High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) Panel Maintenance 2018 & 2021
Appendix A through B
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National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Department of Education
Technical Review Panel
Stephen DesJardins
Professor
Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education, School of Education; Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
University of Michigan
610 East University Avenue, SOE Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48129
Phone: 734-647-1984
Email: sdesj@umich.edu
Jeremy Finn
Professor
Graduate School of Education
The University at Buffalo – SUNY
422 Christopher Baldy Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: 716-645-1126
Email: finn@buffalo.edu
Deborah Floyd
Dean and Professor
Graduate College
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road, SU-80 Room 101
Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone: 561-297-4358
Email: dfloyd@fau.edu
Robert Gonyea
Associate Director
Center for Postsecondary Research
Indiana University School of Education
1900 East Tenth Street
Bloomington, IN 47406
Phone: 812-856-3014
Email: rgonyea@indiana.edu
Vinetta Jones
School of Educatio
Howard University
2441 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20059
Phone: 301-395-5335
Email: v_jones@howard.edu
Amaury Nora
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
College of Education and Human Development
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: 210-458-4112
Email: amaury.nora@utsa.edu
Kent Phillippe
Associate Vice President, Research & Student Success
American Association of Community Colleges
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite #410
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-416-4505
Email: kphillippe@aacc.nche.edu
Jeff Strohl
Director of Research
Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
3300 White Haven, Suite 3200
Washington, DC 20015
Phone: 202-687-4945
Email: js787@georgetown.edu
Federal Invitees
Alicia Bolton
U.S. Department of Education, OCTAE
550 12th Street SW., Room 11108, PCP,
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: 202-245-6868
Email: alicia.bolton@ed.gov
Greg Darnieder
U.S. Department of Education, OS
Office of the Secretary
400 Maryland Avenue SW, LBJ – 7W105
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: 202-401-1367
Email: greg.darnieder@ed.gov
Kyrie Dragoo
Congressional Research Service
101 Independence Avenue, SE
LM-320
Washington, DC 20540
Phone: 202-707-4421
Email: Kdragoo@crs.loc.gov
Mark Fiegener
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: 703-292-4622
Email: mfiegene@nsf.gov
Rochelle (Shelly) Martinez
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, DC 20503
Phone: 202-395-3147
Email: rochelle_w._martinez@omb.eop.gov
Ruth Neild
Deputy Director for Policy and Research
U.S. Department of Education, IES
555 New Jersey Ave, NW
Room 500e
Washington, DC 20208-5500
Phone: 202- 208-1200
Email: ruth.neild@ed.gov
Susan Rundell Singer
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: 703-292-8637
Email: srsinger@nsf.gov
Marsha Silverberg
U.S. Department of Education, IES
555 New Jersey Avenue NW
Room 310F
Washington, DC 20208
Phone: 202-208-7178
Email: marsha.silverberg@ed.gov
Johan Uvin
Acting Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20202
Phone: 202-245-6332
Email: johan.uvin@ed.gov
NCES
Sharon Boivin
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 8102
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7627
Email: sharon.boivin@ed.gov
Peggy Carr
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 8095
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7321
Email: peggy.carr@ed.gov
Chris Chapman
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 9042
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7414
Email: chris.chapman@ed.gov
Elise Christopher
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 9030
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7899
Email: elise.christopher@ed.gov
Lisa Hudson
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 9036
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7358
Email: lisa.hudson@ed.gov
Tracy Hunt-White
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 9018
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7438
Email: tracy.hunt-white@ed.gov
Kashka Kubzdela
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 9014
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7411
Email: kashka.kubzdela@ed.gov
Marilyn Seastrom
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 9047
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7303
Email: marilyn.seastrom@ed.gov
Sean Simone
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 9025
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7367
Email: sean.simone@ed.gov
Ted Socha
U.S. Department of Education, NCES
1990 K Street NW
Room 9028
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-502-7383
Email: ted.socha@ed.gov
RTI International
Melissa Cominole
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-990-8456
Email: mcominole@rti.org
Laura Fritch
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-990-8318
Email: lbfritch@rti.org
Steven Ingels
RTI International
702 13th Street NW, Suite #750
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-728-2095
Email: sji@rti.org
Tiffany Mattox
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-485-7791
Email: tmattox@rti.org
Tim Morgan
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-485-2676
Email: timmorgan@rti.org
Dan Pratt
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-541-6615
Email: djp@rti.org
Erin Velez
RTI International
702 13th Street NW, Suite #750
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-974-7879
Email: evelez@rti.org
Jamie Wescott
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-541-6990
Email: dwilson@rti.org
David Wilson
RTI International
3040 East Cornwallis Road
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Phone: 919-541-6990
Email: dwilson@rti.org
Consultants
Sandy Baum
Consultant
George Washington University and Urban Institute
161 East Chicago Avenue
#45C
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 518-369-3774
Email: sbaum@gwu.edu
Bruce Daniel
Sanametrix, Inc.
