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ERC's Patricia Harned Responds to Norm Augustine
14 May 2008
Norm Augustine's Response to "Dangerous Silence"
12 May 2008
White House Press Release on Information Control
12 May 2008
Designation and Sharing of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
Purpose
(1) This memorandum (a) adopts, defines, and institutes "Controlled Unclassified Information" (CUI) as the single, categorical designation henceforth throughout the executive branch for all information within the scope of that definition, which includes most information heretofore referred to as "Sensitive But Unclassified" (SBU) in the Information Sharing Environment (ISE), and (b) establishes a corresponding new CUI Framework for designating, marking, safeguarding, and disseminating information designated as CUI. The memorandum's purpose is to standardize practices and thereby improve the sharing of information, not to classify or declassify new or additional information.
Background – The Current SBU Environment
(2) The global nature of the threats facing the United States requires that (a) our Nation's entire network of defenders be able to share information more rapidly so those who must act have the information they need, and (b) the United States Government protect sensitive information, information privacy, and other legal rights of Americans. A uniform and more standardized governmentwide framework for what has previously been known as SBU information is essential .... Accordingly, this memorandum establishes a standardized framework designed to facilitate and enhance the sharing of Controlled Unclassified Information.
Purpose
(1) This memorandum (a) adopts, defines, and institutes "Controlled Unclassified Information" (CUI) as the single, categorical designation henceforth throughout the executive branch for all information within the scope of that definition, which includes most information heretofore referred to as "Sensitive But Unclassified" (SBU) in the Information Sharing Environment (ISE), and (b) establishes a corresponding new CUI Framework for designating, marking, safeguarding, and disseminating information designated as CUI. The memorandum's purpose is to standardize practices and thereby improve the sharing of information, not to classify or declassify new or additional information.
Background – The Current SBU Environment
(2) The global nature of the threats facing the United States requires that (a) our Nation's entire network of defenders be able to share information more rapidly so those who must act have the information they need, and (b) the United States Government protect sensitive information, information privacy, and other legal rights of Americans. A uniform and more standardized governmentwide framework for what has previously been known as SBU information is essential .... Accordingly, this memorandum establishes a standardized framework designed to facilitate and enhance the sharing of Controlled Unclassified Information.
Avoid Identity Theft
16 Apr 2008
A Link to Quick Tips on Avoiding Identity Theft
http://www.switched.com/2008/04/16/top-tips-to-avoid-identity-theft-1/
http://www.switched.com/2008/04/16/top-tips-to-avoid-identity-theft-1/
topic:
Information Integrity
type:
Web Resource
FAR Final Rule
8 Mar 2008, TC
SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule
amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the
requirements for a contractor code of business ethics and conduct and
the display of Federal agency Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Fraud Hotline Posters.
Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule
amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the
requirements for a contractor code of business ethics and conduct and
the display of Federal agency Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Fraud Hotline Posters.
What Happens When Cultures Collide?
7 Mar 2008
Federal Acquisition Act (FAR)Ethics and Compliance Final Rule
6 Mar 2008
With the support of new federal rules governing ethics and compliance programs for government contractors (72 Fed. Reg. 7588 and 65,873 - FAR proposed rule scheduled to go into effect on December 24, 2007)
[Federal Register: November 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 225)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 65873-65882]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 2, 3, and 52
[FAC 2005-22; FAR Case 2006-007; Item II; Docket 2007-0001; Sequence 1]
RIN 9000-AK67
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-007, Contractor
Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule
amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the
requirements for a contractor code of business ethics and conduct and
the display of Federal agency Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Fraud Hotline Posters.
DATES: Effective Date: December 24, 2007
[Federal Register: November 23, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 225)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 65873-65882]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 2, 3, and 52
[FAC 2005-22; FAR Case 2006-007; Item II; Docket 2007-0001; Sequence 1]
RIN 9000-AK67
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-007, Contractor
Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule
amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address the
requirements for a contractor code of business ethics and conduct and
the display of Federal agency Office of the Inspector General (OIG)
Fraud Hotline Posters.
