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Applicable Laws

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The following laws, regulations, and policies apply to EHRI systems:

Public Laws:

  • Public Law 89-554, Freedom of Information Act of 1974 [5 U.S.C. § 552], 1966, amended 1974, 1976, 1978, 1984, 1986, 1996
  • Public Law 93-579, Privacy Act of 1974 [5 U.S.C. § 552a], December 31, 1974
  • Public Law 99-474, Computer Fraud & Abuse Act of 1986 [18 U.S.C. § 1030]
  • Public Law 104-13, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, May 1995
  • Public Law 104-106, Division E, Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (formerly Information Technology Management Reform Act), February 10, 1996
  • Public Law 104-191, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, August 21, 1996
  • Public Law 107-347 [H.R. 2458], The E-Government Act of 2002, Title III of this Act is the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, December 17, 2002

Directives:

  • Circular A-123, Management Accountability and Control, December 21, 2004
  • Circular A-130, Management of Federal Information Resources, Appendix III, Security of Federal Automated Information Resources, November 28, 2000
  • Memorandum M-02-01, Guide for Reporting and Submitting Security Plans of Action and Milestones, October 17, 2001
  • Memorandum M-03-22, OMB Guidance for Implementing the Privacy Provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002, September 30, 2003
  • Memorandum M-06-15, Safeguarding Personally Identifiable Information, May 22, 2006
  • Memorandum M-06-16, Protection of Sensitive Agency Information, June 23, 2006
  • Memorandum M-06-19, Reporting Incidents Involving Personally Identifiable Information and Incorporating the Cost for Security in Agency Information Technology Investments, July 12, 2006
  • Memorandum M-07-16, Safeguarding Against and Responding to the Breach of Personally Identifiable Information, May 22, 2007
  • Additional OMB circulars, memoranda, and other OMB guidance found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/e-gov/.

Guidance

  • FIPS PUB 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Information and Information Systems, February 2004
  • FIPS PUB 200, Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems, March 2006
  • FIPS PUB 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules, May 25, 2001 NIST SP 800-18 Revision 1, Guide for Developing Security Plans for Federal Information Systems, February, 2006
  • NIST SP 800-30 Risk Management Guide for Information Technology Systems, July 2002
  • NIST SP 800-37 Revision 1, Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems, February 2010
  • NIST SP 800-47, Security Guide for Interconnecting Information Technology Systems, August 2002
  • NIST SP 800-53 Revision 3, Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems, August 2009
  • NIST SP 800-60 Revision 1, Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories, Volumes I and II, August 2008
  • NIST SP 800-61 Revision 1, Computer Security Incident Handling Guide, March 2008
  • NIST SP 800-70 Revision 1, Security Configuration Checklists Program for IT Products: Guidance for Checklists Users and DevelopersPDF Document, September 2009
  • NIST SP 800-88, Guidelines for Media Sanitization, September 2006
  • NIST SP 800-92, Guide to Computer Security Log Management, September 2006
  • Additional FIPS, NIST Special Publications, and other NIST guidance found at http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/index.html.

Certification and Accreditation materials and the annual system test and evaluations are available for review by appointment in OPM's secure reading room.

This page can be found on the web at the following url: http://www.opm.gov/egov/e-gov/EHRI/applicable_laws.asp