# Employment Jurisdiction

## Full Formal Attribute Name

gfipm:2.0:user:EmploymentJurisdiction

## Abbreviated Formal Attribute Name

EmploymentJurisdiction

## Definition

A list of 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 role as an employee of the organization that is the user's primary employer.

## Data Type

GFIPM Jurisdiction Code

## Metadata Version

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 <AttributeValue> XML elements, with one or more semicolon-delimited jurisdiction identifiers per <AttributeValue> 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

This attribute is new as of version 2.0.