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Acknowledge Receipt

Addressing FedRAMP Communication (AFC) · General Provider Responsibilities

Applies to: Providers
Who this applies to
Providers
Service class
All service classes
Force
SHOULD
Timeframe
No fixed timeframe

Reviewed implementation guidance for AFC-CSO-ACK is not published yet. The official source below remains complete and authoritative.

Official FedRAMP source

Verbatim from FedRAMP/rules

Providers SHOULD promptly and automatically acknowledge the receipt of messages received from FedRAMP in their FedRAMP Security Inbox.

Defined terms in this requirement

FedRAMP Security InboxPromptlyProvider

Operationalize this rule

Boundera turns FedRAMP 20x requirements like AFC-CSO-ACK into assigned evidence, remediation work, and validation workflows.

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Change history

  • 2026-06-24Official launch of the FedRAMP Consolidated Rules for 2026.

Content provenance

Official requirement text is sourced from FedRAMP/rules . Boundera implementation guidance has not been fully reviewed for this item.