Assessment and Authorization Sample Clauses

Assessment and Authorization. (A&A). A valid authority to operate (ATO) certifies that the Contractor's information system meets the contract's requirements to protect the agency data. If the system under this contract does not have a valid ATO, the Contractor (and/or any subcontractor) must work with the agency and supply the deliverables required to complete the ATO within the specified timeline(s) Within 10 business days of contract award. The ATO is ongoing and will remain in effect for a period of four (4) years of the period of performance of the contract]. The Contractor must conduct the A&A requirements in accordance with HHS IS2P, NIST SP 800-37, Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach (latest revision), NIST SP 800-53B, Control Baselines for Information Systems and Organizations, and the NIST SP 800-53A (latest revision). i. A&A Package Deliverables - The Contractor (and/or any subcontractor) must provide an A&A package within OS/OASH/OWH within 10 business days of contract award. The A&A is ongoing and will be due annually on the anniversary date of the contract. The report data is to be provided implementing Microsoft Suites i.e., MS Word, Window, Excel etc., and be submitted via email] to the CO and/or COR. The following A&A deliverables are required to complete the A&A package ▪ System Security Plan (SSP) – due on the 15th of each month. The report data is to be provided implementing Microsoft Suites i.e., MS Word, Windows, Excel, etc., and be submitted via email. The contractor will provide a format to be agreed upon by the COR within 10 days after contract award. The SSP must comply with the NIST SP 800- 18, Guide for Developing Security Plans for Federal Information Systems, the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 200, Recommended Security Controls for Information Systems, and NIST SP 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations applicable baseline requirements, and other applicable NIST guidance as well as HHS and OS policies and other guidance. The SSP must be consistent with and detail the approach to IT security contained in the Contractor's bid or proposal that resulted in the award of this contract. The SSP must provide an overview of the system environment and security requirements to protect the information system as well as describe all applicable security controls in place or planned for meeting those requirements. It should provide a structur...
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Assessment and Authorization. The Contractor shall obtain commercial and/or organization specific certifications/authorizations for new or modified systems, applications, designs, equipment or installations IAW applicable organization standards specified by individual Task Orders. Specific activities include, but are not limited to security certifications, or comprehensive assessments of the management, operational, and technical security controls in an information system to determine the extent to which the controls are implemented correctly.
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  • Appointment and Authorization Each Lender hereby designates and appoints the Agent and the Collateral Agent (collectively, the “Appointed Agents”) as its agents under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes each Appointed Agent, in its respective capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Appointed Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Article XIII. The provisions of this Article XIII (other than Sections 13.9, 13.10(a) and 13.10(b)) are solely for the benefit of the Appointed Agents and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall have no rights as third party beneficiaries of any of the provisions contained herein. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, each Appointed Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall any Appointed Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Appointed Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to any Appointed Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties. Except as expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Appointed Agent shall have and may use its sole discretion with respect to exercising or refraining from exercising any discretionary rights or taking or refraining from taking any actions which such Appointed Agent is expressly entitled to take or assert under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including (a) the determination of the applicability of ineligibility criteria with respect to the calculation of the Borrowing Base, (b) the making of Agent Advances pursuant to Section 2.4(g) and (c) the exercise of remedies pursuant to Section 10.2, and any action so taken or not taken shall be deemed consented to by the Lenders.

  • Licenses and Authorizations All rights associated with the licenses, licensing agreements, permits, easements, registrations, domains, IP addresses and authorizations issued or granted to Seller by any governmental authority with respect to the operation of the Business, including, without limitation, those licenses and authorizations listed on Schedule 1.1(d) attached hereto, and all applications therefor, together with any renewals, extensions, or modifications thereof and additions thereto;

  • Power and Authorization The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, and has the power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder, and to consummate the Exchange contemplated hereby.

  • Consents and Authorizations Each Credit Party shall have obtained all consents and authorizations from Governmental Authorities and all consents of other Persons (including shareholder approvals, if applicable) that are necessary or advisable in connection with this Agreement, any Loan Document, any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the continuing operations of the Credit Parties and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Lender.

