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Section 1
U.S. Department of Energy MINOR CHANGE
Washington, DC
Chg 1 (Min Chg): 11-1-2018
SUBJECT: MINOR CHANGES TO DOE O 206.1, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PRIVACY
PROGRAM
1. EXPLANATION OF CHANGES. This update formalizes the Department’s privacy
breach response plan. Changes were also made to update references to other DOE
directives.
2. LOCATIONS OF CHANGES:
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1 1.a. Ensure compliance with privacy
requirements, specifically those
provided in the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended at Title 5 United States
Code (U.S.C.) 552a, Section 208 of
the E-Government Act of 2002, and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) directives.
Ensure compliance with privacy
requirements, specifically those
provided in the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended at Title 5 United
States Code (U.S.C.) 552a, Section
208 of the E-Government Act of
2002, and associated Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
directives.
1 2 CANCELLATION. DOE N 206.5,
Response and Notification
Procedures for Data Breaches
Involving Personally Identifiable
Information, dated 10-09-07, is
canceled.
CANCELS/SUPERSEDES. DOE
O 206.1, Department of Energy
Privacy Program, dated 01-16-09,
is canceled.
1 3.a. DOE Elements. Except for the
exclusions in paragraph 3.c., this
Order applies to all Departmental
Elements, including those created
after the Order is issued. (Go to
www.directives.doe.gov/pdfs/reftools
/org-list.pdf for the current listing of
Departmental Elements.)
DOE Elements. Except for the
exclusions in paragraph 3.c., this
Order applies to all Departmental
Elements, including those created
after the Order is issued.
2 3.c.(1) In accordance with the
responsibilities and authorities
assigned by Executive Order 12344,
codified at 50 USC sections 2406 and
2511, and to ensure consistency
throughout the joint Navy/DOE
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program,
the Deputy Administrator for Naval
Reactors (Director) will implement
and oversee requirements and
In accordance with the
responsibilities and authorities
assigned by Executive Order
12344, codified at 50 USC
sections 2406 and 2511, and to
ensure consistency throughout the
joint Navy/DOE Naval Nuclear
Propulsion Program, the Deputy
Administrator for Naval Reactors
(Director) will implement and
DOE O 206.1
http://www.directives.doe.gov/pdfs/reftools/org-list.pdf
http://www.directives.doe.gov/pdfs/reftools/org-list.pdf
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practices pertaining to this Directive
for activities under the Director’s
cognizance, as deemed appropriate.
oversee requirements and practices
pertaining to this Order for
activities under the Director’s
cognizance, as deemed
appropriate.
2 3.c.(2) Added. Nothing in this Order shall be
construed to provide any employee
of DOE who is not an employee of
the National Nuclear Security
Administration (NNSA), other
than the Secretary and Deputy
Secretary, authority, direction or
control of any employee or
contractor of NNSA. The
Administrator of NNSA will
assure that NNSA employees and
contractors comply with their
respective responsibilities under
this Order. Nothing in this Order
will be construed to interfere with
the NNSA Administrator's
authority under Section 3212(d) of
Public Law (P.L.) 106-65 to
establish NNSA-specific policies,
unless disapproved by the
Secretary.
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2 4.a.(3) Upon a finding of a suspected or
confirmed data breach involving PII
in printed or electronic form, DOE
employees must immediately report
the incident to the DOE-Cyber
Incident Response Capability (DOE-
CIRC) at 866-941-2472
(doecirc@doecirc.energy.gov) and
through their Departmental Element
in accordance with existing cyber
incident reporting processes, which
have been established in Senior DOE
Management Program Cyber
Security Plans (PCSPs) as defined in
DOE O 205.1A, Department of
Energy Cyber Security Management.
Upon a finding of a suspected or
confirmed data breach of PII in
printed, verbal, or electronic form,
DOE employees must ensure that
the breach is IMMEDIATELY
reported:
(a) to both the local Privacy Act
Officer (PAO) and/or Privacy
Point of Contact (PPOC) AND
to the Integrated Joint
Cybersecurity Command
Center (iJC3) at 866-941-2472
(or via email to
circ@jc3.doe.gov); OR
(b) through their Departmental
Element in accordance with
existing cyber incident
reporting processes, which
have been established in Senior
DOE Management Program
Cyber Security Plans (PCSPs)
as defined in DOE O 205.1,
mailto:doecirc@doecirc.energy.gov
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Department of Energy Cyber
Security Program, current
version.
2 4.a.(4)-(5) (4) Types of breaches that must be
reported include, but are not limited
to the following:
(a) loss of control of DOE
employee information consisting of
names and Social Security
numbers,
(b) loss of control of Department
credit card holder information,
(c) loss of control of PII pertaining
to the public,
(d) loss of control of security
information (e.g., logons,
passwords, etc.),
(e) incorrect delivery of PII,
(g) theft of PII, and
(g) unauthorized access to PII
stored on Department-operated
web sites.
(5) Within one hour of receiving the
report of an incident involving a
breach of PII, the Office of the Chief
Information Officer (OCIO) will
report the incident to the United
States Computer Emergency
Response Team (US-CERT) in
accordance with OMB directives.
The OCIO will ensure the Chief
Privacy Officer (CPO) is notified of
all incidents involving the breach of
PII within one hour of receiving
notification.
Removed.
3 4.a.(6)-(7) Renumbered 4.a.(4)-(5)
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5 4.b.(11) Recognizing differences between PII
and the Privacy Act and the different
obligations created by both
authorities. Most personal
information about an individual will
fall under both the Privacy Act and
OMB directives governing the
safeguarding of PII. However,
employees must be cognizant that
these are two separate authorities that
impose different responsibilities on
federal and contractor employees for
safeguarding information. PII that is
in a SOR is subject to the restrictions
and penalties of the Privacy Act.
Recognizing differences between
PII and the Privacy Act and the
different obligations created by
both authorities. Most personal
information about an individual
will fall under both the Privacy
Act and OMB directives
governing the safeguarding of PII.
However, employees must be
cognizant that these are two
separate authorities that impose
different responsibilities on federal
employees and contractor
employees for safeguarding
information. PII that is in a SOR is
subject to the restrictions and
penalties of the Privacy Act. PII
not maintained in a Privacy Act
SOR should be protected and only
disclosed for authorized purposes.
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5 4.b.(15) Senior DOE Management, as defined
in DOE O 205.1A, Department of
Energy Cyber Security Management,
dated 12-4-06, may add to these
requirements for their own
organizations, based on assessment
of risk, so long as any additional
direction is consistent with these
requirements.
Senior DOE Management, as
defined in DOE O 205.1,
Department of Energy Cyber
Security Program, current version,
may add to these requirements for
their own organizations, based on
assessment of risk, so long as any
additional direction is consistent
with these requirements.
5 5.a.-k. Added and Reorganized.
a. Senior Agency Official for
Privacy
b. Director, Office of Information
Resources
c. Chief Privacy Officer
d. Secretarial Officers/Heads of
Departmental Elements
e. Chief Information Officer
f. Privacy Incident Response Team
(PIRT)
g. Privacy Act Officers
h. Contracting Officers
i. DOE Employees
j. System Owners
5.a.-n.
a. Secretary of Energy (S1).
b. Deputy Secretary of Energy
(S2)
c. Secretarial Officers/Heads of
Departmental Elements/Heads
of Program Offices/Heads of
Field Offices
d. Senior Agency Official for
Privacy (SAOP)
e. Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)
f. Chief Information Officer
(CIO)
g. Privacy Incident Response
Team (PIRT)
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k. General Counsel h. Privacy Act Officers (PAO)
and Privacy Point of Contact
(PPOC)
i. Integrated Joint Cybersecurity
Coordination Center (iJC3)
j. Senior Procurement
Executive, Office of
Management
k. Contracting Officers
l. DOE Employees
m. System Owners
n. General Counsel
5 5.a. New 5.a.
