About InCommon

The mission of the InCommon Federation is to create and support a common framework for trustworthy shared management of access to on-line resources in support of education and research in the United States. To achieve its mission, InCommon will facilitate development of a community-based common trust fabric sufficient to enable participants to make appropriate decisions about the release of identity information and the control of access to protected online resources. InCommon is intended to enable production-level end-user access to a wide variety of protected resources.

Steering Committee

The InCommon Steering Committee is responsible for managing the business and affairs of InCommon and its Federation, including oversight and recommendations on issues arising from the operation and management of the InCommon Federation. Policies and practices approved by the Steering Committee are available on the Policies page.

Technical Advisory Committee

The InCommon Technical Advisory Committee provides recommendations relating to the operation and management of InCommon with respect to technical issues.

Operations

InCommon is operated by Internet2 staff, who are responsible for the business, policy implementation, technical operations, identity verification, and support of InCommon and its federation participants.