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There are currently 3 documents open for comment.
NIHRFC0008 - "AD Attribute Data Content and Management"1:
Proposes Best Community Practice. This document specifies National Institutes of Health (NIH) architecture best practice for the NIH community for Active Directory (AD) Attribute Data Content Management and requests any suggestions for improvements.
This is a published best community practice. The document indicates proposed changes. Please provide your comments by February 3rd, 2009 through NIH Portal by going to the discussion area or email comments to the email address2 ptdiscussion.5349@collabpp.cit.nih.gov
NIHRFC0034 - "NIH Primary Email Address"1:
Proposes to define a standard syntax for the primary SMTP email address (default reply-to) for a person as represented by Central Email Service (CES) at NIH. The use of this proposed syntax will: Improve IT security; Facilitate the use of S/MIME (Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) for public key encryption and digital signing of e-mail; Simplify the creation and portability of NIH Personal Identity Verification (PIV) ID badges issued under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12).
Please provide your comments by February 13th, 2009 through NIH Portal by going to the discussion area or email comments to the email address2 ptdiscussion.154687@collabpp.cit.nih.gov
NIHRFC0035 - "Submission of Data Models"1:
This document proposes the governance standard for creating and submitting conceptual and/or logical data models to the Office of the Chief IT Architect (OCITA) for verification of technical content.
Please provide your comments by February 27th, 2009 through NIH Portal by going to the discussion area or email comments to the email address2 ptdiscussion.155064@collabpp.cit.nih.gov