South Tower, Suite #200
1120 20th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 301-373-8344
Email: bdaniel@sanametrix.com
Dan Potter
American Institutes for Research
1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-403-6182
Email: dpotter@air.org
Data Security Requirements
Contractor shall use data supplied to them by Company for the specific purpose included in the corresponding Statements of Work only.
Contractor will protect all data supplied to them by Company as specifically stated in Exhibit C, below.
Unless otherwise agreed to, Contractor will promptly and properly destroy data supplied to them by Company upon the Statement of Work completion date.
EXHIBIT C
COMPANY INFORMATION SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
Definitions.
“Business Contact Information” is defined as name, job title, department name, company name, business telephone, business fax number, and business email address.
“COMPANY Confidential Information” as defined in the Agreement.
“Information Processing System(s)” is defined as the individual and collective electronic, mechanical, or software components of CONTRACTOR operations that store and/or process COMPANY Confidential Information.
“Information Security Event” is defined as any situation where COMPANY Confidential Information is lost; is subject to unauthorized or inappropriate access, use, or misuse; the security, confidentiality, or integrity of the information is compromised; or the availability of CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems is compromised by external attack.
“Security Breach” is defined as an unauthorized access to CONTRACTOR’s facilities, Information Processing Systems or networks used to service, store, or access COMPANY Confidential Information, provided such unauthorized access exposes COMPANY Confidential Information or provided CONTRACTOR is required to report such unauthorized access to appropriate legal or regulatory agencies or affected COMPANY members.
“Industry best practice” is defined by the information security guidelines prepared by the PCI Security Standards Council and documented in the PCI DSS requirements as well as standards and guidelines prepared by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)
Security and Confidentiality.
Before receiving, or continuing to receive, COMPANY Confidential Information, CONTRACTOR will implement and maintain an information security program that ensures: 1) COMPANY’s Confidential Information and CONTRACTOR’s Information Processing Systems are protected from internal and external security threats; and 2) that COMPANY Confidential Information is protected from unauthorized disclosure.
Security Policy.
Formal Security Policy. Consistent with the requirement of this Attachment, CONTRACTOR will create an information security policy that is approved by CONTRACTOR’s management, published and communicated to all CONTRACTOR’s employees. Such information security policy may be reviewed by COMPANY at CONTRACTOR’s place of business pursuant to confidentiality obligations.
Security Policy Review. CONTRACTOR will review the information security policy at planned intervals or if significant changes occur to ensure its continuing suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness.
Asset Management.
Asset Inventory. CONTRACTOR shall have the ability to identify the location of all CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems and media containing COMPANY Confidential Information.
Acceptable Use. CONTRACTOR will implement rules for the acceptable use of information and assets which is no less restrictive than industry best practice and consistent with the requirements of this Attachment.
