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The NICE Framework depends on community and subject expert engagement to ensure that it and its supporting resources meet stakeholder needs and to expand its usefulness, applicability, and adoption nationwide. Updates to NICE Framework data (Competencies, Work Roles, and Task, Knowledge, and Skill [TKS] statements) aim to support the NICE Framework attributes of agility, flexibility, interoperability, and modularity while minimizing disruption in extant applications of the NICE Framework.

The NICE Framework stakeholder community is broad—including federal, state, and local governments and tribal territories; private industry; academia; learners (students, job seekers, and employees); and international communities. We encourage input and engagement across the cybersecurity workforce ecosystem.

**How Can I Get Involved with the NICE Framework?**

NICE offers a number of ways to get involved in supporting the NICE Framework. They include:

  
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You are encouraged to actively participate in one or more of the various open groups that NICE hosts. These groups offer opportunities to develop content directly related to the NICE Framework, are a place to share and learn about NICE Framework-related applications and resources, and to learn about calls for information and requests for comments on NICE Framework content.

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