Through the CIO Council, OMB has worked closely with your staffs to refine the requirements set forth in this memorandum.

WHITEHOUSE: Memoranda 00-01 -- Day One Planning and Request for Updated Business Continuity and Contingency Plans | The White House

Finally, to demonstrate the support for FirstGov among IT professionals, at a conference last week of State Chief Information Officers involving the Federal CIO Council, the States said they thought FirstGov was a tremendous advance and asked how they could work with the CIO council and be a part of it!

WHITEHOUSE: Statement of The Honorable Sally Katzen

Collaboratively developed over the last two years with input from agencies, the CIO Council and working bodies such as the Information Security and Identity Management Committee (ISIMC), State and local governments, the private sector, academic experts and non-governmental organizations, FedRAMP introduces an innovative policy approach to developing trusted relationships between agencies and cloud service providers.

WHITEHOUSE: A Year of Change in Federal IT