DATES: Effective Date: December 24, 2007
topic:
Legal Perspective
type:
Laws and Regulations
initiative:
Federal Contractors' Ethics and Compliance
Ethics Amendments to Federal Acquisition Act (FAR)
6 Mar 2008, U.S. Federal Government
[Federal Register: February 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 32)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 7588-7590]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 2, 3, and 52
[FAR Case 2006-007; Docket 2007-0001; Sequence 1]
RIN 9000-AK67
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-007, Contractor
Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address Contractor Code of
Ethics and Business Conduct and the display of Federal agency Office of
the Inspector General (OIG) Fraud Hotline Poster.
DATES: Interested parties should submit written comments to the FAR
Secretariat on or before April 17, 2007 to be considered in the
formulation of a final rule.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by FAR case 2006-007 by any of
the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.Search
for any document by first selecting the
proper document types and selecting ``Federal Acquisition Regulation''
as the agency of choice. At the ``Keyword'' prompt, type in the FAR
case number (for example, FAR Case 2006-007) and click on the
``Submit'' button. Please include any personal and/or business
information inside the document.You may also search for any document by
clicking on the ``Advanced search/document search'' tab at the top of
the screen, selecting from the agency field ``Federal Acquisition
Regulation'', and typing the FAR case number in the keyword field.
Select the ``Submit'' button.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, ATTN: Laurieann
Duarte, Washington, DC 20405.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite FAR case 2006-
007 in all correspondence related to this case. All comments received
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal and/or business confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest Woodson, Procurement
Analyst, at (202) 501-3775 for clarification of content. For
information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the
FAR Secretariat at (202) 501-4755. Please cite FAR case 2006-007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
FAR Part 3 provides guidance on improper business practices and
personal conflicts of interest, but it does not discuss the
contractor's responsibilities with regard to code of ethics and
business conduct and the avoidance of improper business practices.
Currently, three agencies (the Departments of Defense, Veterans
Affairs, and the Environmental Protection Agency) maintain policy for
contractor code of ethics and business conduct and the contractor's
responsibility to avoid improper business practices. With few
exceptions, the agencies' clauses and prescriptions are very similar to
one another, in that they- establish agency policy and recommend
contents of a contractor's system of management and internal controls
in connection with Government contracts; establish contract dollar
thresholds for display of the agency Inspector General poster; provide
instructions for obtaining the hotline posters; and provide exemptions
to displaying posters. However, the agencies' policies differ on the
contract dollar thresholds and the address and phone number of the
Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to obtain a fraud hotline poster.
In view of the significant sums of Federal dollars spent by
agencies to acquire goods and services, this rule establishes a clear
and consistent policy regarding contractor code of ethics and business
conduct, responsibility to avoid improper business practices, and
procedures for displaying an agency OIG Fraud Hotline poster to
facilitate the reporting of wrongdoing in Federal contracting. This
rule also recognizes the need for agencies to cooperate with the
Department of Homeland Security to ensure that contracts funded with
disaster assistance funds require display of any event-specific fraud
hotline posters announcing ad hoc or other special hotline reporting
information applicable to the specific contract. This rule proposes
amending the FAR to add FAR Subpart 3.10, Contractor Code of Ethics and
Business Conduct, that will--
1. Define the ``United States'' to mean the 50 States, the District
of Columbia and outlying areas as used in FAR 25.003, and exclude
contracts performed outside the United States from the requirements of
the rule.
2. Include policy stating that contractors ``should'' have a code
of ethics and business conduct.
3. Exclude commercial item contracts awardedpursuant to FAR Part 12
from the requirements of the rule, because the rule will not implement
statute or executive order, and because ethics programs and hotline
posters are not standard commercial practices as stipulated by the
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.
4. Provide that contractors receiving awards inexcess of $5,000,000
that have performance periods of 120 days or more, shall have a written
code of ethics and business conduct within 30 days after contract
award. Furthermore, the contractor shall promote compliance by
establishing, within 90 days after contract award, an employee ethics
and compliance training program and an internal control system
proportionate to the size of the company and extent of its business
with the Federal Government.
