A draft notice would require federal agencies to consider adopting a sweeping nondisclosure agreement covering Confidential Government Information. The covered material includes non-public confidential or proprietary information tied to internal agency operations, including personnel matters, procurement processes, and sensitive pre-decisional or deliberative material not currently public and not meant to be disclosed under applicable law. The plan would be open for a 30-day review period, and agencies could decide whether to adopt it. The draft cites unauthorized disclosures that allegedly endangered U.S. troops during the capture of Nicolas Maduro and a separate leak of personal information for about 4,500 ICE employees, including frontline personnel. Legal limits are noted under a federal whistleblower protection law, and the proposed rule would not apply to federal contractors.
"The Office of Personnel Management said it wants to crack down on leaks of the aforementioned CGI, which it said includes all non-public, confidential, or proprietary information tied to internal agency operations. It would also cover info on personnel matters, procurement processes, or any sensitive, pre-decisional or deliberative material that is not currently publicly available and should not be disclosed under applicable law."
"One big reason the NDA is necessary is because leaks put federal agents in danger, according to the draft. The draft pointed to unauthorized disclosures The New York Times and WaPo received earlier this year on the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, before it happened. These leaks put the lives of members of the armed forces at risk, leading news organizations to delay publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops,' the draft said."
"Also this year, the personal information of approximately 4,500 ICE employees including nearly 2,000 employees working in frontline enforcement was disclosed by a Federal employee, including names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and job titles. This leak jeopardized the safety of the agents."
"There are legal limitations to the use of NDAs in government. Under a federal law that protects whistleblowers, these agreements cannot limit a civil servant's ability to expose waste, fraud and abuse. The proposed rule would not apply to federal contractors, even though they have been responsible for severa"
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