Privacy_Act_and_Data_and_Confidentiality_Information.docx

Welch Ranch Special Recreation Management Area Geophysical Investigation and Site Evaluation

Privacy Act and Data This requirement does not include any classified material or information technology.

Contractors shall not be accessing a government/BLM facility. If a contractor would be required to access a government/BLM facility (e.g. to conduct a records search), the contract must include specific instructions and necessary security requirements.

Contractors shall be responsible for protecting all information used, gathered, or developed as a result of work under this contract and as detailed in the resulting Statement of Work. The contractor shall protect all Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) government data. All compiled or derived information, work papers, drafts, and final documents developed or accessed, or any product/system developed are the property of the United States Government. Information acquired or generated by the Purchase Order is subject to the Privacy Act. All site-specific records, photographs, and maps generated in the course of the agreements, including original field maps and notes, will be considered BLM property and will be turned over to the Order COR upon completion of the project. The contractor’s Contract Manager will be responsible for ensuring that all excess site-specific documents, maps, site forms, etc., (i.e., those not submitted as deliverables, internal review drafts, etc.) are properly disposed of upon completion of the project.

Confidentiality To protect site information of contract from unauthorized disclosure, all site location and content information must be kept in strictest confidence. The contractor shall make the information available only to the COR and CO and must take whatever internal measures are necessary to ensure that confidential material is protected. All contractor employees working under this contract, in addition to any other personnel at the Government’s request, will be required to sign formal non-disclosure and/or conflict of interest agreements to guarantee the protection and integrity of Government and/or Contractor information and documents. This nondisclosure form is included below. The Contractor shall not release, communicate or otherwise disseminate information to any other parties without the written consent of the CO, or COR. All BLM and Wyoming Cultural Use Permit Stipulations shall be followed.

Confidentiality.

The State Director may withhold information about the location and nature of permitted work if disclosing it would compromise the protection of archaeological resources and/or National Register properties.