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COMDTINST 5230.68A
01 NOV 2019
COMMANDANT INSTRUCTION 5230.68A
U.S. COAST GUARD ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE (EA) POLICY
(a) Deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS) Engineering Technical Authority (ETA)
Policy, COMDTINST 5402.4 (series)
(b) Enterprise Architecture Management, DHS MD 103-02 (series)
(c) DCMS Mission Support Program Management and Governance, DCMSINST 5400.1
(series)
(d) Coast Guard Configuration Management Manual, COMDTINST M4130.6 (series)
(e) OMB Circular A-11, “Preparing, Submitting and Executing the Budget”
(f) OMB Circular A-130, “Managing Information as a Strategic Resource”
(g) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence (C5I)
Sustainment Management Policy, COMDTINST 5230.72 (series)
(h) Major Systems Acquisition Manual (MSAM), COMDTINST M5000.10 (series)
(i) Level 3 Non-Major Acquisition Program (NMAP) Manual, COMDTINST M5000.11
(series)
(j) GAO-10-846G Organizational Transformation – A Framework for Assessing and Improving
Enterprise Architecture Management
(k) USCG Enterprise Architecture (CGEA) Practice Manual (series)
(l) P.L. 104-106, Sections D and E, “Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996”
(m) P.L. 113-283, The Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014
(n) Title 5, U.S.C., Section 552a, “The Privacy Act of 1974,” as amended
(o) Title 5, U.S.C., Section 552a, “Records maintained on individuals” [The Privacy Act of
1974, as amended by the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988]
(p) Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework Version 2
1. PURPOSE. This Instruction establishes the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Enterprise Architecture (EA)
Policy in accordance with References (a) through (p), ensures compliance with legislative and
executive-level guidance on EA, and clarifies the roles and responsibilities of relevant EA
stakeholders within the USCG.