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federal enterprise architecture (FEA)

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Definition(s):

  A business-based framework for governmentwide improvement developed by the Office of Management and Budget that is intended to facilitate efforts to transform the federal government to one that is citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-37 Rev. 2 under federal enterprise architecture
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 under Federal Enterprise Architecture from FEA Program Management Office

  A business-based framework for government-wide improvement developed by the Office of Management and Budget that is intended to facilitate efforts to transform the federal government to one that is citizen-centered, results-oriented, and market-based.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-18 Rev. 1 under Federal Enterprise Architecture from FEA Program Management Office

  a framework that describes the relationship between business functions and the technologies and information that support them. Major IT investments will be aligned against each reference model within the FEA framework.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-65 [Withdrawn] under Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA)

  A business-based framework that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) developed for government-wide improvement in developing enterprise architectures (EAs) by providing a common framework to identify opportunities for simplifying processes and unifying work across the Federal Government.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 from CNSSP No. 24