to QC Artifact submissions.

May 12, 2009 Added the FSA Change Management Executive Overview to the Configuration & Change Management page

and the Templates & Documents page.

May 11, 2009

Added the ClearQuest State Flow diagram to the Configuration & Change Management page and to the Templates & Documents page.

May 5, 2009 Added links to the FSA Builds Overview and the FSA Code Review Guidelines on the Build the System page

and the Templates & Documents page.

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Added EAS 3.0, the EAS 3.0 Migration Guide and the EAS Design - Service Description document to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

May 4, 2009 Added CAF 4.0 to the FSA Assets & Shared Services page.

May 1, 2009 Published approved version of the FSA Change Management Plan to the Configuration & Change

Management page. Added a link to the ClearQuest configuration file on the Configuration & Change Management page. Added version 2.0 of the Software Distribution to the Approved Software page. Added version 2.0 of the Reference Project User Guide to the FSA Assets page.

April 30, 2009 Added a link on the Mainframe & System 36 SDLC page to the Technical Information Advisories page. Added a link on the Technical Information Advisories page to the Mainframe & System 36 SDLC page. Added three new Firefox plugins (HTTPFox, HTML Validator & Total Validator) to the Approved Software

page.

April 29, 2009 Added the System 36 SDLC content to the Mainframe & System 36 SDLC page. This page was just renamed. It

used to be NITC Mainframe SDLC.

April 24, 2009 Added version 1.2 of the FSA Change Management Plan document on the Configuration & Change

Management page. Added version 1.2 of the FSA Change Management Plan: ClearQuest Implementation document on the

Configuration & Change Management page.

April 20, 2009 Added version 01_016 of the CBS .jar to the FSA Assets page. Moved version 01_015 of the CBS .jar from the FSA Assets page to the Archived FSA Assets page.

April 13, 2009 Added the five QAP documents to the Templates & Documents page. Added content for the new FSA Quality Assurance & Control Process page.

April 9, 2009 Added IB-0142 to the Active IBs page. Moved IB-0072 to the Archived IBs page.

April 2, 2009 Removed the references to "QC" Artifacts on the following pages: Requirements & Analysis, Discover

Constraints, High Level Design, Detailed Design, Construction & Assembly, Build the System, Coding Practices, Independent Verification, and Release & Maintenance.

April 1, 2009 Modified the content of the QC Artifact Submission page to eliminate the details regarding QC review

schedules and procedures.

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Modified the content of the SDLC Background page to remove the references to QC artifacts. Reworded the "About the Artifacts" paragraph.

Added a link to the new FSA Quality Assurance page on the FSA SDLC Overview page.

March 31, 2009 The new FSA Quality Assurance & Control Process page was added to the left navigation. The Request QC Review page was renamed to "QC Artifact Submission".

March 19, 2009 Modified the content of the Error Handling page to clarify that all PII should be excluded in exception logging.

March 12, 2009 Added Apache Commons IO v1.4 to the Approved Software page. Added Apache Commons BeanUtils v1.8.0 to the Approved Software page. Added Apache Commons Digester v1.8.1 to the Approved Software page. Added Apache Commons Chain v1.2 to the Approved Software page.

March 11, 2009 Added the new Application Development Glossary (replaced the FSA Glossary) to the Templates &

Documents page, the Requirements and Analysis page, and the Standardize Vocabulary page. Moved IB-136 to the Archived IBs page and added IB-136 (Rev. 1) to the Active IBs page. Moved IB-141 to the Archived IBs page and added IB-141 (Rev. 1) to the Active IBs page.

March 9, 2009 Added the new version of the Standard Data Source Configuration Form to the Templates & Documents page.

March 4, 2009 Added the new version of the FSA Interactive Web Application Style Guide to the Templates & Documents

page and the Discover Constraints page.

February 26, 2009 Combined SQL JDBC 1.1 into a single zip file on the Approved Software page.

February 24, 2009 Added the MRT Web Services - User Manual and new versions of the Enterprise MRT Overview and the MRT

Business Overview to the FSA Assets page. Added an updated version of the SCIMS Web Service Interface Manual to the FSA Assets page.

February 18, 2009 Modified the links in the Enterprise Architecture section to point to the new FEA locations.

February 17, 2009 Removed Hudson 1.251 from the Approved Software page.

February 9, 2009 Added GlobalJNDI.sar to the Approved Software page.

February 6, 2009 Moved IB-0062 and IB-0065 to the Archived IBs page.

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February 5, 2009 Added IB-0141 to the Active IBs page.

February 4, 2009 Updated the Compliance Web Service Implementation Manual to version 1.1 on the FSA Assets page. Removed the link to the Tutorials on the Learning Overview page and updated the link to the AO Training

Calendar. Removed the "Architecture Office Training" bullet from the Training Schedule page.

January 28, 2009 Added the Obligations Management Service Description v3.3 to the FSA Assets page and moved v3.1 to the

Archived FSA Assets page. Added soapui 2.0.2 to the Approved Software page.

January 27, 2009 Modified the Approved Software page to align with the Technical Reference Model (TRM).

January 26, 2009 Added IB-0135 (Rev. 2) to the Active IBs page. Moved IB-0135 (Rev. 1) to the Archived IBs page.

January 23, 2009 Moved the Subsidiary Web Service Implementation Guide from the FSA Assets page to the Archived FSA

Assets page. Added the Crop Web Service Implementation Guide v1.1 to the FSA Assets and Shared Services page.

January 21, 2009 Moved the Subsidiary Eligibility Service Implementation Guide from the FSA Assets page to the Archived FSA

Assets page.

