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FISMA reporting must use automated tool
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:32:16 -0500 (CDT)
http://fcw.com/articles/2009/08/25/web-fisma-automated-reporting-tool.aspx By Ben Bain FCW.com Aug 25, 2009 Agencies must use an automated reporting tool to show their compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act this year, Obama administration officials have said. This year the Office of Management and Budget will only accept annual FISMA reports from agencies submitted with a new automated reporting tool that will allow manual data entry and an automated upload of data, OMB said in a memo to heads of departments and agencies. Previously, the agencies reported data by using spreadsheets. “The reporting categories and questions are generally the same as last year, and the report will cover the same areas as in previous years,” Jeffrey Zients, OMB’s deputy director for management and Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, said in the memo dated Aug. 20. “However, while the content of the report has changed little since 2008, the means of collection have changed substantially.” The administration officials said CIOs, inspectors general and privacy officials – all officials who report data to OMB on FISMA compliance – will have to use the new tool. OMB said a test version of the tool will be available this month and that because of the new collection system, the reports will be due Nov. 18. [...]
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