Clinger-Cohen Act Compliance Policy - OSD Memo of 8 Mar 02

This memo updates the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996. The Clinger-Cohen Act (CCA) of 1996 required the Department to appoint a DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) and a CIO for each Military Department. The CIO's primary responsibility is to oversee investments in information technology (IT) (including National Security Systems (NSSs)) to ensure that the Department's IT systems are interoperable, secure, properly justified and contribute to mission goals. Additional legislative requirements for certification of Major Automated Information System (MAIS) compliance with the CCA and for registration of mission critical and mission essential IT systems have been imposed by recent DoD Authorization and Appropriations Acts. The purpose of this policy memorandum is to clarify and simplify the requirements for judging compliance with the law.