Common use of Massachusetts Executive Order 504 Clause in Contracts

Massachusetts Executive Order 504. As a Contract entered into after January 1, 2009, the Contractor shall certify by signing Executive Order 504 Contractor Certification Form that they have read the Order Regarding the Security and Confidentiality of Personal Information, Mass. Exec. Order No. 504 (Sept. 19, 2008), that they have reviewed and will comply with all information security programs, plans, guidelines, standards and policies that apply to the work they will be performing for their contracting agency, that they will communicate these provisions to and enforce them against their First Tier, Downstream, and Related Entities, and that they will implement and maintain any other reasonable and appropriate security procedures and practices necessary to protect personal information to which they are given access as part of the contract from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, disclosure or loss. The provisions of Executive Order 504 shall be enforced through EOHHS and the Operational Services Division (OSD). Any breach shall be regarded as a material breach of the Contract that may subject the Contractor to appropriate sanctions.