Federal contractors are subject to numerous requirements under federal law and, as we have previously highlighted here, need to keep pace with changes in law and regulation. 

Under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) each federal agency is required to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security

Continuing our thoughts on how disclosures of private or confidential information may adversely impact the institution and the persons affected by such disclosure, we now focus on something near and dear to lawyers’ hearts: paper shredding.

Many businesses regularly shred documents they no longer need to protect them from disclosure. While this may secure the information contained