The memorandum was meant to optimize individual external connections, including internet points of presence currently in use by the Federal government of the United States.
It includes a program for improving the federal government’s incident response capability through a centralized gateway monitoring at a select group of TIC Access Providers (TICAP).
[1] By reducing the number of access points, the government could more easily monitor and identify potentially malicious traffic.
[2] The initial goal for total number of federal external connections and internet points of presence was 50.
[3] General Services Administration Networx is the contract vehicle to implement this initiative.