5. Provide that contractors receiving awards inexcess of $5,000,000
shall
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[Proposed Rules]
[Page 7588-7590]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr16fe07-20]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
48 CFR Parts 2, 3, and 52
[FAR Case 2006-007; Docket 2007-0001; Sequence 1]
RIN 9000-AK67
Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-007, Contractor
Code of Ethics and Business Conduct
AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration
(GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense
Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) are proposing to amend the
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to address Contractor Code of
Ethics and Business Conduct and the display of Federal agency Office of
the Inspector General (OIG) Fraud Hotline Poster.
DATES: Interested parties should submit written comments to the FAR
Secretariat on or before April 17, 2007 to be considered in the
formulation of a final rule.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by FAR case 2006-007 by any of
the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.Search
for any document by first selecting the
proper document types and selecting ``Federal Acquisition Regulation''
as the agency of choice. At the ``Keyword'' prompt, type in the FAR
case number (for example, FAR Case 2006-007) and click on the
``Submit'' button. Please include any personal and/or business
information inside the document.You may also search for any document by
clicking on the ``Advanced search/document search'' tab at the top of
the screen, selecting from the agency field ``Federal Acquisition
Regulation'', and typing the FAR case number in the keyword field.
Select the ``Submit'' button.
Fax: 202-501-4067.
Mail: General Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat (VIR), 1800 F Street, NW, Room 4035, ATTN: Laurieann
Duarte, Washington, DC 20405.
Instructions: Please submit comments only and cite FAR case 2006-
007 in all correspondence related to this case. All comments received
will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal and/or business confidential information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest Woodson, Procurement
Analyst, at (202) 501-3775 for clarification of content. For
information pertaining to status or publication schedules, contact the
FAR Secretariat at (202) 501-4755. Please cite FAR case 2006-007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
FAR Part 3 provides guidance on improper business practices and
personal conflicts of interest, but it does not discuss the
contractor's responsibilities with regard to code of ethics and
business conduct and the avoidance of improper business practices.
Currently, three agencies (the Departments of Defense, Veterans
Affairs, and the Environmental Protection Agency) maintain policy for
contractor code of ethics and business conduct and the contractor's
responsibility to avoid improper business practices. With few
exceptions, the agencies' clauses and prescriptions are very similar to
one another, in that they- establish agency policy and recommend
contents of a contractor's system of management and internal controls
in connection with Government contracts; establish contract dollar
thresholds for display of the agency Inspector General poster; provide
instructions for obtaining the hotline posters; and provide exemptions
to displaying posters. However, the agencies' policies differ on the
contract dollar thresholds and the address and phone number of the
Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to obtain a fraud hotline poster.
In view of the significant sums of Federal dollars spent by
agencies to acquire goods and services, this rule establishes a clear
and consistent policy regarding contractor code of ethics and business
conduct, responsibility to avoid improper business practices, and
procedures for displaying an agency OIG Fraud Hotline poster to
facilitate the reporting of wrongdoing in Federal contracting. This
rule also recognizes the need for agencies to cooperate with the
Department of Homeland Security to ensure that contracts funded with
disaster assistance funds require display of any event-specific fraud
hotline posters announcing ad hoc or other special hotline reporting
information applicable to the specific contract. This rule proposes
amending the FAR to add FAR Subpart 3.10, Contractor Code of Ethics and
Business Conduct, that will--
1. Define the ``United States'' to mean the 50 States, the District
of Columbia and outlying areas as used in FAR 25.003, and exclude
contracts performed outside the United States from the requirements of
the rule.
2. Include policy stating that contractors ``should'' have a code
of ethics and business conduct.
3. Exclude commercial item contracts awardedpursuant to FAR Part 12
from the requirements of the rule, because the rule will not implement
statute or executive order, and because ethics programs and hotline
posters are not standard commercial practices as stipulated by the
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act.
4. Provide that contractors receiving awards inexcess of $5,000,000
that have performance periods of 120 days or more, shall have a written
code of ethics and business conduct within 30 days after contract
award. Furthermore, the contractor shall promote compliance by
establishing, within 90 days after contract award, an employee ethics
and compliance training program and an internal control system
proportionate to the size of the company and extent of its business
with the Federal Government.
5. Provide that contractors receiving awards inexcess of $5,000,000
shall
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topic:
Legal Perspective
type:
Web Resource
Protecting Privacy Key to Corporate Ethics
25 Feb 2008
Garbage In, Liability Out (GILO)
20 Feb 2008