[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 41 (Monday, March 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 12347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04202]


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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET


Request for Comments on Updated Guidance for Completing the 
Transition to the Next Generation Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol 
Version 6 (IPv6)

AGENCY: Office of Management and Budget.

ACTION: Notice of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public 
comment on a draft memorandum titled, Completing the Transition to 
Internet Protocol Version 6.

DATES: The public comment period on the draft memorandum begins on the 
day it is published in the Federal Register and ends 30 days after date 
of publication in the Federal Register. Privacy/FOIA Notice: Comments 
submitted in response to this notice may be publically available and 
are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. For 
this reason, please do not include in your comments information of a 
confidential nature, such sensitive personal information or proprietary 
information, or any other information that you would not want 
publically disclosed.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should provide comments via electronic 
mail to the following inbox: [email protected]. The Office of 
Management and Budget is located at 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 
20503. No physical copies will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Bales, OMB, at 202.395.9915 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is 
proposing updated guidance to Federal agencies on completing the 
transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6). In August 2005, OMB 
issued M-05-22, Transition Planning for Internet Protocol Version 6 
(IPv6), requiring agencies to enable IPv6 on their backbone networks by 
June 30, 2008. This policy outlined deployment and acquisition 
requirements. In September 2010, OMB issued a memo titled ``Transition 
to IPv6'', requiring Federal agencies to operationally deploy native 
IPv6 for public internet servers and internal applications that 
communicate with public servers. The intent of the newly proposed 
policy articulated in the draft memorandum is to communicate the 
requirements for completing the operational deployment of IPv6 across 
all Federal information systems and services, and help agencies 
overcome barriers that prevent them from migrating to IPv6-only 
systems.
    In the last 5 years, IPv6 momentum in industry has dramatically 
increased, with large IPv6 commercial deployments in many business 
sectors now driven by reducing cost, decreasing complexity, improving 
security and eliminating barriers to innovation in networked 
information systems. Mobile networks, data centers and leading-edge 
enterprise networks, for example, have been evolving to IPv6-only 
networks. It is essential for the Federal government to expand and 
enhance its strategic commitment to the transition to IPv6 in order to 
keep pace with and capitalize on industry trends. The attached draft 
memorandum prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, in 
collaboration with the Federal Chief Information Officers Council and 
Federal Chief Information Security Officers Council, supports the 
Administration's goals for modernizing Federal Information Technology.

Suzette Kent,
Federal Chief Information Officer, Office of the Federal Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Management Budget.
[FR Doc. 2020-04202 Filed 2-28-20; 8:45 am]
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