In 2017, GitHub use was authorized for scientific products: [CIO memo](images/CIO-Memo-Use-of-GitHub-at-NOAA.pdf) authorizing GitHub use at NOAA. Subsequently, in 2017, NOAA released official GitHub guidelines [here](images/NOAA-GitHub-Usage-Guidelines.pdf). Some individual centers and offices prepared local GitHub guidelines and SOPs to help their staff interested in using GitHub. See references (@sec-references). Since 2017, GitHub use has expanded greatly across NMFS and all the federal agencies ([link](https://nmfs-opensci.github.io/ResourceBook/content/github_in_gov.html#github-in-other-agencies)), and GitHub has become integrated into modern scientific workflow. When the 2017 memo was written, GitHub was not Fedramp authorized. GitHub Enterprise became [Fedramp authorized](https://government.github.com/fedramp-faq) in 2018 and GitHub use expanded rapidly in other agencies (e.g. NIH, Census, GSA and VA) using Enterprise. In 2023, NOAA Fisheries secured an Authorization to Use (ATU) for GitHub Enterprise Cloud for Low FISMA scientific products; [Memo](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e0RbnRPNbMP-VM-8pCeQtGVtWgHrs7TC/view) (NOAA internal).
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