Title 10

SECTION 1044.01

1044.01 What are the purpose and scope of this part

§ 1044.01 What are the purpose and scope of this part?

(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]

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