| Circular A-130 was first issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1985, in order to establish policy for the management of US federal government information resources. The circular provides uniform policies, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980. Main Policy Points The body of Circular A-130 discusses the policy for managing information resources. The information management policy is briefly outlined below: Agencies are required to plan in an integrated manner for managing information throughout its lifecycle.
Agencies should provide for public access to records where required/appropriate.
Agencies should collect or create only the information that is necessary for the proper [...] In October 2009, the US federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released CyberScope, a reporting tool for federal agencies. Under the FISMA (the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002), agencies are obliged to report on their information security statuses. The introduction of CyberScope aimed to correct any weaknesses and streamline the IT security reporting process. This article takes a look at how CyberScope has improved upon the FISMA reporting approach. Background The FISMA, enacted in 2002 under the E-Government Act of 2002, required regular reporting from federal agencies regarding their information security practices. These reports were to be submitted on [...] Memorandum 06-19 was issued by the Office of Management and Budget in July 2006 to update the reporting requirements for data breaches involving personally identifiable information. It also addressed the need to budget in anticipation of providing adequate data security. Memorandum 04-26 was issued in September 2004 regarding personal use policies for employees accessing government computers and the use of file sharing [...] In September 2006, The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum suggested by the President’s Identity Theft Task Force to help government departments and agencies adequately protect data. What is Identity Theft? Identity theft is the unauthorized use of personally identifiable information (PII) by an individual to commit fraud, usually financial related fraud. This is achieved either by using financial account information or using an individual’s Social Security Number (SSN) to open new financial accounts. Identity theft is a serious problem costing American citizens millions of dollars every year. As one of the largest collectors of information, the U.S. Government must implement strong measures to reduce the risk of security breaches leading to identity [...] In May 2006, an Executive Order of the President created the Identity Theft Task Force. The Task Force includes members of several Federal agencies and departments. In September 2006, the Task Force released a number of recommendations ahead of the May 2007 document “Combatting ID Theft: Strategic Plan” in order to help agencies get a head start on the growing problem of identity [...] The Office of Management and Budget is one of several Government departments that issues new regulations and recommendations for protecting information maintained by the Federal Government. OMB Circular A-130, Memorandum-01-05, and Memorandum-05-08 are three important documents issued by the Office of Management and Budget for these [...] In 2007, the Department of Homeland Security an Office of Management and Budget, along with the Presidential Identity Theft Task Force, investigated information privacy and security practices in the United States Government. They developed a report called the Common Risks Impeding the Adequate Protection of Government Information (pdf)which included a list of ten common mistakes made by U.S. departments and agencies and provided recommendations for new practices to be implement to eliminate and reduce security [...] | |