January 20, 2009 Added CBS - RN_CBS_OTHER_01_015 to the FSA Assets page and moved RN_CBS_OTHER_01_012 to the

Archived Assets page.

January 16, 2009 Added the Project Change Control Board Charter to the Configuration and Change Management page and to

the Templates and Documents page. Added the ClearQuest Setup document to the Configuration and Change Management page and to the

Templates and Documents page.

January 15, 2009 Added the AGI Web Service User's Manual to the FSA Assets page. Added the RLMS Developer's Guide to the FSA Assets page. Transferred IB-0105 back to the Active IBs page.

January 7, 2009 Moved CBS 01_011, CBS 01_010, CBS Implementation Guides, CBS Hibernate 3.0.5, CBS Datamart Java, CBS

1.9.5, CBS 1.9.4, CBS 1.9.2, CBS 1.9.1, CBS 1.9 and CBS 1.8 to the Archived FSA Assets page. Moved EAS 2.0 to the Archived FSA Assets page.

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Removed CBS 1.5, CBS 1.4 and CBS 1.3 from the FSA Assets page. Removed EAS 2.0 beta from the FSA Assets page.

January 6, 2009 Added the CAF 3.01 Implementation Guide to the FSA Assets and Shared Services page. Moved CAF Axis, CAF 1.3, CAF 1.3.1 and CAF 3.0 to the Archived FSA Assets page.

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December 24, 2008 Added ehcache 1.5.0 to the Approved Software page.

December 19, 2008 Added IB-0135 (Rev. 1) to the Active IBs page. Moved IB-0135 to the Archived IBs page.

December 18, 2008 Added a direct link to the Eclipse distribution on the Approved Software page. Provided additional clarification to eAuth and EAS on the Discover Constraints page. Bundled the older news items on this page into a single file. Added IB-0098 (Rev. 1) to the Active IBs page. Moved IB-0098 to the Archived IBs page.

December 15, 2008 Finished removing the Last Modified dates that were entered manually. Added Log4j 1.2.15 to the Approved Software page. Added IB-0140 to the Active IBs page.

December 11, 2008 Refactored the Information Bulletin section. Began removing the Last Modified dates that were entered manually.

December 10, 2008 Added Spring 2.5.6 to the Approved Software page.

December 5, 2008 Added Jakarta Commons Codec 1.3 to the Approved Software page.

December 4, 2008 Added DbUnit 2.4.1 to the Approved Software page.

December 3, 2008 Added a PDF version of the FSA Interactive Web Application Style Guide v1.2 to the Templates & Documents

page. Added the Reference Project components and guides to the FSA Assets and Shared Services page. Added file type and size information to each file on the Active IBs page and the Archived IBs page.

December 2, 2008 Added a zipped version of the FSA Interactive Web Application Style Guide v1.2 to the Templates &

Documents page. Added file type and size information to each file on the FSA Assets and Shared Services page, the Approved

Software page and the Templates & Documents page.

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November 26, 2008 Added a table for the IBs on the Active IBs page and removed the "Reasoning" column from the table on the

Archived IBs page.

November 14, 2008 Added Spring version 2.0.7 to the Approved Software page.

November 13, 2008 Added the new 3.1 version of the Obligations Service Description document to the FSA Assets page.

November 12, 2008 Removed the "DR" references from the titles of the Developer Resource documents on the Templates page.

November 10, 2008 Added IB-0139 to the Active IBs page.

November 6, 2008 Moved IB-0115 to the Archived IBs page.

November 4, 2008 Updated the Developer Resource - Reference Architecture v3.1 document on the Templates page to align

with IB-0137.

October 29, 2008 Added IB-0138 to the Active IBs page. Added an updated version of the FSA Interactive Web Application Style Guide to the Templates page. Added an updated version of the Standard Data Source Configuration Form to the Templates page. Moved IB-0130 to the Archived IBs page.

October 22, 2008 Added an updated version of the Farm Records Web Service Implementation Guide to the FSA Assets page.

October 20, 2008 Added IB-0137 to the Active IBs page.

October 16, 2008 Updated the FSA Change Management Plan document to version 1.1. Added JDBC Driver SQL Server version 1.1 (jar) to the Approved Software page. Added JDBC Driver SQL Server version 1.1 (exe) to the Approved Software page.

October 15, 2008 Added iText version 1.3.1 to the Approved Software page. Added JMeter version 2.3.2 to the Approved Software page.

October 9, 2008 Added the Change Control Board Charter to the Templates page.

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October 6, 2008 Added soapUI version 2.0.1 to the Approved Software page. Added jscalendar version 1.0 to the Approved Software page. Moved IB-0045 and IB-0050 from the Active Information Bulletins page to the Archived Information Bulletins

page.

October 2, 2008 Added IB-0136 to the Active IBs page.

October 1, 2008 Added new JDBC drivers and an updated version of Javancss to the Approved Software page.

September 30, 2008 Submitted an updated version of the "Standard Data Source Configuration Form". Fixed a link on the Build the System page. Linked EAS, CAF & CBS references to the FSA Assets page. Edited the bulleted list on the Coding Practices page.

September 26, 2008 Added a ClearCase plugin and EMMA version 2.1 to the Approved Software page.

September 25, 2008 Relocated the content from IB-0080 (Rev. 1) to the Coding Practices page.

September 23, 2008 Added Apache Ant 1.6.5 to the Approved Software page.

September 22, 2008 Added the Standard Data Source Configuration Form to the Templates page.

September 18, 2008 Web site officially released.

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