Which documents support PL-4 Rules of Behavior?

• A. OMB A-130 and SP 800 18r1
• B. E-gov sec. 208 and OMB M-03-22
• C. OMB M-02-01 and SP 800-37
• D. HSPD-7

Answer: (A)

PL-4 Rules of Behavior are the user-facing obligations that govern how individuals may use federal information systems, including acceptable use, responsibilities, and consequences for violations. Implementing these rules requires both a policy mandate and a concrete plan for how they will be enforced in practice.

OMB Circular A-130 provides the government-wide policy framework for protecting information resources, including requiring agencies to establish and enforce rules of behavior for system users. That policy backbone is essential because it sets what must be done at a high level and creates accountability across agencies.

To turn that policy into action, agencies use guidance for security planning. SP 800-18 Rev. 1 offers a detailed approach for developing Security Plans for federal information systems, and those plans typically specify the rules of behavior, acceptable use policies, user responsibilities, and the controls needed to enforce them. Together, the policy directive and the planning guidance give you both the mandate and the practical blueprint for implementing Rules of Behavior.

Other documents focus on different aspects of information security or governance and don’t pair policy direction with security-planning guidance for rules of behavior in the same way, so they don’t provide the same direct support for PL-4.