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Agency Authorization to Operate

FedRAMP Certification (FRC) · Applying for FedRAMP Certification with an Agency Sponsor

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

Reviewed implementation guidance for FRC-APS-ATO is not published yet. The official source below remains complete and authoritative.

Official FedRAMP source

Verbatim from FedRAMP/rules

Providers seeking a FedRAMP Rev5 Agency Certification MUST have completed the Authorization to Operate (ATO) process with their agency sponsor for the cloud service offering, concluding with a formal signed ATO letter that the agency has sent over official government channels to FedRAMP.

Defined terms in this requirement

AgencyCloud Service OfferingProvider

Operationalize this rule

Boundera turns FedRAMP 20x requirements like FRC-APS-ATO 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.