FCW published a guest editorial we wrote on building a Federal Compliance Library to help streamline the authority to operate process.
From the post:
When agencies can seamlessly tap into a communal resource to share and collaborate on commonly used components, they will have more time to focus on security postures that are truly unique and require more attention.
By building a Federal Compliance Library based on open, iterative, collaborative principles, the federal government technology community will go further, faster.
Full post: ATO ASAP: Streamlining government security with a Federal Compliance Library