Secretary of Energy (S1).
(1) Designates the Department’s
SAOP.
(2) Designates the standing group
of Departmental
representatives to the Privacy
Incident Response Team
(PIRT), which will include, at a
minimum:
(a) The Department’s SAOP;
(b) the Department’s Chief
Privacy Officer (CPO);
(c) the Chief Information
Officer (CIO) or the CIO’s
designee;
(d) the Chief Information
Security Officer (CISO);
(e) a senior official from the
Office of the General
Counsel (GC);
(f) the Office of Congressional
and Intergovernmental
Affairs (CI); and
(g) the Office of Public Affairs
(PA).
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The SAOP may invite other
Department officials and
subject matter experts as
necessary to serve on the PIRT.
(3) Makes a final decision on
whether the Department will
provide notification.
(4) Makes a determination on
whether additional identity
protection services will be
provided to individuals affected
by a breach involving PII.
(5) Determines which Department
Office or Element is
responsible for covering the
financial costs of notification
and corrective services, if
needed. Generally, this will be
the Office or Element
responsible for the breach.
(6) Reports breaches that the
SAOP determines to be Major
Incidents to the appropriate
Congressional Committees and
to the White House no later
than seven (7) days after the
date on which there is a
reasonable basis to conclude
that a breach that constitutes a
Major Incident has occurred.
5 5.b. Added. New 5.b.
Deputy Secretary of Energy (S2).
(1) Serves as the Secretary’s
designee in executing the
Secretary’s privacy incident
response responsibilities under
this plan, either for specific
breaches or when the Secretary
is unavailable.
(2) Determines if and what further
actions are necessary in the
event of non-concurrence
between the SAOP and the
CIO, or between the SAOP and
the PIRT, where the PIRT is
convened.
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Section 4
6 5.c. Was 5.d.
Secretarial Officers/Heads of
Departmental Elements
Renumbered to 5.c.
Secretarial Officers/Heads of
Departmental Elements/Heads of
Program Offices/Heads of Field
Offices
7 5.c.(7)-(12) Added. (7) Designate representatives to
participate on the PIRT, if
convened, at the request of the
SAOP. Provide additional
representatives to support the CPO
in assessing, investigating, and
implementing corrective action for
breaches involving PII that have
significant impacts on the
Department, DOE Elements or
Offices, or DOE IT systems or
networks.
(8) Ensure that Element’s or
Program Office’s privacy
compliance documentation,
including PIAs, are up-to-date and
available to serve as a resource for
incident response or breach
investigations.
(9) If applicable, support the
SAOP and the CPO in conducting
annual reviews of the Element’s or
Program Office’s privacy incident
response plans and periodic audits
of Element’s or Program Office’s
breach response activities.
(10) Ensure that all Element or
Program Office sites maintain a
process for tracking incidents
involving breaches of PII. At a
minimum, this tracking
mechanism should include the
dates and times of events, whether
the breach involved physical files
or electronic information, and
decisions and corrective actions.
Each Element or Program Office
site will provide tracking reports to
the SAOP on request.
(11) Ensure that breaches
involving PII in any form—
written, electronic, or verbal—are
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reported to both the Department’s
Integrated Joint Cybersecurity
Coordination Center (iJC3) and
the SAOP IMMEDIATELY.
(12) Ensure responsibility for all
costs associated with remediation
including notification of affected
or potentially-affected individuals
for breaches originating within
their Element.
8 5.d.(2)-(15) Was 5.a.
Added.
Renumbered to 5.d.
(2) Oversees Departmental
response to breaches involving PII.
(3) Serves as the Secretary’s
authorized designee for the
operational management of
privacy incident response. The
SAOP may also be designated
additional incident response
responsibilities, with the exception
of decisions related to the
Department’s response to a Major
Incident.
(4) Determines whether a breach
meets the criteria of a Major
Incident.
(5) Determines whether a breach
of PII reported by an Element or
Program Office should be handled
by Headquarters staff, based on:
(a) the scope and impact of the
breach, including the
number of affected persons;
(b) whether the breach involves
at least two or more DOE
Elements or Offices; or
(c) the SAOP’s determination
that it is otherwise
significant.
(6) Convenes and chairs the PIRT.
The PIRT shall always be
convened when a breach
constitutes a Major Incident.
(7) Develops and conducts
tabletop exercises for PIRT
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Section 5
members, at least annually, and
provides additional training as
appropriate.
(8) Advises the Secretary on
whether and when to notify
individuals affected or potentially
affected by a breach, and makes
recommendations regarding
potential services to provide to
affected individuals, to include
credit monitoring or identify
restoration services.
(9) Reviews and approves DOE
Element-specific breach response
plans submitted by Secretarial
Officers/Heads of Departmental
Elements/Heads of Program
Offices/Heads of Field Elements.
(10) Conducts annual reviews of
Element- and Program Office-
specific breach response plans and
periodic audits of Element and
Program Office breach response
activities, if applicable.
(11) Coordinates with appropriate
agency officials to ensure that law
enforcement and the Office of
Inspector General (IG) are notified
in the event of a breach involving
alleged or suspected criminal
activity.
(12) Reports metrics on breaches
involving PII impacting the
Department under quarterly and
annual Federal Information
Security Modernization Act
(FISMA) reporting requirements.
(13) Issues Departmental
guidance to Department Elements
and Offices to lessen the risk of
privacy breaches (e.g., reducing
the use of SSNs in DOE
information systems and
collections, and encouraging the
use of encryption when sending
PII through electronic means).
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(14) Ensures that employees and
contractors staffing the iJC3 are
properly trained to identify a
privacy breach.
(15) Reviews this Appendix
annually and considers whether
DOE should:
(a) Update its breach response
plan;
(b) Develop and implement new
policies to protect the
agency’s PII holdings;
(c) Revise existing policies to
protect the agency’s PII
holdings;
(d) Reinforce or improve training
and awareness;
(e) Modify information sharing
arrangements; and
(f) Develop or revise
documentation such as
System of Record Notices
(SORNs), PIAs, or privacy
policies.
9 5.e.(5)-(16) Was 5.c.
Added.
Renumbered to 5.e.
(5) Manages implementation of
the Department’s breach response
process and supports the SAOP.
(6) Serves as the SAOP’s
authorized designee for privacy
incident response, as needed.
(7) Coordinates with the CISO,
senior-level officials in the Office
of the CIO, Office of the General
Counsel staff, and other
stakeholder offices as appropriate,
to assess and investigate reported
incidents involving breaches of
PII.
(8) Maintains a record of breaches
of PII to include a description of
the breach; steps taken to
investigate the breach; an analysis
of harm to privacy interests; any
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actions taken to mitigate potential
harms or prevent similar future
occurrences.
(9) Develop a formal Lessons
Learned report following any
breach reported to Congress. The
SAOP will review the Lessons
Learned report with the PIRT to
determine whether changes to the
Department’s Breach Response
Plan, policies, training, or other
documentation is appropriate, and
document specific challenges
preventing the Department from
instituting appropriate remedial
measures.
