Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)

Background

In May 2022, DOE Order 471.7 was incorporated into Berkeley Lab’s Prime Contract, requiring the Lab to establish a Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program and document a policy for designating and handling information that qualifies as CUI.

The solution is available to those Lab employees that either are receiving or anticipate receiving information marked as CUI in their inbox, or have a need to store CUI in a Google shared drive. If your computational needs are greater than email or google drive please reach out to itpolicy@lbl.gov

What to do if you have a need to receive or store CUI?

The first step if you need to receive and store CUI is to request a CUI-enabled account. You can do that by completing the request form “ENABLE my account to receive and access CUI” using this link. This essential initial step ensures your system is configured to handle sensitive CUI securely.

Once your account has been successfully enabled, you can also use that same link to request access to an existing CUI shared drive, or to create a new CUI shared drive to store and collaborate on CUI you have received. For both of these instances, you are required to have a CUI-enabled account.

Visit the CUI FAQ page, which has more details.

What if you receive CUI but do not have a CUI-Enabled account?

If you receive CUI and you do not have a CUI-enabled account, you must immediately:

Delete the email and empty your email trash
If you downloaded the file, delete the file and empty trash as well
If colleagues were copied on the email, they must also take the above actions
Email itpolicy@lbl.gov and let them know that you received CUI and detail the steps you took

If you have an ongoing need to receive, access, or store CUI, please continue reading.

What to do if you have a need to send CUI?

The options to send CUI include:

to someone inside the Lab, use a CUI enabled Shared drive
to someone outside the Lab, contact itpolicy@lbl.gov and we’ll advise on a solution
to someone outside the Lab insisting you use Entrust, contact itpolicy@lbl.gov