Sec. 7016. documents, report posting, records management, and related cybersecurity protections
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## SEC. 7016 documents, report posting, records management, and related cybersecurity protections ###
(a)Document Requests None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall be available to a nongovernmental organization, including any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development. ###
(b)Public Posting of Reports ####
(1)Except as provided in paragraphs
(2)and (3), any report required by this Act to be submitted to Congress by any Federal agency receiving funds made available by this Act shall be posted on the public Web site of such agency not later than 45 days following the receipt of such report by Congress. ####
(2)Paragraph
(1)shall not apply to a report if— #####
(A)the public posting of the report would compromise national security, including the conduct of diplomacy; #####
(B)the report contains proprietary or other privileged information; or #####
(C)the public posting of the report is specifically exempted in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). ####
(3)The agency posting such report shall do so only after the report has been made available to the Committees on Appropriations. ###
(c)Records Management and Related Cybersecurity Protections The Secretary of State and USAID Administrator shall— ####
(1)regularly review and update the policies, directives, and oversight necessary to comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and presidential executive orders and memoranda concerning the preservation of all records made or received in the conduct of official business, including record emails, instant messaging, and other online tools; ####
(2)use funds appropriated by this Act under the headings “Diplomatic Programs” and “Capital Investment Fund” in title I, and “Operating Expenses” and “Capital Investment Fund” in title II, as appropriate, to improve Federal records management pursuant to the Federal Records Act (44 U.S.C. Chapters 21, 29, 31, and 33) and other applicable Federal records management statutes, regulations, or policies for the Department of State and USAID; ####
(3)direct departing employees, including senior officials, that all Federal records generated by such employees belong to the Federal Government; ####
(4)substantially reduce, compared to the previous fiscal year, the response time for identifying and retrieving Federal records, including requests made pursuant to section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the “Freedom of Information Act”); and ####
(5)strengthen cybersecurity measures to mitigate vulnerabilities, including those resulting from the use of personal email accounts or servers outside the .gov domain, improve the process to identify and remove inactive user accounts, update and enforce guidance related to the control of national security information, and implement the recommendations of the applicable reports of the cognizant Office of Inspector General.