(10) Supports the iJC3 to develop
quarterly reports for the SAOP
detailing the status of each breach
involving PII reported during the
fiscal year.
(11) Serves as the Subject Matter
Expert (SME) on policy,
legislation, regulations, and
guidance related to information
privacy.
(12) Maintains an inventory of
Departmental systems containing
PII on behalf of the SAOP.
(13) Ensures that Privacy Act
SORNs are kept current.
(14) Uses Departmental PIAs and
SORNs as resources in privacy
incident response or breach
investigations
(15) Issues policies and guidance
on improvements to lessen the risk
of breaches of PII. Monitors
implementation of activities
reducing the use of SSNs and
encouraging the use of encryption
when sending PII through
electronic means
(16) Coordinates with the
Program Manager for the DOE
iJC3 and with the points of contact
Section 6
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designated by the Secretarial
Officer/Head of DOE
Element/Head of Program Office
to collect and track metrics on
breaches involving PII impacting
the Department to respond to
quarterly and annual FISMA
reporting requirements.
11 5.f. Was 5.e.
Chief Information Officer.
(1) Advises and provides cyber
security and information
technology subject matter
expertise to the CPO to identify
ways in which the Department
can safeguard privacy
information.
(2) Provides current threat
information regarding the
compromise of PII and
information systems containing
PII.
(3) Reports incidents involving
breaches of PII to the United
States Computer Emergency
Response Team (US-CERT) in
accordance with OMB directives
and ensures the CPO is notified
of all incidents involving the
breach of PII within one hour of
receiving notification
Renumbered to 5.f.
Chief Information Officer (CIO).
(1) Advises and provides cyber
security and information
technology subject matter
expertise to the SAOP and the
CPO to identify ways in which
the Department can safeguard
privacy information.
(2) Provides current threat
information regarding the
compromise of PII and
information systems containing
PII.
(3) Ensures the SAOP and the
CPO are notified of all
breaches of PII within ONE
HOUR of receiving
notification.
11 5.g. Was 5.f.
Privacy Incident Response Team
(PIRT).
(1) Convened by the SAOP.
(2) Responds to major incidents
involving the breach of PII as
determined by the SAOP.
(3) Conducts assessments of
incidents involving breaches of
privacy data, including
evaluating the scope, degree of
compromise, impact and risks
resulting from the breach.
Renumbered to 5.g.
Privacy Incident Response Team
(PIRT).
(1) Convened by the SAOP.
(2) Responds to significant or
Major Incidents involving the
breach of PII as determined
by the SAOP.
(3) Conducts assessments of the
breach of PII, including
evaluating the scope, degree
of compromise, impact and
risks resulting from the
breach.
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(4) Coordinates with the SAOP for
internal and external agency
notification including law
enforcement.
(4) Coordinates with the SAOP
for internal and external
agency notification including
law enforcement.
11 5.g.(5)-(10) Added. (5) Serves as the Breach
Response Team required by
OMB M-17-12.
(6) Is chaired by the SAOP, who
may convene the PIRT when
the SAOP determines the PII
breach:
(a) is a Major Incident;
(b) crosses DOE
organizational
boundaries; or
(c) is otherwise needed.
(7) Is comprised of the CPO and
senior-level officials from the
following offices, at a
minimum:
(a) the CIO or the CIO’s
designee;
(b) the CISO;
(c) GC;
(d) CI;
(e) PA; and
(f) the DOE Program
Office(s) impacted by a
PII breach.
The SAOP may invite other
Department officials and
subject matter experts as
necessary to serve on the
PIRT.
(8) Adds specialized members,
including, but not limited to,
budget and procurement
personnel, human resource
personnel, and/or physical
security personnel, as
circumstances warrant.
(9) Coordinates with the IG to
ensure significant PII
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breaches involving alleged or
suspected crimes are reviewed
for potential IG investigation.
(10) Maintains readiness for
breach response activities by
participating in tabletop
exercises, at least annually,
and complete training
provided under the direction
of the SAOP.
11 5.h. Was 5.g.
Privacy Act Officers
Renumbered to 5.h.
Privacy Act Officers (PAO) and
Privacy Points of Contact (PPOC)
Section 7
11 5.h.(3) Facilitate compliance reporting for
their Departmental Elements.
Facilitate compliance reporting for
their Departmental Elements or
Program Offices.
11 5.h.(4) Added Assist as needed in privacy breach
response.
11 5.h.(4) Renumbered 5.h.(5)
12 5.i. Added. New 5.i.
Integrated Joint Cybersecurity
Coordination Center (iJC3).
(1) Serves as the Department’s
Security Operations Center
(SOC) for cyber incidents and
privacy breaches involving
Departmental headquarters IT
systems.
(2) Receives reports of suspected
or confirmed breaches of PII,
regardless of format.
(3) Notifies CPO and the CISO of
all incidents involving the
breach of PII within ONE
HOUR of receiving initial
notification.
(4) Reports breaches of PII to the
United States Computer
Emergency Response Team
(US-CERT) in accordance
with OMB directives within
ONE HOUR of receiving the
report of a breach.
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(5) Works with the SAOP and
CPO to inform the PIRT or
other breach stakeholders on
developments during an
investigation of a breach of
PII.
(6) Tracks metrics for all
Departmental incidents and
breaches for FISMA
reporting.
(7) Provides quarterly reports to
the SAOP detailing the status
of each breach reported to the
iJC3 during the fiscal year.
13 5.j. Added. New 5.j.
Senior Procurement Executive,
Office of Management.
(1) Ensures that Departmental
contracts include requirements
regarding contractor
compliance with Department
or DOE Element-approved
breach response plans.
(2) Works with SAOP to address
deficiencies in contractor
compliance with applicable
privacy laws and compliance
requirements.
13 5.k.(2) Was 5.h.
Ensure that contracting officers’
representatives (CORs) and/or
contracting officers’ technical
representatives (COTRs) are aware of
provisions within this Order and any
changes to their respective contracts
Renumbered to 5.k.
Ensure that contracting officers’
representatives (CORs) and/or
contracting officers’ technical
representatives (COTRs) are aware
of provisions within this Order, the
CRD, and any changes to their
respective contracts
13 5.k.(4) Added. If a contracting officer receives a
report of a suspected or confirmed
breach of PII, the contracting
officer will confirm that the report
has been submitted to iJC3.
13 5.l. Was 5.i. Renumbered to 5.l.
DOE Employees.
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DOE Employees. Are responsible for
safeguarding PII and for reporting
suspected or confirmed incidents
involving the breach of PII, in printed
or electronic form, in accordance
with the requirements provided in
Appendix B.
(2) Are responsible for complying
with the Privacy Act.
(1) Are responsible for
safeguarding PII in all forms
including written, verbal, and
electronic. Safeguarding
includes encrypting emails or
password-protecting
attachments with sensitive or
High Risk PII before sending,
particularly when sending
outside of DOE.
(2) Are responsible for
IMMEDIATELY reporting
suspected or confirmed
breaches of PII, in printed or
electronic form, in accordance
with the requirements provided
in Appendix B, including
facilitating reporting to iJC3
and to minimize potential
harm.
(3) Are responsible for complying
with the Privacy Act.
(4) Cooperate with incident
response teams that are
investigating or attempting to
resolve breaches of PII.
15 5.n. Was 5.k.
Added (3).
Renumbered to 5.n.
Serves as lead on matters of law
and the interpretations of law and
regulations pertaining to privacy
breach response.