Equipment Use While on COMPANY Premises. While on COMPANY’s premises, CONTRACTOR will not connect hardware (physically or via a wireless connection) to COMPANY systems unless necessary for CONTRACTOR to perform Services under this Agreement. This hardware must be inspected / scanned by COMPANY before use.
Portable Devices. COMPANY Confidential Information, with the exception of Business Contact Information, may not be stored on portable devices including, but not limited to, laptops, external hard drives, Personal Digital Assistants, MP3 devices, and USB devices.
Personally-owned Equipment. COMPANY Confidential Information, with the exception of Business Contact Information, may not be stored on personally‑owned equipment.
Human Resources Security.
Security Awareness Training. Prior to CONTRACTOR employees receiving access to COMPANY Confidential Information, they will receive security awareness training appropriate to their job function. CONTRACTOR will also ensure that recurring security awareness training is performed.
Removal of access Rights. The access rights of all CONTRACTOR employees to CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems or media containing COMPANY Confidential Information will be removed immediately upon termination of their employment, contract or agreement, or adjusted upon change.
Physical and Environmental Security.
Secure Areas. CONTRACTOR will secure all areas, including loading docks, holding areas, telecommunications areas, cabling areas and off-site areas that contain Information Processing Systems or media containing COMPANY Confidential Information by the use of appropriate security controls in order to ensure that only authorized personnel are allowed access and to prevent damage and interference. The following controls will be implemented:
Access will be controlled and restricted by use of a defined security perimeter, appropriate security barriers, entry controls and authentication controls. A record of all accesses will be securely maintained.
All personnel will be required to wear some form of visible identification to identify them as employees, contractors, visitors, et cetera.
Visitors to secure areas will be supervised, or cleared for non-escorted accessed via an appropriate background check. Their date and time of entry and departure will be recorded.
Environmental Security. CONTRACTOR will protect equipment from power failures and other disruptions caused by failures in supporting utilities.
Communications and Operations Management.
Protection Against Malicious Code. CONTRACTOR will implement detection, prevention, and recovery controls to protect against malicious software, which is no less than current industry best practice and perform appropriate employee training on the prevention and detection of malicious software.
Back-ups. CONTRACTOR will perform appropriate back-ups of CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems and media containing COMPANY Confidential Information as required in order to ensure services and service levels described in this Statement of Work.
Media and Information Handling. CONTRACTOR will protect against unauthorized access or misuse of COMPANY Confidential Information contained on media by use of a media control management program and provide a copy of the program to COMPANY.
COMPANY input and result code data can be stored as Audit Data in a SQLServer table. All Audit Data on this SQLServer table can only be accessed for up to 180 days. After 180 days the Audit Data in the SQLServer table is automatically destroyed.
Media and Information Disposal. CONTRACTOR will securely and safely dispose of COMPANY Confidential Information that resides on media (including but not limited to hard copies, disks, CDs, DVDs, optical disks, USB devices, hard drives) upon the Statement of Work completion date using establishment of procedures to include, but not be limited to:
Disposing of COMPANY Confidential Information on mediaso that it is rendered unreadable or undecipherable, such as by burning, shredding, pulverizing or overwriting in compliance with DoD Standard 5220.22-M.
Maintaining a secured disposal log that provides an audit trail of disposal activities.
Purging COMPANY Confidential Information from all CONTRACTOR’s physical storage mediums (filing cabinets, drawers, et cetera.) and from all Information Processing Systems, including back-up systems, within thirty (30) days of the latest occurrence of following: upon termination of this agreement; or as soon as the COMPANY Confidential Information is no longer required to perform services under this Statement of Work.
Providing a Certificate of Destruction to COMPANY certifying that all COMPANY Confidential Information was purged. The certificate will be provided to COMPANY within ten (10) business days after the information was purged.
Exchange of Information. To protect confidentiality and integrity of COMPANY Confidential Information in transit, CONTRACTOR will:
Perform an inventory, analysis and risk assessment of all data exchange channels (including but not limited to FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, modem, and fax) to identify and mitigate risks to COMPANY Confidential Information from these channels.
