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Continuity of Government

nounid 1994·updated May 9, 2026
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A coordinated effort within the federal government's executive branch to ensure that national essential functions continue to be performed during a catastrophic emergency.

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Entity Type

Process85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Restricted80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
COG
plural
Continuity of Governments
possessive
Continuity of Government's
pluralpossessive
Continuity of Governments'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
A coordinated effort within the federal government's executive branch to ensure that national essential functions continue to be performed during a catastrophic emergency.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A coordinated effort within the federal government's executive branch to ensure that national essential functions continue to be performed during a catastrophic emergency.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A coordinated effort within the federal government's executive branch to ensure that national essential functions continue to be performed during a catastrophic emergency.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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