Federal Information System

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An information system used or operated by an executive agency, by a contractor of an executive agency, or by another organization on behalf of an executive agency. [23]

MWENIST SP 800-172r3

Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

An information system used or operated by an executive agency, by a contractor of an executive agency, or by another organization on behalf of an executive agency.

NIST SP 800-171r3glossary

An information system used or operated by an executive agency, by a contractor of an executive agency, or by another organization on behalf of an executive agency. [80]

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

System92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Sensitivity

Regulated88%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

Cui65%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Federal Information Systems
possessive: Federal Information System's
pluralpossessive: Federal Information Systems'

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