Welcome to the new SSA IT Issuance Library – the agency repository for Information Technology (IT) directives, directive-type memos, policies, procedures, and manuals.
The SSA IT Issuance Library replaces the Agency IT Policy Archive, and houses issuances related to Capital Planning Investment Control (CPIC) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) responsibilities. This library will be expanded to include other IT-related issuances, writing standards and templates in the future.
The SSA issuances contained on this website may not show the signatures of the authorized approvers.
For information regarding the writing of new issuances or the updating of current issuances, please visit the Issuance Toolkit page.
Questions regarding the SSA IT Issuance Library can be directed to: Issuance.Library@ssa.gov
| Document Title | Description | Issuance Type | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Information Resources Management (IRM) Strategic Plan | Represents the Agency’s direction to effectively prioritize and manage our investments in IT and Information Management. The IRM provides is applicable for 2016-2019. | Manual | 02/01/2016 |
| SSA IPv6 Policy 05-17-2021 | The policy outlines the agency’s enablement of IPv6 on all new-networked Federal information systems by fiscal Year (FY) 2023. In addition, it includes the Agency's intent to phase out the use of IPv4 for all systems. | Manual | 05/17/2021 |
| Enterprise Roadmap | Outlines our strategy for delivering and improving IT solutions and services.The roadmap is applicable for 2017-2018. | Manual | 09/02/2016 |
| SSA IT Guide to Capital Planning and Investment Control | Documents the plan, select, control, and evaluate for CPIC. | Manual | 05/31/2024 |
| Post Implementation Review Framework and Procedures | Outlines SSA’s approach to initiating, conducting, and completing PIRs. | Procedure | 03/31/2016 |
| Operational Analysis Template | Used as a guide in preparing and documenting SSA’s Operational Analyses. | Manual | 05/16/2019 |
| Change Request Template | Template used to document changes to scope, cost, schedule, or operational performance metrics for major IT investments. | Manual | 01/23/2019 |
| Chief Information Officer Ratings | Formalizes the policy for the CIO to evaluate the current level of risk for investments in terms of its ability to accomplish its goals. | Policy | 01/15/2020 |
| Software Solutions Analysis | Establishes policy for acquiring software that is/will be owned, deployed, and managed by SSA. | Policy | 03/05/2019 |
| Agile Development Policy | Establishes the Agile development software development approach at SSA. | Policy | 06/30/2017 |
| SSA Information Technology Investment Review Board | This Charter defines the mission, scope and responsibilities, authority, membership, and administration of the SSA’s ITIRB. | Manual | 05/10/2017 |
| Selection, Management, and Evaluation of Information Technology Investments | Establishes responsibilities for planning IT investments and formalizes the IT IRB’s responsibility to select, manage, and evaluate IT investments. | Policy | 01/15/2020 |
| Certification of Incremental Development | Formalizes the policy for the CIO to certify incremental development. | Policy | 01/15/2020 |
| FICAM Workgroup Charter | Generates a common agency FICAM roadmap, a high level list of requirements/milestones and a gap analysis to determine any remaining FICAM benchmarks in SSA. | Policy | 11/06/2020 |
| ARAs in SSA | Outlines Digital Identity Risk Management into our existing Authentication Risk Assessments (ARA) commensurate with the risk to their digital service offerings. | Policy | 11/19/2020 |
| IT Acquisition Approval | Establishes the policy for the CIO to approve or delegate approval of IT acquisitions at SSA. | Policy | 10/05/2018 |
| Chief Information Officer Responsibilities | This is the third iteration of the directive to establish CIO responsibilities in the areas of leadership & accountability, IT investment management, IT budgeting, IT workforce, IT security, IT strategic planning, and PMIAA. | Directive | 01/26/2023 |
| Information Technology Capital Planning and Investment Control | Provides high-level guidelines for implementing CPIC at SSA. | Policy | 01/26/2023 |
| Open Data Policy | Documents SSA’s open data strategy. | Policy | 04/28/2015 |
| Open Source Software Acquisition, Management and Use Policy | Documents SSA’s open source strategy. | Policy | 04/19/2018 |
| Records Management | Establishes the Administrative Instructions Manual System (AIMS) as the authorized source for the agency’s Records Management policy. | Policy | 01/23/2023 |