Section 8
15 6.b.(1) OMB Circular A-130, Management
of Federal Information Resources.
OMB Circular A-130, Managing
Information as a Strategic
Resource.
15 6.b.(10) Added. OMB M-16-24, Role and
Designation of Senior Agency
Officials for Privacy.
15 6.b.(11) Was 6.b.(10).
OMB M-07-16, Safeguarding
Against and Responding to Breaches
of Personally Identifiable
Information.
Renumbered to 6.b.(11)
OMB M-17-12, Preparing for and
Responding to a Breach of
Personally Identifiable
Information.
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15 6.b.(12) Added. OMB M-18-02, Fiscal Year
2017-2018 Guidance on Federal
Information Security and Privacy
Management Requirements.
16 6.c. Department of Energy Directives.
(1) DOE P 205.1, Departmental
Cyber Security Management
Policy, dated 5-8-01.
(2) DOE O 205.1A, Department of
Energy Cyber Security
Management, dated 12-4-06.
(3) DOE N 221.14, Reporting Fraud,
Waste, and Abuse, dated 12-20-
07.
(4) DOE O 221.1A, Reporting Fraud,
Waste, and Abuse to the Office
of Inspector General, dated 4-19-
08.
(5) DOE O 221.2A, Cooperation
with the Office of Inspector
General, dated 2-25-08.
Department of Energy Directives.
(1) DOE P 205.1, Departmental
Cyber Security Management
Policy, current version.
(2) DOE O 205.1, Department of
Energy Cyber Security
Program, current version.
(3) DOE O 221.1, Reporting
Fraud, Waste and Abuse to the
Office of Inspector General,
current version.
(4) DOE O 221.2, Cooperation
with the Office of Inspector
General, current version.
(5) DOE O 471.3, Identifying and
Protecting Official Use Only
Information, current version.
17 7.c. Breach. The loss of control,
compromise, unauthorized
disclosure, unauthorized acquisition,
unauthorized access, or any similar
term referring to situations where
persons other than authorized users—
and for other than an authorized
purpose—have access to or potential
access to PII, whether in physical or
electronic form.
Breach or Data Breach.1 An
incident involving the loss of
control, compromise, unauthorized
disclosure, unauthorized
acquisition, or any similar
occurrence where:
• A person other than an
authorized user accesses or
potentially accesses PII; or
• An authorized user accesses or
potentially accesses PII for
other than the authorized
purpose.
Breaches do not require evidence
of harm to an individual, or of
unauthorized modification,
deletion, exfiltration, or access to
information.
1 This definitions of “Incident,” “Breach,” and “Major Incident” are consistent with the definitions established in
OMB M-17-12, and OMB Memorandum 18-02, Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Guidance on Federal Information Security
and Privacy Management Requirements, dated October 16, 2017(M-18-02) and may differ from similar definitions
used in existing Department Orders, Directives, Memoranda, or other policy documents. For the purpose of privacy
incident response, this version of the definition will guide Departmental action and response.
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PII can be breached in any format,
including physical (paper),
electronic, and verbal/oral.
A determination of whether a
breach occurred is dependent on
the availability of facts and
circumstances; thus, the
determination may occur at any
time and any disposition of breach
status is not necessarily final.
The Elements of a Breach are
further defined as follows:
• Unauthorized modification is
the act or process of changing
components of information
and/or information systems.
• Unauthorized deletion is the act
or process of removing
information from an
information system.
Section 9
• Unauthorized exfiltration is the
act or process of obtaining—
without authorization or in
excess of authorized access—
information from an
information system without
modifying or deleting it.
• Unauthorized access is the act
or process of logical or physical
access without permission to a
Federal agency information
system, application, or other
resource.
Examples of breaches that must be
reported include, but are not
limited to the following:
• loss of control or similar
occurrence (e.g., unencrypted
email transmission) of sensitive
or High Risk DOE employee or
contractor PII;
• loss of control or similar
occurrence of Department credit
card holder information;
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• loss of control or similar
occurrence of PII collected from
or pertaining to members of the
public;
• loss of control or similar
occurrence of system security
information (e.g., user name,
passwords, security question
responses, etc.);
• incorrect delivery of PII to an
unauthorized person;
• theft of or compromise of PII;
and
• unauthorized access to PII
stored on Department-managed
information systems or
managed for the Department,
including websites, data centers,
cloud services, etc.
For these purposes, reportable PII
does not include common business
exchanges such as names and/or
business contact information.
Examples of breaches of PII
include, but are not limited to:
• A laptop or removable storage
device containing PII is lost or
stolen and information on the
device is accessed;
• An employee or contractor’s
system access credentials are
lost or stolen to gain access to
files containing PII;
• An unencrypted email
containing sensitive or High
Risk PII is sent to the wrong
person, inside or outside of the
Department email network;
• Files or documents with PII,
such as medical information, are
lost or stolen during shipping,
courier transportation, or
relocation;
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• PII is posted, either
inadvertently or with malicious
intent, to a public website or can
be accessed through a
Departmental-operated web
page or website;
• An unauthorized person
overhears Departmental
employees or contractors
discussing the PII of another
individual; or
• An IT system that collects,
maintains, or disseminates PII is
accessed or compromised by an
unauthorized person or
malicious actor.
19 7.e. Data Breach Analysis (for incidents
involving the breach of PII). The
process of assessing what, if any,
Privacy information was
compromised, the significance of
such losses or intrusions, and how to
prevent future occurrences.
Removed.
19 7.e.-f. Added. e. Federal Information.
Information that is created,
collected, processed,
maintained, disseminated,
disclosed, or disposed of by or
for the Federal Government, in
any medium or form.
f. Federal Information system. An
information system used or
operated by the Department or
by a contractor of an agency or
by a contractor or other
organization on behalf of the
Department.
19 7.f. Renumbered. 7.g.
19 7.h. Added. Incident.2 An occurrence that:
• Actually or imminently
jeopardizes, without lawful
authority, the integrity,
confidentiality, or availability of
2 See footnote 1
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information or an information
system; or
• Constitutes a violation or
imminent threat of violation of
law, security policies, security
procedures, or acceptable use
policies.
This Order and its Appendices use
the term “incident” as the broader
term for a situation involving
information or information
systems. Not all incidents are
breaches
Section 10
19 7.g. Information in Identifiable Form.
Information in an IT system or online
collection: (1) that directly identifies
an individual (e.g., name, address,
Social Security number or other
identifying number or code,
telephone number, email address,
etc.) or (2) by which an agency
intends to identify specific
individuals in conjunction with other
data elements (i.e. indirect
identification). These data elements
may include a combination of gender,
race, birth date, geographic indicator
and other descriptors.
Removed.
19 7.h.-j. Renumbered. 7.i.-k.
20 7.l. Added. Major Incident.3 A breach
constitutes a "major incident"
when it involves PII that, if
exfiltrated, modified, deleted, or
otherwise compromised, is likely
to result in demonstrable harm to
national security interests, foreign
relations, or economy of the
United States, or to the public
confidence, civil liberties, or
public health and safety of the
American people. An unauthorized
modification of, unauthorized
deletion of, unauthorized
exfiltration of, or unauthorized
access to
100,000 or more
3 See footnote 1
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individuals' PII automatically
constitutes a "major incident."
While the definition of Major
Incident includes a numerical
threshold, the Department’s Senior
Agency Official for Privacy
(SAOP) will consider the character
of the PII and the circumstances of
the breach in making this
determination, particularly where
sensitive or High Risk PII (as
defined below) is involved.