Monitor and inspect all data exchange channels to detect unauthorized information releases.
Ensure that appropriate security controls using approved data exchange channels are employed when exchanging COMPANY Confidential Information.
If COMPANY Confidential Information can only be sent to CONTRACTOR electronically, then CONTRACTOR must employ industry standard encryption security measures (minimum standard of NIST’s FIPS 140-2) to encrypt COMPANY Confidential Information prior to transmitting via the Internet. Otherwise, COMPANY Confidential Information can only be sent to CONTRACTOR using an encrypted (minimum standard NIST’s FIPS 140-2) CD-ROM sent via courier service with a tracking number.
Ensure that information (including persistent cookies) about COMPANY customers, members or employees is not harvested by CONTRACTOR web pages except for purposes of this Agreement.
Monitoring. To protect against unauthorized access or misuse of COMPANY Confidential Information residing on CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems, CONTRACTOR will:
Employ current industry best practice security controls and tools to monitor Information Processing Systems and log user activities, exceptions, unauthorized information processing activities, suspicious activities and information security events. Logging facilities and log information will be protected against tampering and unauthorized access. Logs will be kept for at least 90 days.
Perform frequent reviews of logs and take necessary actions to protect against unauthorized access or misuse of COMPANY Confidential Information.
At COMPANY’s request, make logs available to COMPANY to assist in investigations of security breaches.
Comply with all relevant legal requirements applicable to monitoring and logging activities.
Ensure that the clocks of all relevant information processing systems are synchronized using a national or international time source.
Access Control.
User access Management. To protect against unauthorized access or misuse of COMPANY Confidential Information residing on CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems, CONTRACTOR will:
Employ a formal user registration and de-registration procedure for granting and revoking access and access rights to all CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems.
Employ a formal password management process.
Perform recurring reviews of users’ access and access rights to ensure that they are appropriate for the users’ role.
User Responsibilities. To protect against unauthorized access or misuse of COMPANY Confidential Information residing on CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems, CONTRACTOR will:
Ensure that CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems users follow current security practices in the selection and use of strong passwords.
Ensure that unattended equipment has appropriate protection to prohibit access and use by unauthorized individuals.
Ensure that COMPANY Confidential Information contained at workstations, including but not limited to paper and on display screens is protected from unauthorized access.
Network access Control. access to internal, external, and public network services that allow access to CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems shall be controlled. CONTRACTOR will:
Ensure that current industry best practice standard authentication mechanisms for network users and equipment are in place and updated as necessary.
Ensure electronic perimeter controls are in place to protect CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems from unauthorized access.
Ensure authentication methods are used to control access by remote users.
Ensure physical and logical access to diagnostic and configuration ports is controlled.
Operating System access Control. To protect against unauthorized access or misuse of COMPANY Confidential Information residing on CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems, CONTRACTOR will:
Ensure that access to operating systems is controlled by a secure log-on procedure.
Ensure that CONTRACTOR Information Processing System users have a unique identifier (user ID).
Ensure that the use of utility programs that are capable of overriding system and application controls are highly restricted and tightly controlled.
Ensure that inactive sessions are shut down when technically possible after a defined period of inactivity.
Employ restrictions on connection times when technically possible to provide additional security for high risk applications.
Mobile Computing and Remote Working. To protect COMPANY Confidential Information residing on CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems from the risks inherent in mobile computing and remote working, CONTRACTOR will:
Perform a risk assessment to identify and mitigate risks to COMPANY Confidential Information from residing on mobile computing and remote access systems.
Develop a policy, operational plans and procedures for managing mobile computing and remote access systems to ensure that COMPANY Confidential Information does not reside on or are used on these systems.
Information Systems Acquisition, Development and Maintenance.
