§ 2.42 - Security education [5.3(a)].


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  • Each Treasury bureau that creates, processes or handles national secutity information, including the Departmental Offices, is required to establish a security education program. The program shall be sufficient to familiarize all necessary personnel with the provisions of the Order, the Directive, this regulation and any other implementing directives and regulations to impress upon them their individual security responsibilities. The program shall also provide for initial, refresher, and termination briefings.

    (a) Briefing of Employees. All new employees concerned with classified information shall be afforded a security briefing regarding the Order, the Directive and this regulation and sign a security agreement as required in § 2.22(c). Employees concerned with sensitive compartmented information shall be required to read and also sign a security agreement. Copies of applicable laws and pertinent security regulations setting forth the procedures for the protection and disclosure of classified information shall be available for all new employees afforded a security briefing. All employees given a security briefing shall be required to sign a TD F 71-01.16 (Physical Security Orientation Acknowledgment) which shall be maintained on file as determined by respective office or bureau security officials.

    (b) [Reserved]