Enterprise Architecture

1. PURPOSE

This Departmental Regulation (DR) establishes the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy and approach to Enterprise Architecture (EA) in support of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, 40 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 11101 et seq. (2017); E-Government Act of 2002, 44 U.S.C. § 3501 (2017); The Common Approach to Federal Enterprise Architecture (“Common Approach”); Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA), Public Law (P.L.) 113-291 § 831-837; Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (FISMA 2014), 44 U.S.C. § 3551; and various Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance documents.