Security of System Files. To protect CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems and system files containing COMPANY Confidential Information, CONTRACTOR will ensure that access to source code is restricted to authorized users who have a direct need to know.
Security in Development and Support Processes. To protect CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems and system files containing COMPANY Confidential Information, CONTRACTOR will:
Ensure that the implementation of changes is controlled by the use of formal change control procedures.
Employ industry best practice security controls to minimize information leakage.
Employ oversight quality controls and security management of outsourced software development.
Information Security Incident Management.
Reporting Information Security Events and Weaknesses. To protect CONTRACTOR Information Processing Systems and system files containing COMPANY Confidential Information, CONTRACTOR will, in the event that Contractor becomes aware of (or reasonably suspects) that any information and data obtained pursuant to the Services has been compromised in any manner, immediately notify Company via email or telephone call and follow-up on the incident in writing and provide all requested information about the event. For purposes of this obligation, “compromise” includes suspected or known incidents without limitation: (i) any unauthorized access to information and data obtained pursuant to the Services, (ii) any inadvertent disclosure of information and data obtained pursuant to the Services to any third party, (iii) any known or suspected misuse of information and data obtained pursuant to the Services by any person (even if such person was authorized to access such information or data), (iv) any suspected use of information and data obtained pursuant to the Services by any person outside of the scope of that person’s authority, and (v) any known or suspected alteration of information and data obtained pursuant to the Services other than as required or permitted by this Agreement.
Information Security Events and Security Breaches: Contractor shall
Implement a process to ensure that Information Security Events and Security Breaches are reported through appropriate management channels as quickly as possible.
Train all employees of information systems and services how to report any observed or suspected Information Security Events and Security Breaches.
Notify COMPANY by email (JDavis@RTI.org or by phone (800-334‑8571) immediately of all suspected Information Security Events and Security Breaches. Following any such event or breach, CONTRACTOR will promptly notify COMPANY as to the COMPANY Confidential Information affected and the details of the event or breach.
Business Continuity Management.
Business Continuity Management Program. In order to ensure services and service levels described in this agreement, CONTRACTOR will:
Develop and maintain a process for business continuity throughout the organization that addresses the information security requirements needed for the CONTRACTOR’s business continuity so that the provision of products and/or services provided under the Agreement to COMPANY is uninterrupted.
Identify events that can cause interruptions to business processes, along with the probability and impact of such interruptions and their consequences for information security.
Develop and implement plans to maintain or restore operations and ensure availability of information at the required level and in the required time scales following interruption to, or failure of, critical business processes and provide COMPANY a copy of the same.
Test and update Business Continuity Plans regularly to ensure that they are up‑to-date and effective.
Security Assessments.
Initial and Recurring Security Assessments. CONTRACTOR will permit COMPANY representatives to perform an on-site physical and logical Security Assessment of CONTRACTOR’s data processing and business facilities prior to the release of COMPANY Confidential Information and each year thereafter. Security Assessments will be performed during regular business hours, at a date and time agreed to by both parties, and will not require online access to CONTRACTOR’s Information Processing Systems.
Security Assessments Following Information Security Events and Security Breaches. Following the occurrence of an Information Security Event or Security Breach, CONTRACTOR will permit COMPANY representatives to perform an on-site physical and logical Security Assessment of CONTRACTOR’s data processing and business facilities to assess the impact of the event or breach even if a Security Assessment has been completed within the year.
Security Assessment Findings. Upon completion of a Security Assessment, COMPANY will provide CONTRACTOR with a Security Assessment completion letter that summarizes COMPANY’s Security Assessment findings. These findings may identify critical security deficiencies identified as “Mandatory” that require immediate correction before COMPANY can release, or continue to release, COMPANY Confidential Information to CONTRACTOR. CONTRACTOR will implement and continue to maintain all mutually agreed upon “Mandatory” security findings. If mutual agreement to “Mandatory” security findings cannot be reached, then these issues may be escalated using the dispute resolution provisions within this Agreement.
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