§ 2507g. Establishment of a confidentiality protection policy

Statutory text

In general

The President shall establish and maintain a process to allow volunteers to report incidents of misconduct or mismanagement, or violations of any policy, of the Peace Corps in order to protect the confidentiality and safety of such volunteers and of the information reported, and to ensure that such information is acted on appropriately. This process shall conform to existing best practices regarding confidentiality.

Guidance

The President shall provide additional training to officers and employees of the Peace Corps who have access to information reported by volunteers under subsection (a) in order to protect against the inappropriate disclosures of such information and ensure the safety of such volunteers.

Penalty

Any Peace Corps volunteer or staff member who is responsible for maintaining confidentiality under subsection (a) and who breaches such duty shall be subject to disciplinary action, including termination, and in the case of a staff member, ineligibility for re-employment with the Peace Corps.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2011
Pub. L. 87–293 title I § 8G · 75 Stat. 612
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2507g
(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 8G, as added Pub. L. 112–57, § 2, Nov. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 742.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 8G, as added Pub. L. 112–57, § 2, Nov. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 742.)

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Credits

(Pub. L. 87–293, title I, § 8G, as added Pub. L. 112–57, § 2, Nov. 21, 2011, 125 Stat. 742.)