Policies
21st Century IDEA Act
The 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (21st Century IDEA) became active in December of 2018. It requires all government-produced websites, applications, and other digital products intended for public use to meet...
Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC)
The Division E of the Information Technology Management Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–106, Clinger Cohen Act) requires federal executive departments and agencies to use a disciplined capital planning and investment control (CPIC) process to acquire, use, maintain, and...
Circular A-130
In July 2016, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) revised Circular A-130, "Managing Information as a Strategic Resource," to...
Cloud Smart
Cloud computing is a means for delivering computing services via IT networks. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, cloud enables "on-demand access to shared and scalable pools of computing resources with the goal of minimizing management effort or...
Completing the Transition to Internet Protocol Version 6
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on a draft memorandum titled, Completing the Transition to Internet Protocol Version 6. The public comment period on the draft memorandum begins on Monday, March 2nd in the...
Cybersecurity
Our Nation's security and economic prosperity depend on the stability and integrity of our Federal communications and information infrastructure. Threats to cyberspace pose some of the most serious challenges of the 21st century for the United States. The President has made...
Data
The use of data is transforming society, business, and the economy. Data provided by the Federal Government have a unique place in society and maintaining trust in Federal data is pivotal to a democratic process. The Federal Government needs a robust, integrated approach to...
Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI)
The Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) was established in OMB Memorandum M-19-19 in August 2016. It supercedes the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI) and fulfills the data center...
Evidence-Based Policymaking
The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (or OPEN Government Data Act, Pub.L. 115–435) is a United States law that requires the federal government to modernize its data management practices. The bill requires agencies to submit annually to the Office of Management...
Executive Order 13960 AI Use Case Inventories Reference
Consistent with Section 5 of Executive Order (EO) 13960, "Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government," and pursuant to the Advancing American AI Act and OMB Memorandum M-24-10, *Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for...
Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy
Per the Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy, via Executive Order 13800, the President will continue to hold heads of executive departments and agencies accountable for managing cybersecurity...
Federal Data Center Enhancement Act
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released Memorandum M-25-03 to fulfill requirements of the Federal Data Center Enhancement Act (FDCEA) of...
Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA)
Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA), dating back to 2002, requires agencies to report the status of their information security programs to OMB and requires Inspectors General (IG) to conduct...
Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA)
Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), as of December 2014, is a historic law that represented the first major overhaul of Federal IT in almost 20 years. Since FITARA's enactment, OMB published guidance to agencies to ensure that...
FedRAMP
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program, as of December 2018, that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services....
Identity, Credentialing, and Access Management (ICAM)
The memorandum OMB M-19-17 in May 2019, Identity, Credentialing, and Access Management (ICAM), sets forth the Federal Government's latest ICAM policy and overrides a number of prior OMB memos dating...
Management of High Value Assets
With the creation of the High Value Asset (HVA) initiative in 2015, the Federal Government's CFO Act agencies took a pivotal step toward the identification of its most critical assets. DHS, in coordination with OMB, established a capability to assess agency HVAs, resulting in...
Section 508
In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to require Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology (EIT) accessible to people with disabilities. The law (29 U.S.C § 794...
Shared Services
The Centralized Mission Support Capabilities for the Federal Government memorandum, as of April 2019, is a strategy based on industry experiences and lessons learned from other central governments. Its goal is to reduce...
Technology Business Management
Technology Business Management (TBM) is an IT management framework that implements a standard IT spend taxonomy. In other words, it implements a standard way to categorize IT costs, technologies, resources, applications and services. TBM enables organizations to disaggregate IT...
Technology Modernization Fund
The Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) was authorized by the Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017. The TMF is an innovative funding vehicle that gives agencies additional ways to deliver services to the American public more quickly, better secure sensitive systems...
Trusted Internet Connection
The purpose of the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) initiative is to enhance network security across the Federal Government. Initially, this was done through the consolidation of external connections and the deployment...
Workforce
The Federal Government needs an IT workforce that can effectively carry out its mission. "Workforce" is a push toward identifying, hiring, and empowering the best possible people in federal IT. The Administration's broader focus on Developing the Workforce of the 21st...