Submitted by OMB, March 18, 2016 – “The attached report is submitted pursuant to Section 3553 of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-283), which requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit an annual report on the effectiveness of information security policies and practices during the preceding year and a summary of the evaluations conducted by agency Inspectors General. This report covers the period from October 1, 2014, through September 30, 2015, and provides an update of ongoing informati on security initiatives, a review of Fiscal Year 2015 information security incidents, Inspector General assessments of agencies’ progress in implementing information security capabilities, and the Federal Government’s progress in meeting key information security performance measures based on agency submitted data. As you will note, progress has been made in key areas of information security.”