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BRM v3-1 Taxonomy 20130615
BRM v3-1 Taxonomy 20130615
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Appendix H: Business Reference Model Taxonomy with Definitions
The BRM taxonomy is structured as a three‐layer hierarchy representing Executive Branch Mission Sectors, Business Functions and Services.
Mission Sector – Identifies the ten business areas of the Federal Government in the Common Approach to EA
Business Function – Describes what the Federal government does at an aggregated level, leveraging the budget function classification
codes provided in OMB Circular A‐11
Service – Further describes what the Federal government does at a secondary or component level
Business Reference Model
Defense & Security Environment & Natural
Diplomacy & Trade Mission Sectors Resources
Economic & Financial Health & Well-Being
Education & Workforce (10) Law & Justice
Energy & Technology Transport and Space
General Government
Business Functions (40)
Homeland Security
Intelligence Operations
Defense and Security National Defense
•Administer Federal Assistance/ •Collaboration General Government •Information Sharing •Records Mgmt
Entitlements •Communications •Information Technology Mgmt •Reporting
•Agency Planning, Budgeting, •Customer Services/Relations •Information/Cyber Security •Support Delivery of
and Performance •Financial Mgmt Mgmt Federal Government
•Analysis and Statistics •Human Resource Mgmt •Manage Property & Assets Services
•Business Mgmt Services •Information Mgmt •Public Value Creation & Mgmt •Visualization
•Central Government Operations
Services (228)
In the sections below, each BRM Domain is shown as a tree diagram, followed by definitions of the taxonomy elements in the corresponding
tree.
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Defense and
National
Security
(B01)
International
National Defense‐ security assistance Intelligence operations
Atomic energy
Defense defense activities related (B01.152) (B01.055)
activities
(B01.050) (B01.053)
(B01.054)
Intelligence Intelligence
Collection Tasking Holdings Analysis
Nuclear Emergency (B01.55.372)
Protection (B01.55.376)
Force Management and
(B01.050.282) Training Response
(B01.050.284) (B01.053.350) Intelligence
Target Collection Intelligence
Force (B01.55.373) Product
Allocation Defense Nuclear Security Production
(B01.050.301) (B01.053.351) (B01.55.377)
Intelligence
Holdings
Intelligence Data
Counter‐Proliferation Processing
Access and
and Counter‐Terrorism (B01.55.374)
Delivery
(B01.053.364) (B01.55.378)
Special Intelligence
Activities (B01.55.379)
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Defense and National Security
(B01)
Code Mission Business Service Definition
Sector Function
B01.050 Defense National Defense Common defense and security of the United States. It encompasses the
and raising, equipping, and maintaining of armed forces (including civilian support
National activities), development and utilization of weapons systems (including nuclear
Security weapons), and related programs; direct compensation and benefits paid to
active military and civilian personnel and contributions to their retirement,
health, and life insurance funds; defense research, development, testing, and
evaluation; and procurement, construction, stockpiling, and other activities
undertaken to directly foster national security.
B01.050.279 Defense National Battlespace Battlespace Networks includes activities that extend “commercial like” IT
and Defense Networks Infrastructure to meet the connectivity and interoperability needs of deployed
National and mobile warfighting capabilities. This function focuses on information
Security transport; and computing and enterprise services capabilities for the tactical
edge users. It includes tactical edge networks and gateways to enable end‐to‐
end connectivity between battlespace networks and IT infrastructure
capabilities.
B01.050.280 Defense National Command and Command and Control includes activities that facilitate the exercise of
and Defense Control authority and direction by a properly designated commander or decision
National maker over assigned and attached forces and resources in the accomplishment
Security of the mission. It includes activities to align or synchronize interdependent and
disparate entities to achieve unity of effort, understand information about the
environment and situation to aid in decision making, establish a framework
and select a course of action to employ resources to achieve a desired
outcome/effect; and observe and assess events/effects of a decision.