Accordingly, in some instances
breaches impacting fewer than
100,000 individuals may constitute
a Major Incident. Additionally,
breaches of sensitive or High Risk
PII of individuals approaching or
exceeding the 100,000 individual
threshold may be a Major Incident
even if there is no direct evidence
of unauthorized access, deletion,
or access.
20 7.k.-m. Renumbered. 7.m.-o.
21 7.p. Was 7.n.
Personally Identifiable Information
(PII). Any information collected or
maintained by the Department about
an individual, including but not
limited to, education, financial
transactions, medical history and
criminal or employment history, and
information that can be used to
distinguish or trace an individual’s
identity, such as his/her name, Social
Security number, date and place of
birth, mother’s maiden name,
biometric data, and including any
other personal information that is
linked or linkable to a specific
individual.
Renumbered to 7.p.
Personally Identifiable Information
(PII). Information that can be used
to distinguish or trace an
individual's identity, either alone
or when combined with other
information that is linked or
linkable to a specific individual.
PII can include unique individual
identifiers or combinations of
identifiers, such as an individual’s
name, Social Security number,
date and place of birth, mother’s
maiden name, biometric data, etc.
The sensitivity of PII increases
when combinations of elements
increase the ability to identify or
target a specific individual. PII,
which if lost, compromised, or
disclosed without authorization,
could result in substantial harm,
embarrassment, inconvenience, or
unfairness to an individual is
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categorized as High Risk PII.
Examples of High Risk PII
include, Social Security Numbers
(SSNs), biometric records (e.g.,
fingerprints, DNA, etc.), health
and medical information, financial
information (e.g., credit card
numbers, credit reports, bank
account numbers, etc.), and
security information (e.g., security
clearance information).
While all PII must be handled and
protected appropriately, High Risk
PII must be given greater
protection and consideration
following a breach because of the
increased risk of harm to an
individual if it is misused or
compromised.
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24 8 NECESSITY FINDING
STATEMENT. In compliance with
Sec. 3174 of P.L. 104-201 (50 U.S.C.
2584 note), DOE hereby finds that
this Order is necessary for the
fulfillment of current legal
requirements and conduct of critical
administrative functions.
Removed.
Appendix
B
Reorganized to match DOE Order
template.
App
B
B-1
Title and
Introductio
n
APPENDIX B. RESPONSE AND
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
FOR DATA BREACHES
INVOLVING PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
The purpose of this appendix is to
define notification requirements and
procedures for incidents involving
breaches of PII.
APPENDIX B. RESPONSE AND
NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES FOR DATA
BREACHES OF PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION
The purpose of this Appendix is to
outline new responsibilities,
requirements, and notification
requirements impacting the
Department’s existing breach
response procedures and processes
for breaches of personally
identifiable information (PII), per
the requirements of Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Memorandum 17-12, Preparing for
and Responding to a Breach of
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Personally Identifiable
Information, dated January 3, 2017
(M-17-12) and other subsequent
governance related to
cybersecurity and privacy incident
response.
App
B
B-1
1.a.(1) Added. Incidents or breaches affecting
DOE information can occur at
contractor facilities, in external
locations (e.g., when an employee
or contractor is on official travel,
and in cloud service
environments).
App
B
B-1
1.a.(2)-(3) Was 1.-2.
1. Upon a finding of a suspected or
confirmed data breach involving
PII in printed or electronic form,
DOE employees will immediately
report the incident to the DOE-
Cyber Incident Response
Capability (DOE-CIRC) at 866-
941-2472
(doecirc@doecirc.energy.gov)
and through their Departmental
Element in accordance with
existing cyber incident reporting
processes, which have been
established in Senior DOE
Management Program Cyber
Security Plans (PCSPs) as defined
in to DOE O 205.1A, Department
of Energy Cyber Security
Management.
2. Types of breaches that must be
reported include, but are not
limited to the following:
a. loss of control of DOE
employee information
consisting of names and
Social Security numbers;
b. loss of control of
Department credit card
holder information;
c. loss of control of PII
pertaining to the public;
Renumbered to 1.a.(2)-(3).
(2) Upon a finding of a suspected
or confirmed data breach of PII
in printed, verbal, or electronic
form, DOE employees must
IMMEDIATELY report the
breach using established
processes to ensure it is
reported:
to the local PAO and/or
PPOC AND the Integrated
Joint Cybersecurity
Command Center (iJC3) at
866-941-2472 (or via email
to circ@jc3.doe.gov); OR
through their Departmental
Element in accordance with
existing cyber incident
reporting processes, which
have been established in
Senior DOE Management
Program Cyber Security
Plans (PCSPs) as defined in
DOE O 205.1, Department
of Energy Cyber Security
Program, current version.
(3) Reports should include:
(a) the date and time of
discovery of the breach;
(b) the type(s) of PII
involved;
mailto:doecirc@doecirc.energy.gov
mailto:circ@jc3.doe.gov
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d. loss of control of security
information (e.g., logons,
passwords, etc.);
e. incorrect delivery of
sensitive PII;
f. theft of PII; and
g. unauthorized access to PII
stored on Department
operated web sites.
(c) number of impacted
individuals;
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(d) whether the impacted
individuals are members
of the public;
(e) the location of the PII
(physical location, if it is
spoken in conversation, or
if an IT system involved);
(f) whether the information
was encrypted or secured
at the time of the breach;
and
(g) a point of contact for
follow-up questions or
information gathering.
App
B
B-2
1.a.(4) Added. The NNSA Information Assurance
Response Center (IARC) must
ensure that all breaches of PII are
reported to the iJC3 within ONE
HOUR of discovery, in accordance
with DOE Order 205.1,
Department of Energy Cyber
Security Program, current version.
App
B
B-2
1.a.(5) Was 3.
Within one hour of receiving the
report of an incident involving a
breach of PII, the Office of the Chief
Information Officer (OCIO) will
report the incident to the United
States Computer Emergency
Response Team (US-CERT) in
accordance with OMB directives.
The OCIO will ensure the CPO is
notified of all incidents involving the
breach of PII within one hour of
receiving notification
Renumbered to 1.a.(5).
Within ONE HOUR of receiving
the report of a breach of PII, the
iJC3 will report the breach to the
US-CERT.
(a) The iJC3 will ensure that the
CPO and the CISO are
notified of all breaches of PII
within ONE HOUR of
receiving notification.
(b) The CPO will inform the
SAOP and the CIO of the
breach and work in
conjunction with the iJC3 and
the CISO to assess the initial
impact of the breach.
(c) The SAOP and CIO, for
cyber-related breaches of PII,
may request assistance from
senior-level officials and
subject matter experts with
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appropriate technical and risk
assessment expertise to assist
the CPO’s team with the initial
assessment.
App
B
B-2
1.b.-c. Was 4.-7.
4. Additionally, the Senior Agency
Official for Privacy may convene
the Privacy Incident Response
Team (PIRT) chaired by the
Senior Agency Official for
Privacy, and comprised of
senior-level representatives from
the Offices of the Chief
Information Officer; Public
Affairs; General Counsel; Office
of Management; Office of Health,
Safety and Security; National
Nuclear Security Administration;
and the DOE Program Offices
impacted by a PII breach when
the PII breach is significant,
crosses DOE organizational
boundaries, or as needed. The
PIRT will coordinate with the
Office of Inspector General (IG)
to ensure significant PII breaches
involving alleged or suspected
crimes are reviewed for potential
IG investigation
The following considerations will
apply in determining the impact
of a PII breach resulting in lost,
stolen or improperly accessed
data:
(a) the nature and content of the
data (e.g., the data elements
involved, such as name,
Social Security number and/or
date of birth, etc.);
(b) the ability of an unauthorized
party to use the data, either by
itself or in conjunction with
other data or applications
generally available, to commit
identity theft or otherwise
misuse the data to the
Renumbered to 1.b.-c.
b. Initial Assessment of Reported
Breach Involving PII.
