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OMB: Team effort needed on FISMA

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Government contractors that supply federal agencies with outsourced services must collaborate with those agencies to develop suitable arrangements for meeting requirements under the Federal Information Security Management Act, the Office of Management and Budget said this week.

In a July 14 memorandum, OMB Deputy Director for Management Clay Johnson called on contractors that provide outsourced network operations, telecommunications services and managed services to work closely with their customer agencies on both general and agency-specific requirements.

In addition, the memo charges agencies with ensuring that all FISMA requirements are set forth in contracts for outsourced work, general contractor support, and laboratory and research work. In the case of general contractor support, agencies also are responsible for ensuring that contractor employees receive training in agency security policy and procedures.

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