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Diplomacy and Trade
(B02)
International Conduct of
development and International commerce
humanitarian assistance foreign affairs
(B02.155)
(B02.151) (B02.153)
International
Foreign Affairs Global Trade
Development
(B02.153.041) (B02.155.043)
(B02.151.367)
Humanitarian Aid Arms Control
(B02.151.368) (B02.153.306)
American Indian and
Alaskan Native Relations
(B02.153.361)
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Diplomacy and Trade
(B02)
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American
American Indian and Alaskan Native Relations involves all activities related to
Diplomacy Conduct of Indian and
B02.153.361 working with tribal governments, in tribal trust relationships or supporting tribal
and Trade foreign affairs Alaskan Native
nations through treaties and/or other legal agreements.
Relations
Global Trade refers to those activities the federal government undertakes to
Diplomacy International
B02.155.043 Global Trade advance worldwide economic prosperity by increasing trade through the
and Trade commerce
opening of overseas markets and freeing the flow of goods, services, and capital.
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Economic and Financial
(B03)
Intellectual Property
Protection
(B03.376.012)
Financial Sector
Oversight
(B03.376.013)
Industry Sector Income
Stabilization
(B03.376.014)
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Economic and Financial
(B03)
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Education and
Workforce
(B04)
Elementary,
Research and Consumer and
Secondary, and Training and
Higher Education general education Social services occupational
Vocational employment
(B04.502) aids (B04.506) health and safety
Education (B04.504)
(B04.503) (B04.554)
(B04.501)
Elementary,
Secondary, and Cultural and
Training and Labor Rights
Vocational Higher Education Historic Worker Safety
Employment Management
Education (B04.502.016) Preservation (B04.554.066)
(B04.504.064) (B04.506.065)
(B04.501.015) (B04.503.017)
Educational Cultural and
Excellence Historic Exhibition Labor Relations
(B04.504.228)
(B04.501.271) (B04.503.018)
Vocational
Rehabilitation
(B04.504.311)
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Education and Workforce
(B04)
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Energy, Science and
Technology
(B05)
General science and Energy information,
Energy conservation Energy supply
basic research policy, and regulation
(B05.272) (B05.271)
(B05.251) (B05.276)
Scientific and
Energy Production and Energy Technology
Technological Research Energy Conservation
Transmission Development
and Innovation (B05.272.020)
(B05.271.019) (B05.276.272)
(B05.251.026)
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Energy, Science and Technology
(B05)
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Environmental and
Natural Resources
(B06)
Pollution control and Other natural
Water resources Conservation and land Recreational resources
abatement resources
(B06.301) (B06.302) (B06.303)
(B06.304) (B06.306)
Recreational Resource Environmental
Water Resource Conservation, Marine Pollution Prevention
Management and Monitoring and
Management and Land Management and Control
Tourism Forecasting
(B06.301.056) (B06.302.057) (B06.304.025)
(B06.303.058) (B06.306.023)
Environmental Waste Environmental
Management Remediation
(B06.304.308) (B06.306.024)
Environmental Site
Stewardship
(B06.304.309)
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Environmental and Natural Resources
(B06)
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Health and
Well‐Being
(B07)
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Health and Well‐Being
(B07)
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B07.551.383 Health and Health Services Healthcare Healthcare Needs of Special Populations involves the research,
Well‐Being and Needs of discovery, and testing of products and devices for the needs of special
Management Special populations. It also includes supporting dialogues and publication of
Populations information related to this healthcare needs.
B07.551.385 Health and Health Services Access to Safe Access to Safe and Efficacious medical products involves the
Well‐Being and and Efficacious management and execution of the evaluation processes for medical
Management medical products. This includes product formulation, ingredient and
products constituent content, product labelling and proposed advertising.
B07.552 Health and Health research and training All research programs—whether basic or applied—that are financed
Well‐Being specifically as health or medical research. Excludes research that is an
integral part of other functions (such as biomedical research in the space
program).
