Access Policy Group

Overview
The FBI Access Policy Group (APG) is a standing committee which supports the Information Sharing Policy Board (ISPB) and is chaired by the FBI Chief Information Sharing Officer. The APG performs assessments for and makes policy recommendations to the ISPB on user access issues to include IT and non-IT aspects of user access policies and data source approvals for FBI analytic, intelligence, and investigative systems and tools. It serves as the primary point of coordination for FBI IT and operational components working on different facets of internal and external information sharing. The APG functions as the primary point of coordination between the FBI Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and the ISPB.

The APG focus in 2010 centered on access issues – defining need-to-know access requirements, ensuring information is appropriately accessible, and working to make information discoverable within these constraints – for both internal and external users. This involved new levels of collaboration between software developers, security, and policy personnel to achieve desired goals. One result of this collaboration was process and code development in manner that is transferable to multiple information sharing environments. Continued collaboration and focus on access policy is expected to continue in 2011.