Assignment Jurisdiction

Active / In Use

Full Formal Attribute Name

gfipm:2.0:user:AssignmentJurisdiction

Abbreviated Formal Attribute Name

AssignmentJurisdiction

Definition

A list of jurisdictional identifiers that define a geographic region within which the user has legal jurisdiction to perform his/her duties, within the context of the user's assignment to the organization or agency to which the user is assigned.

Data Type

Version Number

2.0

Usage Information

The geographic region must be expressed as a semicolon-delimited list of jurisdiction identifiers from the GFIPM Jurisdiction Code code set. This code set is comprised of values from the FIPS 5-2 State Code and the FIPS 6-4 County Code. Note that when encoding this attribute within a SAML assertion, it is also acceptable to specify multiple jurisdiction identifiers for a user via the use of multiple XML elements, with one or more semicolon-delimited jurisdiction identifiers per element.

Example Content

To indicate that a user has jurisdiction in Georgia and Alabama, use: "AL;GA". To indicate that a user has jurisdiction in Hall County, GA and Gwinnett County, GA, use: "13139;13135".

NIEM Xpath

N/A

NIEM Definition

N/A

Source

DHS ABAC Report

Misc. Notes

None Provided

Aliases