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Category: Reports
Title: GAO Report on IPv6 to the Chairman Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives
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Description: INTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 6
Federal Government in Early Stages of Transition and Key Challenges Remain
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Highlights of GAO-06-675, a report to the Chairman, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives

Why GAO Did This Study

The Internet protocol (IP) provides the addressing mechanism that defines how and where information such as text, voice, music, and video move across interconnected
networks. IP version 4 (IPv4), which is widely used today, may not be able to accommodate the increasing number of global users and devices that are connecting to
the Internet. As a result, Internet version 6 (IPv6) was developed to increase the amount of available address space. In August 2005, the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) issued a memorandum specifying activities and time frames for federal agencies to transition to IPv6. GAO was asked to determine:

  1. the status of federal agencies’ efforts to transition to IPv6;
  2. what emerging applications are being planned or implemented that take advantage of IPv6 features; and
  3. key challenges industry and government agencies face as they transition to the new protocol.

What GAO Recommends

GAO recommends that federal agencies work through two of the groups that play key roles in transitioning the federal government to IPv6 to address key challenges they face as they
proceed with the transition. In oral comments on a draft of this report, OMB generally agreed with the results and described actions being taken to address GAO’s recommendation.
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Format: PDF
Visibility: Public
Status: Final
Created by: j.spaulding on 10-Aug-2007
Updated by: j.spaulding on 10-Aug-2007
Archived: No
 
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