ODAA Business Management System (OBMS)
The Industrial Security Field Operations, Office of the Designated Approval Authority (ODAA) through the DSS Office of the Chief Information Office (OCIO), will be fielding the ODAA Business Management System (OBMS). OBMS is a secure, web-based system, designed to automate and streamline the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process for timeliness, accuracy, and efficiency.
A Few OBMS Benefits:
- Utilizes Single Sign-On (SSO) Capabilities (Common Access Card (CAC) authentication, or External Certification Authority (ECA)
- Retrieve real-time statuses of System Security Plans (SSP) submissions, reviews, approvals, clarification, and/or rejection of request
- Manage and monitor C&A Activities
- Streamlined Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement (MOU/A) Process
- Provides Government Contracting Authorities (GCAs) the ability to submit Risk Acceptance Letters and Request Priority Reviews
- Receive automated notifications of SSP statuses for Industry and DSS stakeholders
- Reporting features and capabilities
- Supports Digital Signature of documents
- Central Repository for SSP and C&A Records
- Bulletin Board Forum for collaboration and knowledge sharing
Documentation
- Latest Release Notes
- Gaining access to the DSS NCAISS Portal
- OBMS Training
- OBMS Quick Reference Guides
- OBMS FAQs
- Points of Contact
- Job Aids
Notices
December 9, 2015 ATTENTION OBMS USERS: The auto-generation feature within OBMS for templates is currently not working properly.
Templates can be downloaded at http://www.dss.mil/isp/odaa/odaa_links.html#Downloads. Please complete the
templates off-line and upload the completed documents within the "Supporting
Document "section within OBMS for processing.
September 21, 2015 ATTENTION OBMS USERS: OBMS Version 2.3 was deployed over the weekend.
New functionality includes:
- Ability for the Contractor Submitter to create their own UID for Initial Submissions
- Ability to add Program(s) to the IS Profile
- Facility Report
- Pending Report
- Approved Systems Report
June 15, 2015 ATTENTION OBMS USERS: OBMS Version 2.2 was deployed over the weekend.
New functionality includes:
- Ability to perform Administrative Edit/Updates to System Security Plans
- Ability to Disestablish Self-Certified and Expired Accreditations
- Ability for Internal Users to Edit Plan Types (SSP/MSSP)
- Ability to resubmit cancelled and denied plans
- Ability for OBMS to pull updated Facility Data from ISFD