text: To determine the applicability of the leading organization 's practices to federal agencies , we discussed our findings with numerous federal officials , including officials in OMB 's Information Policy and Technology Branch , the Computer Security Division of NIST 's Information Technology Laboratory , CIO Council members , the chairman of the Chief Financial Officers Council 's systems subcommittee , information security officers from 15 federal agencies , and members of the President 's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection .
  
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  There has been discussion on the applicability of the leading company practices .