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Information Technology > Federal Desktop Core Configuration
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Ensuring Competition When Acquiring Information Technology and Using Common Security Configurations
Issued By: OMB - Effective Date: 12.19.2007, 65.636K, pdf
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Abstract:
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued policy earlier this year requiring agencies using or acquiring Windows XP and VISTA to adopt the Federal Desktop Core Configuration by February 1, 2008. (OMB Memorandum M-0-7-11 of March 22, 2007, on Implementation of Commonly Accepted Security Configurations for Windows Operating Systems. This policy is consistent with 44 U.S.C. ยง 3544(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, which requires agencies to ensure compliance with minimally acceptable security configurations when acquiring information technology. This policy does not, however, limit selection and acquisition to only information technology with established security configurations (e.g., the Federal Desktop Core Configuration).
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