(1) The DOE Privacy Program
Office will initiate an initial
assessment of the reported
breach within one business
day, unless there is clear
and demonstrated risk of
potential harm to the
affected individuals.
(2) The assessment will
determine whether further
technical investigation
and/or risk assessment is
needed to determine the
impact of the breach.
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(3) The assessment should
examine whether mitigating
factors that reduce the risk
to PII were, which may
result in an incident not
rising to the level of a
breach.
Examples of mitigating
factors include, but are not
limited to:
(a) A phone roster
containing the names
and personal contact
information of multiple
individuals is
discovered on an
unsecure shared
network drive.
However, forensic
analysis verifies that the
document was only
accessed by supervisors
with an authorized use
for that PII;
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disadvantage of the record
subjects;
(c) ease of logical data access to
the data given the degree of
protection for the data (e.g.,
unencrypted, plain text, etc.);
(d) ease of physical access to the
data (e.g., the degree to which
the data is readily available to
unauthorized access);
(e) evidence indicating that the
data may have been the target
of unlawful acquisition;
(f) evidence that the same or
similar data had been acquired
from other sources improperly
and used for identity theft;
(g) whether notification to
affected individuals through
the most expeditious means
available is warranted; and
(h) whether further review and
identification of systematic
vulnerabilities or weaknesses
and preventive measures are
warranted.
5. Upon conclusion of any risk
analysis by the party leading the
investigative effort (i.e. respective
Under Secretary, his or her
designees, or the PIRT), if there is
a finding of reasonable risk for
potential misuse of any PII
involved, that information along
with any supporting material will
be shared with both the Senior
Agency Official for Privacy and
the Chief Information Officer.
6. If the Senior Agency Official for
Privacy and the Chief Information
Officer concur that the data
breach does not pose a reasonable
risk of harm, the Department will
take no further action.
7. Conversely, if there is no
concurrence, both parties will
(b) A government-owned
mobile device
containing PII is
reported lost. The PII
was encrypted and the
help desk was able to
remotely wipe the
information on the
device. Forensic
analysis was able to
determine that the
device was not
accessed;
(c) An employee
knowingly sends an
email attachment
containing their own
sensitive PII
unencrypted outside of
the DOE IT network;
and
(d) An unsolicited email
containing the
purported SSNs of four
individuals is received
by a DOE employee.
The employee realizes
that the email is a spam
message, reports to
iJC3, and deletes the
email.
(4) A finding of reasonable risk
for potential misuse of
involved PII will be shared
IMMEDIATELY with both
the SAOP and the CIO
(e.g., an individual whose
PII was breached by DOE
reports discovering false
social media accounts have
been established in their
name).
(5) If the SAOP and the CIO
concur that the data breach
does not pose a risk of
substantial harm, the
Department will take no
further action.
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present their views to the Deputy
Secretary, who will then decide
what, if any, further action is
necessary.
(6) The SAOP will determine if
the breach meets the criteria
of a Major Incident.
(7) If the SAOP and the CIO
(or an authorized designee)
do not concur on further
action, both parties will
present their views to the
Deputy Secretary, or
designee, who will then
decide what, if any, further
action is necessary.
b. Escalation and Convening of
the Privacy Incident Response
Team.
(1) On receiving an initial
Section 14
assessment report from the
CPO, the SAOP will
determine whether to
convene the PIRT. The
SAOP will chair the PIRT.
(2) The PIRT will:
(a) Determine whether
additional specialized
knowledge or resources
will be needed to
support the PIRT or the
investigation, to include
budget and procurement
personnel, human
resource personnel, law
enforcement personnel,
or physical security
personnel;
(b) Coordinate with the IG
to ensure significant PII
breaches involving
alleged or suspected
crimes are reviewed for
potential IG
investigation;
(c) Conduct and document
an assessment of the
risk of harm to
individuals impacted or
potentially impacted by
the breach of PII, based
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on the factors outlined
in internal guidance
documents.
App
B
B-3
1.d.-k. Was 8.-12.
8. The Senior Agency Official for
Privacy may provide notice to
subjects of a data breach and/or
offer them Credit Protection
Services prior to the completion
of any risk analysis. This decision
will likely hinge upon the
information available to the
Department at the time of the data
breach, and whether the
information suggests there is an
immediate and substantial risk of
identity theft or other harm.
9. The Head of the Departmental
Element in which the breach
occurred will provide notification
to the affected individuals once
there is a finding by the PIRT that
a reasonable risk exists for
potential misuse of any sensitive
personal information involved in
the data breach. The notification
will be signed, and include the
following elements as
appropriate:
a. a brief description of what
happened, including the dates
of the data breach and of its
discovery, if known;
b. to the extent possible, a
description of the personnel
information that was involved
(e.g., full name, Social
Security number, date of birth,
home address, account
numbers, etc.);
c. a brief description of actions
taken by the Department to
investigate, mitigate losses and
protect against any further
breach of data;
d. contact procedures to ask
further questions or learn
Renumbered to 1.d.-k.
d. Individual Notification
Procedures and Timelines.
(1) When breaches involve less
than 1,000 affected or
potentially affected
individuals, the CPO and
SAOP will determine
whether notification is
appropriate.
(2) The SAOP will advise the
Secretary on whether and
when to notify individuals
in the event that a breach:
(1) has been determined to
be a Major Incident; (2)
impacts more than 1,000
individuals; or (3) it is
otherwise determined to
have a potentially
significant impact to the
Department. The SAOP
may convene the PIRT for
consultation and assistance
with developing a
recommended plan of
action for the Secretary.
(3) The SAOP will advise the
Secretary on matters
including, but not limited
to:
(a) Whether the
Department should
provide credit
monitoring or identify
restoration services to
affected or potentially
affected individuals;
(b) Which Department
office or Element
should have financial
responsibility for the
costs of breach
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additional information,
including a toll-free telephone
number, email address, web
site, and/or postal address;
e. steps that individuals should
take to protect themselves from
the risk of identity theft,
including steps to obtain fraud
alerts, if appropriate, and
instructions for obtaining other
credit protection services
(NOTE: Alerts may include
key changes to fraud reports
and on-demand personal
access to credit reports and
scores); and
Section 15
f. a statement of whether the
information was encrypted or
protected by other means,
when it is determined such
information would be
beneficial and would not
compromise the security of any
Departmental systems.
10. When there is insufficient or
inaccurate contact information
that precludes written
notification to an affected
individual, an alternative form of
written notice may be provided.
a. This alternative notice may
include a conspicuous
posting on the home page of
the Department’s web site
and notification in major
print and broadcast media,
including major media in
geographic areas where the
affected individuals are
likely to reside.
b. The media notice will
include a toll-free telephone
number for an individual to
contact in order to learn
whether or not his/her
personal information is
notification and
corrective services; and
(c) Whether informal,
courtesy notification
should be provided to
OMB or Congressional
committees in advance
of the Department
providing formal notice.
