This work is supported by the GSA Office of Government-wide IT Policy in coordination with the ICAM Subcommittee of the Federal CIO Council.

FICAM Architecture

This repository is for the collaborative development of the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management segment architecture. The repository contains Version 3.0, and a draft of Version 3.1, replacing the older (circa 2009-2011) FICAM Roadmap and Implementation Guidance v2.0, Sections 1-4.

The FICAM Architecture focuses on the federal enterprise identity and access processes, practices, policies and information security disciplines.

A federal enterprise identity is the unique representation of an employee, contractor, or enterprise user, which could be a mission or business partner, or even a device or technology managed by a Federal agency to achieve its mission and business goals. See OMB Memo 19-17.

General Practices

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How to Contribute

For information on how to contribute to the site, visit the Contribute page here. The source repository exists here.

• pages contains markdown pages for the Introduction, Goals & Objectives, Standards & Policies, and Component application examples.
• usecases contains pages for each of the example use cases. The example use cases do not represent all possible options. Additional use cases are welcome
• services contains pages for each of the ICAM service areas (Identity, Credential, Access, Governance, & Federation)
• All diagrams and images should be placed in img

Direct changes and line edits to the content may be submitted by clicking 'Edit this page'. You do not need to install any software to submit content. You can use GitHub's in-browser editor to edit files and submit a request for your changes to be merged.

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Special Thanks

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Special thanks to the government wide teams for contributions, and adopting open and transparent models to benefit citizens, government, and technology.