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Federal Information System

nounid 2572·updated May 9, 2026
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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]

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems1 citation · 1 defined by this document · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
3.2.2 ¶ 56

Classifications

Entity Type

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

Sensitivity

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

Information Class

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

Variants

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

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
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.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
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 800-531 senseview framework →
§1
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.
FIPS PUB 2001 senseview framework →
§1
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.
FIPS PUB 1991 senseview framework →
§1
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.
40 U.S.C., Sec. 113311 senseview framework →
§1
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 800-172r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
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]
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · glossary
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]
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (glossary)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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