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PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

ATTACHMENT 24.2 CONFIDENTIALITY & NEUTRALITY STATEMENT

I, ____________________________ (please print your full name), the undersigned, a subcontractor of [INSERT CONTRACTOR NAME] in the capacity of an interpreter/translator, acknowledge and agree that the content of any and all interpretations and/or translations with which I am involved is to be kept strictly confidential, as are records indicating that a specific alien has applied for asylum and/or received a credible fear or reasonable fear interview or review.

I also understand and agree that:

A. I will not, in any way, disclose, divulge, discuss, or otherwise make known to any third parties the content or existence of conversations, documents or other information that I may acquire during interpretation and/or translation assignments pertaining to protection from repatriation or an application for asylum or to a credible fear or reasonable fear interview or review, or the fact that an individual has requested protection, applied for asylum, or had a credible fear or reasonable fear interview or review, unless (1) expressly required by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, (2) expressly authorized or requested by a responsible official of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or (3) expressly authorized or requested by the alien applicant or interviewee, or his or her authorized representative, in advance and in writing;

B. I will maintain absolute neutrality in tone, modality, and content of my interpretation and/or translation; and in no event will I add to, delete from, opine on, embellish, or otherwise alter the matter to be interpreted or translated;

C. If, at any time, I become aware of my inability to interpret or translate for a given alien applicant or interviewee in a neutral manner on account of bias of any kind or degree against the alien or the alien’s race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, I will immediately notify the appropriate U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officer and recuse myself from providing interpretation and/or translation services in that particular case; and

D. I am ineligible to interpret or translate for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services if I am or ever have been an official of or employed, directly or indirectly, by the Government of the alien’s country of nationality, or if stateless, country of last habitual residence. If I become aware that I am ineligible to interpret or translate under this paragraph, I will immediately notify the appropriate Department of Homeland Security officer and recuse myself from providing interpretation and/or translation service.

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