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Federal identity, credential, and access management
FICAM is the governmentwide approach to implementing the tools, policies, and systems that an agency uses to manage, monitor, and secure access to protected resources. FICAM has four main parts.
Use the FICAM architecture as a guide to meet federal mandates efficiently and securely. It focuses on enterprise identity processes, practices, policies, and information security disciplines.
Use this interagency forum as a resource for identity management, secure access, authentication, authorization, credentials, privileges, and access lifecycle management. The subcommittee aligns identity management activities of the federal government and supports collaborative governmentwide efforts.
View tested and approved commercial products for Personal Identity Verification credentialing systems, physical access control systems, and public key infrastructures.
View the network of entities that issue PIV credentials, PIV-Interoperable credentials, and other-person digital identity certificates. These entities, policies, processes, and auditing of all the participants are collectively referred to as the federal PKI.
Traveler reimbursement is based on the location of the work activities and not the accommodations,
unless lodging is not available at the work activity, then the agency may authorize the rate where
lodging is obtained.
Unless otherwise specified, the per diem locality is defined as "all locations within, or entirely
surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city, including independent entities located within
those boundaries."
Per diem localities with county definitions shall include"all locations within, or entirely
surrounded by, the corporate limits of the key city as well as the boundaries of the listed counties,
including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties
(unless otherwise listed separately)."
When a military installation or Government - related facility(whether or not specifically named) is
located partially within more than one city or county boundary, the applicable per diem rate for the
entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties,
even though part(s) of such activities may be located outside the defined per diem locality.
U.S. General Services Administration