(4) The Department will seek
to provide notification to
affected or potentially
affected individuals no later
than ninety (90) days after
the day the breach of PII
was reported to iJC3. The
timeline may be extended if
additional information or
circumstances associated
with the breach require
additional investigation
prior to notification.
(5) If determined that an
immediate and substantial
risk of identity theft or
other harm exists for
individuals affected or
potentially affected by the
breach of PII, the SAOP
may delegate the
responsibility of providing
preliminary and informal
notice to affected or
potentially affected
individuals to the
Secretarial Officer/Head of
Departmental
Element/Head of Program
Office, or their authorized
designee.
(a) Preliminary notice will
be provided in
accordance to the
Element’s SAOP
approved breach
response plan.
(b) Preliminary and
informal notice may be
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possibly included in the data
breach.
11. When the SAOP determines that
urgent action is required because
of possible imminent misuse of
PII, the SAOP may provide
information to affected
individuals by telephone or other
means, as appropriate.
12. Notwithstanding the foregoing
requirements, notification may
be delayed upon lawful requests
to protect data or computer
resources from further
compromise or to prevent
interference with the conduct of
lawful investigation, national
security, or efforts to recover
data.
a. A lawful request should be
made in writing to the
Secretary of Energy or SAOP
by the Federal agency
responsible for the
investigation regarding
security concerns or data
recovery efforts that may be
adversely affected by
providing notification.
b. The SAOP must be notified
of a delay notification
request.
c. Any lawful request for delay
in notification must state an
estimated timeframe after
which the requesting entity
believes that notification will
not adversely affect the
conduct of the investigation
or efforts to recover data.
d. Any delay should not
increase risk or harm to any
affected individuals.
e. The Secretary or other
Agency official designated by
the Secretary will keep the
Senior Agency Official for
provided via an in-
person meeting, by
telephone, or by another
appropriate alternative.
(c) Preliminary and
informal notice must be
followed by formal and
more detailed
notification once an
investigation has been
completed, to include
cases where the
investigation was
extended to consider
additional or new
information.
Section 16
(d) If notice is provided by
a Departmental
Element, the CPO must
be notified within 24
hours that preliminary
notice has been
provided and what
information has been
provided to the affected
or potentially affected
individuals.
(6) All formal notification must
be approved by the SAOP
and OGC (either at DOE
Headquarters, NNSA OGC,
or local DOE OGC, as
appropriate), prior to being
sent to an affected
individual.
(7) Notification will not be
made in instances where an
individual fails to safeguard
his or her own PII (e.g., an
employee sends his or her
own PII from a government
computer to his or her home
email address without
encryption or password
protection, etc.)
(8) The SAOP may delegate
the responsibility for
providing formal written
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Privacy and the Chief
Information Officer informed
on the status of any
investigation or recovery
efforts.
notification to affected or
potentially impacted
individuals to the Head of
the Departmental Element
in which the breach
occurred, based on: (1) the
scope and impact of the
breach, including the
number of affected
individuals; and the (2) the
SAOP’s determination of
the significance of the
breach to the Department.
(9) The SAOP reserves the
ability to elevate
notification of an Element-
based breach for handling
by an appropriate
Department component at
his discretion.
e. Options for Corrective Services
to Potentially Impacted
Individuals.
(1) The Department may
provide credit protection or
identity restoration services
to affected or potentially
affected individuals based
on the specific
circumstances of the
breach.
(2) The official authorized to
determine whether to
provide these services
depends on the size of the
breach:
(a) For breach affecting or
potentially affecting
less than 1,000
individuals, the SAOP
will determine whether
and what services will
be provided;
(b) For breach affecting or
potentially affecting
more than 1,000
individuals, the SAOP
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will make
recommendations to the
Secretary (or his/her
designee) on what
services should be
provided to individuals,
if any.
f. Individual Notification
Requirements and Methods.
(1) The SAOP and the PIRT, if
convened, will advise the
Secretary on the following
considerations to factor into
a determination on whether
to notify affected or
potentially affected
individuals, including:
(a) The source of the
notification;
(b) The timeliness of the
notification;
(c) The content of the
notification;
(d) The method of
notification; and
(e) Any special
circumstances.
(2) Criteria for Automatic
Notification of Affected
Persons. The SAOP will
establish a process for the
automatic notification of
affected or potentially
affected persons in the
following circumstances,
subject to specific guidance
from law enforcement or
national security officials:
(a) The impacted PII
consists of sensitive or
High Risk PII, such as
SSNs, financial
information, or health
information, which has
been sent unsecure via
email (i.e., unencrypted
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or without password
protection) outside of
the Department’s IT
network firewall; or
(b) There are clear and
verifiable indications of
compromise or
unauthorized access to
PII that could result in
immediate harm to the
individual by a
malicious actor.
(3) Automatic notification will
not be made in instances
where an individual fails to
safeguard his or her own
sensitive or High Risk PII
(e.g., an employee sends a
copy of a personal bank
record from a government
computer to his or her home
email address without
encryption or password
protection, etc.).
Section 17
(4) Automatic notification will
be made under the same
timelines established above.
g. Public Announcements and
Media Notification.
(1) If a PIRT is not convened,
then prior to the release of
external announcements on
the Department’s main
website, a DOE Element
website, DOE accounts on
social media platforms, or
via public news statement
by the Department, the
SAOP will inform PA, CI,
GC, the Department’s
White House liaison,
Department officials with
liaison responsibilities to
White House offices,
including OMB or the
National Security Council
(for breaches of PII with
potential impacts to
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national security), and the
President of the National
Treasury Employees Union
(NTEU) (other appropriate
union representatives).
(2) The Department may use
public announcements
posted on the
Department’s main
website or the release of a
statement to the media as
methods to increase
outreach and awareness to
affected or potentially
affected individuals.
(a) Notification in print
and broadcast media
should include media
outlets in geographic
areas where the
affected individuals are
likely to reside, such as
the locations
surrounding
Departmental and
Element facilities.
(b) The media notice will
include a toll-free
telephone number or
email address for an
individual to use in
order to learn whether
his/her personal
information is possibly
included in the data
breach.
(c) Notices posted on
DOE social media
accounts should
include hyperlinks to a
website or other
information source
where affected
individuals can access
detailed information
and points of contact.
(3) Use of a public awareness
campaign may also assist
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the Department in
notifying an affected
individual in cases where
there may be insufficient
or inaccurate contact
information that has
resulted in the return of
written notification sent
via first class mail.
h. Notification of Congress and
the White House.
(1) In the event of a Major
Incident, the Secretary will
notify appropriate
Congressional committees
no later than seven (7)
days after the date on
which there is a reasonable
basis to conclude that the
breach constitutes a Major
Incident.
(2) The SAOP, or the CPO as
the authorized designee,
will notify the Privacy
Branch in OMB’s Office
of Information and
Regulatory Affairs and
will coordinate with the
CISO to notify OMB’s
Office of E-government.
i. Factors Warranting Delayed
Notification of Potentially
Affected Individuals.
(1) Notwithstanding the
foregoing requirements,
notification of affected or
potentially affected
individuals may be
delayed on lawful requests
to protect data or computer
resources from further
compromise or to prevent
interference with the
conduct of lawful
investigation, national
security, or efforts to
recover data. Any delay
should not increase risk or
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harm to any affected or
potentially affected
individuals.
(2) The Secretarial Officer, or
Head of the requesting
Departmental Element or
Program Office will
submit a written request to
the SAOP regarding the
need to delay notification.
