1. A computer-readable storage medium including executable instructions which, when executed, manage information by: defining a number of groups, wherein one or more of the number of groups can include a group member according to a group membership determination; defining a number of attribute-value sets, wherein each attribute-value set can be associated with a policy; associating a precedence parameter with one or more of the number of attribute-value sets; identifying whether an attribute-value set is associated with one or more of the number of groups; sorting a plurality of attribute-value sets using a precedence parameter if more than one attribute-value set is associated with the number of groups; and, assigning a resultant set of attribute-values to a user object if more than one attribute-value set exists, otherwise assigning a default policy to the user object, wherein the assigning of the resultant set of attribute-values includes determining which attribute-value set corresponds with the resultant attribute-value set based at least in part on the precedence parameter.