Section 8.4 - Register entry
DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-F1506076709
Blackboard LMS
Blackboard lists Blackboard LMS on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at Moderate impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package F1506076709, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.
Section A. Register entry
What the marketplace records
- FedRAMP package ID
- F1506076709
- Cloud service provider
- Blackboard
- Certification status
- FedRAMP Certified
- Impact level
- Moderate
- Certification class
- Class C (Moderate)
- Authorization path
- Agency
- Certification type
- Rev5
- Marketplace phase
- Ongoing Certification
- Deployment model
- Government Community Cloud
- Register snapshot
- September 3, 2026
- Service model
- SaaS
- Independent assessor
- A-LIGN Compliance and Security, Inc. dba A-LIGN
- Certification date
- April 21, 2020
- Status date
- April 21, 2020
- Annual assessment
- September 22, 2011
- Agency authorizations
- 9
- Recorded reuses
- 8
- Business categories
- Education & Training, Learning Management
- Milestones on record
- 3
The marketplace carries Blackboard LMS under package F1506076709 with 19 recorded fields. Its certification date is April 21, 2020. A-LIGN Compliance and Security, Inc. dba A-LIGN is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of September 22, 2011. 9 agencies are listed as having authorized it, among them Department of Agriculture, Department of Labor, Department of State and 6 more, and the feed records 8 reuses of the package. It is delivered as SaaS on a government community cloud, filed under 2 business categories including Education & Training and Learning Management.
Section B. Milestones
3 entries in the marketplace event log
Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.
| Date | Category | Recorded |
|---|---|---|
| April 21, 2020 | Status Change | Status changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified |
| September 26, 2019 | Status Change | Status changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process |
| July 24, 2019 | Status Change | Status set to Agency Authorization In Process |
Section C. Cost context
What reaching Moderate costs
Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.
Cost context
Budget for a Moderate authorization
Our published planning range for a provider pursuing Moderate. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.
Read the FedRAMP Moderate cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost
Path
Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost
Assessment and monitoring
An annual assessment date of September 22, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost
Section E. Agencies on the record
9 agencies listed against this package
As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Federal Highway Administration
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Section G. Nearest entries on the register
Comparable offerings
Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.
- iboss Government Cloud Platform (IGCP)
iBoss
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified July 25, 2022.
- SPROUT
MDRC
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified October 7, 2020.
- Questionmark Government
QuestionMark
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified October 23, 2019.
- Knox Systems
Knox Systems, Inc.
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified June 21, 2017.
- Totara Talent Development Government Cloud Platform
Totara Learning Inc.
FedRAMP Certified, Moderate impact, Agency path, Rev5, certified August 28, 2023.
Section H. Description
As published on the marketplace
The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.
Blackboard's LMS solution offers government and military agencies next-generation online, social and mobile tools that create a continuous learning environment, built around peer-to-peer interaction, content and discussions.
Next step
What the same authorization would cost you
The worksheet turns an impact level, an existing security posture and an organization size into a line-by-line budget, with the 3PAO fee split out.
Provenance and independence
Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.
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