ISC2 ISSEP Exam - Topic 4 Question 43 Discussion

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a Cabinet-level office, and is the largest office within

the Executive Office of the President (EOP) of the United States. The current OMB Director is Peter

Orszag and was appointed by President Barack Obama.

The OMB's predominant mission is to assist the President in overseeing the preparation of the

federal budget and to supervise its administration in Executive Branch agencies. In helping to

formulate the President's spending plans, the OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency programs,

policies, and procedures, assesses competing funding demands among agencies, and sets funding

priorities. The OMB ensures that agency reports, rules, testimony, and proposed legislation are

consistent with the President's Budget and with Administration policies. Answer option C is

incorrect. The DCAA has the aim to monitor contractor costs and perform contractor audits.

Answer option A is incorrect. The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) is a

crypto-logic intelligence agency of the United States government. It is administered as part of the

United States Department of Defense. NSA is responsible for the collection and analysis

of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, which involves cryptanalysis.

NSA is also responsible for protecting U.S. government communications and information systems

from similar agencies elsewhere, which

involves cryptography. NSA is a key component of the U.S. Intelligence Community, which is headed

by the Director of National Intelligence.

The Central Security Service is a co-located agency created to coordinate intelligence activities and

co-operation between NSA and U.S.

military cryptanalysis agencies. NSA's work is limited to communications intelligence. It does not

perform field or human intelligence activities.

Answer option D is incorrect. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), known

between 1901 and 1988 as the National

Bureau of Standards (NBS), is a measurement standards laboratory which is a non-regulatory agency

of the United States Department of

Commerce. The institute's official mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial

competitiveness by advancing measurement science,

standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve quality of life.