CIO Council's IPv6 Transition Guidance

When transitioning to IPv6, the CIO Council’s IPv6 working group suggests agencies should identify:

Strategic business objectives
Transition priorities
Transition activities
Training needs
Transition milestones
Transition criteria for legacy, upgraded and new capabilities
Means for adjudicating claims that an asset should not transition in prescribed timeframes
Technical strategy and selection of transition mechanisms to support IPv4/IPv6 interoperability
Maintenance of interoperability and security during transition
Use of IPv6 standards and products
Support for IPv4 infrastructure during and after 2008 IPv6 network back bone deployment