B07.552.249 Health and Health research Health Care Health Care Research and Practitioner Education fosters advancement in
Well‐Being and training Research and health discovery and knowledge. This includes developing new strategies
Practitioner to handle diseases; promoting health knowledge advancement;
Education identifying new means for delivery of services, methods, decision models
and practices; making strides in quality improvement; managing clinical
trials and research quality; and providing for practitioner education.
B07.552.358 Health and Health research Healthcare and The application of advanced technology and science‐based standards in a
Well‐Being and training Regulatory regulatory framework to support pre‐market and post‐market evaluation
Science and approval of new technologies, products, services, and manufacturing
Research practices.
B07.552.366 Health and Health research Biomedical Basic, clinical, and translational research concerned with the application
Well‐Being and training Research of biological, physiological, sociological principles to clinical medicine to
improve human health.
B07.554.310 Health and Consumer and Food and Drug Food and Drug Quality and Safety assesses quality indicators and safety
Well‐Being occupational Quality and metrics as a means to protect and promote the health of the general
health and Safety population. This includes monitoring of humans, animals, animal
safety products, and plants, as well as tracking the spread of diseases and pests.
Also includes evaluation of food and drug related incidents to assess the
potential risks and dangers; education of the consumer and the general
population; and facilitation of health promotion and disease and injury
prevention.
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B07.554.382 Health and Consumer and Compliance The compliance and enforcement of government health regulations
Well‐Being occupational and supports the periodic verification and compliance of establishments,
health and Enforcement products, retail sales activities, and import activities. Medical products
safety of Government include Pre‐market and post‐market activities with establishment
Health inspections, product sampling, quality reporting and enforcement
Regulations actions.
B07.554.384 Health and Consumer and Preparation Preparation against threats of Bioterrorism, Pandemic and Emerging
Well‐Being occupational against threats Infectious Diseases involves the activities to identify serious and time‐
health and of critical product safety concerns related to Government regulated
safety Bioterrorism, products and the nation's food supply and managing (including
Pandemic and coordinating and communicating) emergency response activities.
Emerging
Infectious
Diseases
B07.554.386 Health and Consumer and Global Supply Global Supply Chain Safety ‐ Foods and Regulated Products involves
Well‐Being occupational Chain Safety ‐ the monitoring and evaluation of foods and regulated products
health and Foods and associated with a global supply chain for food and medical products.
safety
Regulated
Products
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Law and Justice
(B08)
Border and Fugitive and
Transportation Criminal Judicial Hearings Legal Defense Criminal
Security Apprehension (B08.752.051) (B08.752.052) Incarceration
(B08.751.033) (B08.751.044) (B08.753.005)
Criminal
Crime Prevention Legal Prosecution Criminal
Investigation and Legal Investigation
(B08.751.047) and Litigation Rehabilitation
Surveillance (B08.752.053)
(B08.752.054) (B08.753.006)
(B08.751.045)
Criminal and
Immigration and Seized Asset
Terrorist Threat
Naturalization Management
Mitigation
(B08.751.304) (B08.752.336)
(B08.751.346)
Criminal Execute Court
Management Orders
(B08.751.347) (B08.751.348)
Witness Protection
(B08.751.352)
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Law and Justice
(B08)
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Transport and Space
(B09)
Space flight, research,
and supporting Ground transportation Air transportation Water transportation Other transportation
activities (B09.401) (B09.402) (B09.403) (B09.407)
(B09.252)
Space Exploration and
Ground Transportation Air Transportation Water Transportation Navigation
Innovation
(B09.401.061) (B09.402.060) (B09.403.062) (B09.407.312)