  • Corporate Power and Authorization The Borrower has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver, perform, and take all actions contemplated by, each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and all such action has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings on its part. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower has the corporate power and authority to borrow pursuant to the Loan Documents to the fullest extent permitted hereby and thereby from time to time, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize such borrowings.

  • Authorization and Authority Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints Citibank, N.A. to act on its behalf as the Agent hereunder and under the Notes and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, and the Borrowers shall have no rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

  • Filings and Authorizations (a) The Parties will, as promptly as practicable but in any event within 20 days of the date of this Agreement (unless otherwise mutually agreed), make, or cause to be made, all filings and applications with, and give all notices and submissions to, Governmental Authorities that are necessary for the lawful completion of the Contemplated Transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the Purchaser and the Seller filing with the Commissioner a notification under Part IX of the Competition Act; (ii) the Purchaser filing an application for TSX Approval with the TSX; and (iii) the Purchaser filing a written submission concerning the competitive effects of the Contemplated Transactions and requesting that the Commissioner issue an ARC. (b) The Purchaser will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain TSX Approval and the Purchaser and the Seller will use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Competition Act Approval and each Party will promptly co-operate with and assist the other Party in preparing the submissions referenced in Section 5.5(a) and all other filings or responses to questions or requests from the Commissioner, Governmental Authorities or the TSX. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that either, or both, of the Purchaser and the Seller receive a supplementary information request pursuant to subsection 114(2) of the Competition Act (a “SIR”), or an order to produce records, make a written return of information, and/or have one or more employees attend an oral examination conducted by the Commissioner (collectively, a “Section 11 Order”), in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, the Purchaser and/or the Seller, as applicable, shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to respond to the SIR or Section 11 Order at the earliest practicable date. For purposes of this provision, the Purchaser and/or the Seller, as applicable, shall be deemed to have responded to any such SIR or Section 11 Order by providing a response that it in good faith believes to be in compliance with the terms of the SIR or Section 11 Order and by certifying such compliance pursuant to section 118 of the Competition Act or in accordance with the SIR or Section 11 Order. In the event that the Commissioner disputes the adequacy of compliance by the Purchaser and/or the Seller, as applicable, with respect to a SIR or Section 11 Order, the Purchaser and/or the Seller, as applicable, shall endeavour to satisfy the Commissioner as soon as possible so as to minimize any delay in the conduct or resolution of the Commissioner’s review of the Contemplated Transactions. (c) Neither Party will provide any substantive oral nor written representations, statements, information, remedy proposals or other filings to the Commissioner without first giving the other a reasonable opportunity to provide its comments, and each Party will consider such comments in good faith before providing any such representations, statements, information or other filings to the Commissioner. (d) Subject to compliance at all times with Applicable Law and the other provisions of this Agreement and to information being competitively sensitive, the Purchaser and Seller will coordinate and cooperate in exchanging information and supplying assistance that is reasonably requested by the other in connection with this

  • Permits and Authorizations Each of the Company and its subsidiaries possesses all material Environmental Permits (as defined below) necessary to conduct its businesses and operations as now being conducted.

  • Organization and Authorization The Investor is duly incorporated or organized and validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has all requisite power and authority to purchase and hold the securities issuable hereunder. The decision to invest and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Investor, the performance by such Investor of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by such Investor of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and requires no other proceedings on the part of the Investor. The undersigned has the right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other instruments (including, without limitations, the Registration Rights Agreement), on behalf of the Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and, assuming the execution and delivery hereof and acceptance thereof by the Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with its terms.

  • Authority and Authorization Each of the Consultants has full power and authority to enter into this Plan and carry out the obligations hereunder. Execution of this Plan and performance by the Consultants hereunder constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Consultants and performance hereunder will not violate any other agreement to which any of the Consultants is a party.

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