[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 10, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 10CFR1044.01]



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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY

 

          CHAPTER X--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

 

PART 1044_SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTED DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 

3164 OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000

--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1044.01  What are the purpose and scope of this part?









Sec.

1044.01 What are the purpose and scope of this part?

1044.02 Who must follow the requirements contained in this part?

1044.03 What definitions apply to this part?

1044.04 What is a protected disclosure?

1044.05 What is the effect of a disclosure qualifying as a ``protected 

          disclosure''?

1044.06 Who may receive a protected disclosure?

1044.07 How can you find out if a particular person is authorized to 

          receive a protected disclosure?

1044.08 Do you have to submit the documents for classification review 

          before you give them to someone?

1044.09 What do you do if you plan to disclose classified or 

          unclassified controlled



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          nuclear information orally rather than by providing copies of 

          documents?

1044.10 Will your identity be protected?

1044.11 How do you protect the documents and information that you want 

          to disclose?

1044.12 What procedures can you invoke if you believe you have been 

          discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a 

          reprisal for making a protected disclosure?



    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq., 7239, and 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.



    Source: 66 FR 4642, Jan. 18, 2001, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) Purpose. This part prescribes the security requirements for 

making protected disclosures of classified or unclassified controlled 

nuclear information under the whistleblower protection provisions of 

section 3164 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2000.

    (b) Scope. The security requirements for making protected 

disclosures in this part are independent of, and not subject to any 

limitations that may be provided in, the Whistleblower Protection Act of 

1989 (Public Law 101-12) or any other law that may provide protection 

for disclosures of information by employees of DOE or of a DOE 

contractor.



[66 FR 54645, Oct. 30, 2001]