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Federal agencies face obstacles in implementing FISMA, says GAO

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Four U.S. agencies -- the departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Defense and State -- are apparently still having trouble complying with some of the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Four years since federal agencies began reporting on their progress in implementing the requirements of FISMA, several are still struggling to meet all of the requirements for a variety of reasons, according to the GAO.

For instance, in a report dated Aug. 31, the GAO found that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has been particularly challenged in trying to develop a complete inventory of major systems. The problem there has to do with the different definitions the department uses for what constitutes a "system," the GAO report said.

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