COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY 6b

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The grantee may use its own property management standards and procedures, provided it observes provisions In applicable grant regulations found at 45 CFR Part 75. Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA): All information systems, electronic or hard copy, that contain federal data must be protected from unauthorized access. This standard also applies to information associated with CDC grants. Congress and the OMB have instituted laws, policies and directives that govern the creation and implementation of federal information security practices that pertain specifically to grants and contracts. The current regulations are pursuant to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Title III of the E -Government Act of 2002, PL 107-347. FISMA applies to CDC grantees only when grantees collect, store, process, transmit or use information on behalf of HHS or any of its component organizations. In all other cases, FISMA is not applicable to recipients of grants, including cooperative agreements. Under FISMA, the grantee retains the original data and Intellectual property, and is responsible for the security of these data, subject to all applicable laws protecting security, privacy, and research. If/When Information collected by a grantee is provided to HHS, responsibility for the protection of the HHS copy of the information is transferred to HHS and it becomes the agency's responsibility to protect that information and any derivative copies as required by FISMA. For the full text of the requirements under Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), Title III of the E -Government Act of 2002 Pub. L. No. 107-347, please review the following website: Pilot Program for Enhancement of Contractor Employee Whistleblower Protections: Grantees are hereby given notice that the 48 CFR section 3.908, implementing section 828, entitled "Pilot Program for Enhancement of Contractor Employee Whistleblower Protections," of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 (Pub. L. 112-239, enacted January 2, 2013), applies to this award. Federal Acquisition Regulations As promulgated in the Federal Register, the relevant portions of 48 CFR section 3.908 read as follows (note that use of the term "contract," "contractor," "subcontract," or "subcontractor" for the purpose of this term and condition, should be read as "grant," "grantee," "subgrant," or "subgrantee"): 3.908 Pilot program for enhancement of contractor employee whistleblower protections. 3.908-1 Scope of section. (a) This section implements 41 U.S.C_ 4712. (b) This section does not apply to - (1) DoD, NASA, and the Coast Guard; or (2) Any element of the intelligence community, as defined in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)). This section does not apply to any disclosure made by an employee of a contractor or subcontractor of an element of the intelligence community if such disclosure - (i) Relates to an activity of an element of the intelligence community; or (ii) Was discovered during contract or subcontract services provided to an element of the intelligence community. 3.908-2 Definitions. As used in this section - "Abuse of authority" means an arbitrary and capricious exercise of authority that is inconsistent with the mission of the executive agency concerned or the successful performance of a contract of such agency. "Inspector General" means an Inspector General appointed under the Inspector General Act of 1978 and any Inspector General that receives funding from, or has oversight over contracts awarded for, or on behalf of, the executive agency concerned. 3..908-3 Policy. (a) Contractors and subcontractors are prohibited from discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing, to any of the entities listed at paragraph (b) of this subsection, information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement of a Federal contract, a