> I n t e g I rn a t ed Ateg ra ct quise d i A t i o ncqu Envirois i t i
> nmento n En v i r onm en t
>
> **IAE Bulletin No. 4**
>
> **July 17, 2003**
>
> **Federal Technical Data Solution (FedTeDS)**
>
> **Providing Federal agencies a system to safeguard "sensitive but
> unclassified" acquisition information**
>
> **I**n March 2002, the Bush Administration issued direction on
> safeguarding classified and \"sensitive but unclassified\" information
> that establishes new guidance on public ac- cess to government
> information.
>
> \"**Departments and agencies \[should\] maintain and control sensitive
> informa- tion related to America\'s homeland secu- rity,"** wrote
> White House Chief of Staff An- drew H. Card, Jr., in a March 19
> memoran- dum to the heads of executive branch agen- cies.
>
> **A** memorandum prepared by the Informa- tion Security Oversight
> Office and the US Department of Justice Office of Information and
> Privacy spelled out the applicable stan- dards for controlling
> classified and other sensitive information that could pose a pos-
> sible threat to national security if made pub- lic.
>
> **What is FedTeDS (Federal Technical**
>
> **Data Solutions)?**
>
> FedTeDS is an online dissemination solu- tion designed to safeguard
> sensitive but un- classified acquisition related information for use
> by all Federal agencies. FedTeDS is fully integrated within the
> Integrated Acqui- sition Environment (IAE) eGovernment ini- tiative
> under the President's Management Agenda. The FedTeDS Program has a
> Fed- eral Users Group that consists of members from across Federal
> agencies and depart- ments, including Department of Defense
>
> (DoD), Department of Homeland Security
>
> (DHS), General Services Administration
>
> (GSA), Army Corps of Engineers, Depart- ment of Interior (DOI) and
> Department of Justice (DOJ).

**What is considered sensitive data?**

Certain data needs to be secure in order to comply with the new
standards for safeguarding information. Currently, over 90 Federal
agencies are disseminat- ing sensitive acquisition materials during the
solicita- tion phase of procurement via the Internet. This ma- terial
includes information related to operations, weapon systems and plans,
transit authority, struc- tures, individuals and services essential to
the secu- rity and management of a facility, including telecom-
munications, electrical power, building facility struc- tural layout,
gas and oil storage/transportation, water supply, emergency services,
and the continuity of op- erations.

**What are the benefits to using the FedTeDS Sys- tem?**

■Allows for real time vendor access to sensitive but unclassified
acquisition related materials, saving government agencies' valuable time
and dollars

■Provides online information to vendors, helping Federal agencies
cost-effectively meet their respon- sibilities

■Supports the Paperless Contracting initiative

■Enables government agencies to adopt industry best practices

■Reduces mailing, reproduction, and CD-ROM costs for drawing and
specifications

■Safeguards sensitive acquisition related information

■Directly supports War Fighter and Homeland Secu- rity efforts

■Establishes a physical firewall between the Federal government and its
public customers while provid- ing approved users with sensitive
acquisition data

■Increases electronic business-to-government rela- tions

■Ability to specify level of access, depending on the documents

> **More**
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> I n teg ra t e d A cqu is i t i o n En v i r onm en t
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> **Page 2 FedTeDS**
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> **Is FedTeDS integrated with systems I already use?**
>
> As a unique web application within IAE, FedTeDS not only enables the
> distribution and dissemination of sensitive acquisition material, it
> also interfaces with FedBizOpps (www. fedbizopps.gov) and the Business
> Partner Net- work/Central Contractor Registration (www.ccr. gov). This
> integration and management of FedTeDS.gov represents a model to
> securely transmit and disseminate sensitive acquisition material
> related to solicitations found on www. fedbizopps.gov, the single
> government point-of- entry for Federal government procurement op-
> portunities. FedTeDS also uses data from other sources, including the
> Defense Logistics Infor- mation Service's export controlled databases
> to authenticate users and validate their access to sensitive
> acquisition information.
>
> **How do I register for FedTeDS?**
>
> The process depends upon the access required. Federal Government
> users, either engineers or buyers, pre-register at www.fedteds.gov.
> Your local system administrator will grant access to the FedTeDS
> System. Commercial contractors who would like to provide goods and/or
> services to the Federal Government, should complete the FedTeDS vendor
> registration.
>
> Prior to registering, a vendor must have the fol- lowing information:
>
> ►Company's Central Contractor Registration
>
> (CCR) Marketing Partner Identification Number
>
> (MPIN)
>
> ►Company's CAGE Code or DUNS Number
>
> ►Email Address
>
> ►Telephone Number
>
> The Company\'s CCR POC should be able to pro- vide the company\'s
> MPIN. If the company does not have a CCR MPIN, the CCR POC can re-
> quest one from the CCR website (www.ccr.gov). Allow 48 hours from the
> time of registration with CCR to request a MPIN to register with
> FedTeDS.

**How does my agency begin using the**

**FedTeDS System?**

The federal agency Procurement Executive should contact Lee Kair,
FedTeDS Federal Im- plementation Manager, at 202-358-1450 , or via email
at lee.kair@dhs.gov

**Who are the FedTeDS partner agencies?** FedTeDS marks another
milestone for IAE. FedTeDS.gov successfully launched February 19,

2003\. The system is a collaborative effort jointly led by the DoD, the
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and IAE. A joint requirements board is comprised
of a number of Federal agency partners, including De- partment of
Homeland Security (DHS), General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Interior (DOI), De- partment
of Justice (DOJ).

**What is IAE?**

IAE is one of 24 eGovernment initiatives in the President's Management
Agenda. The IAE vi- sion is a secure business environment that facili-
tates and supports cost-effective acquisition of goods and services in
support of mission per- formance. Sharing common acquisitions func-
tions, processes, and their accompanying data will enable all agencies
to make more informed procurement, logistical, payment and perform- ance
assessment decisions. Developing an inte- grated acquisition environment
that supports the needs of all Federal agencies requires the diverse
perspective attainable through broad agency sup- port and through the
integration of projects such as FedTeDS. For more information on IAE,
visit http://egov.gsa.gov.

**For more information, please contact:**

Richard Clark, FedTeDS Program Manager

703-681-2156

clarkr@ncr.disa.mil

Lee Kair, FedTeDS Implementation Manager

202-358-1450

lee.kair@dhs.gov