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

• Citation: 85 FR 12347
• Record Number: 2020-04202
• Published date: 02 March 2020
• Section: Notices
• Court: Management And Budget Office

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 41 (Monday, March 2, 2020)

[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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