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Acknowledgements
This publication was developed by the Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative Interagency
Working Group with representatives from the Civil, Defense, and Intelligence Communities in an
ongoing effort to produce a unified information security framework for the federal government.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology wishes to acknowledge and thank the senior
leaders from the Departments of Commerce and Defense, the Office of the Director of National
Intelligence, the Committee on National Security Systems, and the members of the interagency
technical working group whose dedicated efforts contributed significantly to the publication. The
senior leaders, interagency working group members, and their organizational affiliations include:
Department of Defense Office of the Director of National Intelligence
John A. Zangardi Raymond Cook
Acting DoD Chief Information Officer Assistant DNI and Chief Information Officer
Thomas P. Michelli Jennifer Kron
Acting Principal Deputy and DoD Chief Information Officer Deputy Chief Information Officer
Essye B. Miller Sue Dorr
Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity
Director, Information Assurance Division
and DoD Senior Information Security Officer
and Chief Information Security Officer
John R. Mills Wallace Coggins
Director, Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Director, Security Coordination Center
National Institute of Standards and Technology Committee on National Security Systems
Charles H. Romine Essye B. Miller
Director, Information Technology Laboratory Chair
Donna Dodson Cheryl Peace
Cybersecurity Advisor, Information Technology Laboratory Co-Chair
Matt Scholl Kevin Dulany
Chief, Computer Security Division Tri-Chair—Defense Community
Kevin Stine Peter H. Duspiva
Chief, Applied Cybersecurity Division Tri-Chair—Intelligence Community
Ron Ross Daniel Dister
FISMA Implementation Project Leader Tri-Chair—Civil Agencies
Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative Interagency Working Group
Ron Ross Kevin Dulany Dorian Pappas Kelley Dempsey
NIST, JTF Leader Department of Defense Intelligence Community NIST
Jody Jacobs Victoria Pillitteri Taylor Roberts Naomi Lefkovitz
NIST NIST OMB NIST
Ellen Nadeau Charles Cutshall Esten Porter Ned Goren
NIST OMB The MITRE Corporation NIST
David Black Rich Graubart Daniel Faigin Christian Enloe
The MITRE Corporation The MITRE Corporation Aerospace Corporation NIST
In addition to the above acknowledgments, a special note of thanks goes to Peggy Himes, Jim
Foti, and Elizabeth Lennon of NIST for their superb technical editing and administrative support.
The authors also wish to recognize Kristen Baldwin, Carol Bales, John Bazile, Jon Boyens, Sean
Brooks, Ruth Cannatti, Kathleen Coupe, Keesha Crosby, Dominic Cussatt, Ja’Nelle DeVore,
Jennifer Fabius, Jim Fenton, Matthew Halstead, Hildy Ferraiolo, Ryan Galluzzo, Robin Gandhi,
Mike Garcia, Paul Grassi, Marc Groman, Matthew Halstead, Kevin Herms, Scott Hill, Ralph