(B09.252.027)
Space Transportation
(B09.252.063)
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Transport and Space
(B09)
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Government Continued on next
(B10) page
General property
Executive direction Central fiscal
and records
and management operations
management
(B10.802) (B10.803)
(B10.804)
Facilities, Fleet and
Enterprise Budget
Strategic Planning Budget Execution Federal Asset Sales Equipment
Architecture Formulation
(B10.802.104) (B10.803.105) (B10.804.118) Management
(B10.802.103) (B10.803.101)
(B10.804.119)
External Partner
IT Strategy and Goods and Services Security
Relationship Debt Collection Travel
Innovation Acquisition Management
Management (B10.803.116) (B10.803.122)
(B10.802..354) (B10.804.143) (B10.810.121)
(B10.802.517)
Collections and Taxation
Receivables Management
(B10.803.127) (B10.803.180) Management of
Government
Records
Tax and Fiscal Collect Revenues (B10.804.345)
Policy and User Fees
(B10.803.260) (B10.803.328)
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General Continued on
Continued
from previous Government next page
page (B10)
Central personnel General purpose Other general
management fiscal assistance government
(B10.805) (B10.806) (B10.808)
Workforce Staffing and Credit and Key Asset and
Planning Recruiting Insurance Critical
(B10.805.106) (B10.805.251) (B10.806.320) General Purpose
Infrastructure Data and Statistics
Federal Financial Protection
Employee Benefits Employee (B10.808.070)
Assistance (B10.808.034)
and Performance
Compensation Management (B10.806.362)
(B10.805.254) Inspection and Permits and
(B10.805.255) Auditing
Federal Funds to Licensing
Employee States and Local (B10.808.077)
Separation (B10.808.079)
Relations Management Governments
(B10.805.256) (B10.806.363) Community
(B10.805.257) Community
Deployed Resources Functional
Employee (B10.808.381) Management
Time Reporting
(B10.805.613) Development and (B10.808.380)
Training Public Comment
(B10.805.618) Tracking
(B10.808.113) Rule Publication
Payroll Workforce (B10.808.115)
(B10.805.624) Directory / Reporting and
Locator Information Legislative Functions
(B10.805.644) (B10.808.129) (B10.808.176)
Regulatory Regulatory
Compliance Enforcement
(B10.808.319) (B10.808.321)
Public Continuity of
Communications Operations
Infrastructure (B10.808.329)
(B10.808.322)
Legislative Credential Issuance
Relations and Management
(B10.808.330) (B10.808.337)
Mapping / Disaster Preparation
Geospatial and Planning
(B10.808.590) (B10.808.008)
Disaster Repair Emergency
and Restore Response
(B10.808.009 (B10.808.010)
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General
Continued from Continued on
Government
previous page next page
(B10)
Cyber security Knowledge
Information
management management
sharing (B10.811)
(B10.810) (B10.812)
Cryptography Correspondence
Incident Response Data Mining
(B10.810.650) Management
(B10.810.654) (B10.811.592)
(B10.811.533)
Audit Trail Capture Certification and
Data Exchange Data Warehouse
and Analysis Accreditation
(B10.810.655) (B10.811.601) (B10.811.603)
(B10.810.656)
Meta Data
Data Recovery
Management
(B10.811.608)
(B10.811.604)
Community Information Mapping
/ Taxonomy /
Management Categorization
(B10.811.673) (B10.811.339)
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previous page (B10)
Support delivery of Support delivery of
federal services federal services
(B10.813) (B10.813)
Content
Customer Services Help Desk Services Customer Feedback
Management
(B10.813.108) (B10.813.120) (B10.813.518)
(B10.813.344)
Provide and
System and Network
Maintain IT Process Tracking Case Management
Monitoring
Infrastructure (B10.813.530) (B10.813.531)
(B10.813.263)
(B10.813.139)
Assistive Technology Program / Project
Business Analytics Email
Services Management
(B10.813.318) (B10.813.659)
(B10.813.314) (B10.813.538)
IT System Document
Enterprise Licenses Voice
Development / Management and
and Software Communications
Integration Support Workflow
(B10.813.327) (B10.813.675)
(B10.813.326) (B10.813.661)
Audio / Video System Resource
Web Infrastructure Issue Tracking
Conferencing Usage
(B10.813.341) (B10.813.680)
(B10.813.343) (B10.813.678)
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General Government
(B10)
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