The request must include:
(a) An explanation of the
security concern or
details of the data
recovery effort that
may be adversely
affected by providing
timely notification to
affected or potentially
affected individuals;
(b) The lawful or
authorized reason for
the requested delay;
and
(c) An estimated
timeframe after which
the requesting entity
believes that
notification will not
adversely affect the
conduct of the
investigation or efforts
to recover data.
Section 18
(3) The SAOP will submit
their recommendation,
along with the DOE
Element’s written request,
to the Secretary for a final
decision.
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B-8
1.j. Added. DOE Component/Element/
Office-specific Breach Response
Plan.
(1) Secretarial Officers, Heads of
Departmental Elements, Heads
of Program Offices, and Heads
of Field Elements may elect to
develop an Element-specific
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or site-specific breach
response plan consistent with
the Appendix (i.e., the
Department’s breach response
plan), OMB Memorandum 17-
12, and applicable law.
(2) Plans will be submitted for
review and approval by the
SAOP, with subsequent
review and approval by the
SAOP or his designee on an
annual basis.
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B-8
1.k.-l. Was 13.-14.
13. Individuals who routinely access
PII and their supervisors must
sign a document annually
describing their responsibilities
and the consequences for failure
to protect PII.
14. Departmental Elements and their
sites should maintain a log which
tracks all activities—including
dates and times of events,
decisions and corrective
actions—for incidents involving
breaches of PII.
k. Tracking Breach Response and
Notification Metrics.
(1) The CPO will collect and
track metrics on breaches of
PII that are submitted to the
iJC3. The CPO also will
track when public
notification have been
provided in response to a
breach of PII and any other
relevant metrics as
determined by the SAOP.
(2) Departmental Components
and their offices are required
to track all activities for
breaches of PII, including:
(a) Dates and times of
reported breaches;
(b) Element-level decisions;
(c) Public notifications;
(d) Local corrective actions;
and
(e) Any timelines for
response activities.
Tracking logs or
spreadsheets must be
submitted to the SAOP
annually with a
submission deadline of
the end of the fiscal year
(September 30).
l. Annual Readiness Requirements
for Breach Response.
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(1) The SAOP will convene the
PIRT at least once annually
to conduct privacy breach
response tabletop
preparedness exercises to
ensure PIRT members are
aware of their
responsibilities and are
ready to respond in the
event that a PIRT is
convened by the SAOP for
a data breach involving PII.
(2) Ensuring systems have
current privacy compliance
documentation. The CPO
will work with system
owners to ensure that
FISMA-reportable IT
systems and other DOE IT
systems that collect, use,
store, or disseminate PII
have corresponding timely
and accurate privacy impact
assessments and are
covered by a Privacy Act
SORN, if applicable.
(3) Completion of Mandatory
Annual Privacy Training.
(a) All DOE employees
with access to DOE
Enterprise IT networks
must complete
mandatory Privacy
Awareness training.
(b) Employees with job-
responsibilities
involving the collection,
storage, maintenance,
and sharing of PII in
either physical or
electronic formats are
subject to additional
privacy training,
appropriate to the nature
of their job functions.
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B
15 The Departmental Element program
responsible for the breach of PII shall
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B-9 incur and be responsible for all costs
associated with remediation
including notification of affected or
potentially-affected individuals.
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CRD
Introductio
n
This Contractor Requirements
Document (CRD) establishes the
requirements for Department of
Energy (DOE) site/facility
management contractors whose
contracts involve the design,
development or operation of a
Privacy Act System of Record. In
addition, the Personally Identifiable
Information (PII) requirements in this
CRD apply to any site management
contractor that handles PII.
Section 19
This Contractor Requirements
Document (CRD) establishes the
requirements for Department of
Energy (DOE) site/facility
management contractors whose
contracts involve the design,
development or operation of a
Privacy Act System of Record. In
addition, the Personally
Identifiable Information (PII)
requirements in this CRD apply to
any site management contractor
that handles PII. This CRD applies
to Federal information held by a
contractor created, collected,
processed, maintained,
disseminated, disclosed, or
disposed of by or for the Federal
Government, in any medium or
form.
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1.a. Ensure compliance with privacy
requirements, specifically those
provided in the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended at Title 5 United States
Code (U.S.C.) 552a, and take
appropriate actions to assist DOE in
complying with Section 208 of the
E-Government Act of 2002, and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) directives.
Ensure compliance with privacy
requirements, specifically those
provided in the Privacy Act of
1974, as amended at Title 5 United
States Code (U.S.C.) 552a, and
take appropriate actions to assist
DOE in complying with Section
208 of the E-Government Act of
2002, and associated Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
directives.
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1.b.(2) Added. reporting suspected or confirmed
breach of PII; and
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1.b.(2) Renumbered. 1.b.(3)
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1.b.(3) complying with the Privacy Act. complying with the Privacy Act,
when required.
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2.b.(3) report any known or suspected loss of
control or unauthorized disclosure of
PII
Report any suspected or confirmed
breach of PII involving Federal
information, without unreasonable
delay, consistent with the agency’s
breach response procedures
outlined in DOE O 206.1 and US-
CERT notification guidelines.
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2.b.(4) Added. Assist with the investigation and
mitigation of harm (including
necessary PII removal or
encryption within the IT system,
notifications, credit monitoring,
and other appropriate measures)
following a breach of PII
involving Federal information
under the custody of the
contractor.
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2.b.(4)-(7) Renumbered. 2.b.(5)-(8)
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2.c. Ensure that contractor employees
complete the Annual Privacy
Training and sign the completion
certificate acknowledging their
responsibility for maintaining and
protecting Privacy Act information
prior to being authorized access to all
information systems.
Ensure that contractor employees
complete an Annual Privacy
Awareness Training that includes
the requirements of DOE O 206.1
and sign the completion certificate
acknowledging their responsibility
for maintaining and protecting
Privacy Act information prior to
being authorized access to all
information systems.
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2.d. Ensure contractor employees are
cognizant of the fact that all personal
information collected, maintained,
used, or disseminated on behalf of
the Agency must be maintained in a
Privacy Act SOR.
Ensure contractor employees are
cognizant of the fact that PII
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act must be maintained in
a Privacy Act SOR.
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2.e. Ensure that contractor employees
recognize differences between PII
and the Privacy Act and the different
obligations created by both
authorities. Most personal
information about an individual will
fall under both the Privacy Act and
OMB directives governing the
safeguarding of PII. However,
contractors must be cognizant that
these are two separate authorities that
impose different responsibilities on
federal and contractor employees for
safeguarding information. PII that is
in a SOR is subject to the restrictions
and penalties of the Privacy Act
Section 20
Ensure that contractor employees
recognize differences between PII
and the Privacy Act and the
different obligations created by
both authorities. Most personal
information about an individual
will fall under both the Privacy
Act and OMB directives
governing the safeguarding of PII.
However, contractors must be
cognizant that these are two
separate authorities that impose
different responsibilities on federal
and contractor employees for
safeguarding information. PII that
is in a SOR is subject to the
restrictions and penalties of the
Privacy Act. PII not maintained in
a Privacy Act SOR should be
protected and only disclosed for
authorized purposes
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2.g. Added. Allow and cooperate with
inspection or investigation to
determine compliance with this
CRD
MINOR CHANGES TO DOE O 206.1, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PRIVACY PROGRAM
1.EXPLANATION OF CHANGES.
2.LOCATIONS OF CHANGES: