Government contractors soon may be compelled to protect against the compromise of information that is resident on their network and computer systems. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council) issued on August 24 a proposed rule on “Basic Safeguarding of Contractor Information Systems”. The proposal would add a new FAR subpart and contract clause requiring small and large contractors, including commercial items contractors, to employ basic security measures to protect information from unauthorized disclosure, loss, or compromise.
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Proposed FAR rule would require privacy training for government contractors
On October 14, 2011, the US Department of Defense, the General Services Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration published a proposed rule that would amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to strengthen government contractor privacy training. This blog entry links to a Hogan Lovells Government Contracts and Privacy and Information Management Alert.