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PRO]ECT SECURITY <br />AWWA Non-Disclosure Agreement <br />In order to complete the Risk Assessment Methodology for Water training, each <br />engineer must enter into the nondisclosure agreement with AWWA. Tina E. <br />Hanson, P.E., Hisham Musallam, P.E., Reed Meriwether, P.E. and Samuel Higgins, <br />engineer, have each entered into this agreement, as has FNI. <br />Document File Transfer <br />FNI is a private corporation and as such is not subject to the Freedom of <br />Information Act (Sunshine Laws). Project materials maintained and stored by FNI <br />are not required to be released to the public. Recent Texas legislation protects VAs <br />from Sunshine Laws. All draft working documents prepared for the City will be <br />marked "confidential" and a document distribution list maintained. <br />Employee Screening Procedures <br />FNI maintains a professional human resources staff that is responsible for <br />FREESE AND <br />conductingemployee screening priorto hire. References and employment <br />eligibility are verified as required by Immigration and Naturalization Service Form <br />N ICHOLS: <br />I-9. Any misrepresentation made by an employee when completing the <br />employment application is considered sufficient cause for dismissal. FNI also has a <br />Sergeant with the Fort Worth police department reserve on staff. At the City's <br />HELPING YOU <br />request, additional employee screening can be conducted. <br />The foundation of FNI is based on ethical practice. In order to accomplish this <br />goal, FNI is committed to working with our clients in an ethical and professional <br />PROTECT YOUR <br />manner. This requires every employee be equally committed to ethics and perform <br />their job with high standards of ethics. FNI has a written code of ethics that <br />WATER SUPPLY <br />outlines corporate responsibilities, business responsibilities, and personal <br />responsibilities including confidentiality of information. FNI also has formal written <br />policies on weapons and drug and alcohol abuse. <br />Document and File Security and Control Plan <br />FNI has prepared VAs for thirteen large and medium-size water systems in Texas. <br />In order to maintain security of the information, FNI developed a document and file <br />security and control plan. Each member of the project team signs a nondisclosure <br />statement and is required to adhere to the document, file security and control plan <br />for the project. <br />Electronic File Maintenance <br />The FNI network has several security features to prevent intrusion such as firewalls <br />and proxy servers. Within our network, file security is maintained by allowing <br />access for only certain users on each project. Files on the network are backed up <br />twice a day and maintained for a week. <br />For extremely sensitive files, encryption or a stand-alone computer and printer can <br />be used. A stand-alone computer and printer were used for all VAs conducted by <br />FNI. Electronic files from the stand-alone computer are archived at the end of the <br />project and placed in secure storage along with the hard copy files. <br />Innova[ive approaches . . <br />rm <br />irks~ r.e Nlchols <br />practical results <br />Vulnerability Assessmen[ and Emergency Response Plan SOQ page 18 <br />