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Company ID Number. 342580 <br />THE E-VERIFY PIZ.OGRAM FOIE EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />ARTICLE <br />PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY <br />This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) sets forth the points of agreement between the <br />Department of Homeland- Security (DHS) and Sbau. ou. Circuital Coypoi•atiog (Employer) <br />regarding the Employer's participation in the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E- <br />Verify). This MOU explains certain features of the &Verify program and enumerates specific <br />responsibilities of DHS, the Social Seouxity Administration {5SA} and the Employer. E-Verify i5 <br />a program that electronically confirms an employee's eligibility to work in the United States after <br />completion of the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (Form 1-9). For covered government <br />contractors, E-Verify is used to verify the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees and <br />all existing employees assigned to Federal contracts or to verify the entire workforce if the <br />contractor so chooses. <br />Authority for the E-Verify program is found in Title IV, Subtitle A, of the Illegal Immigration <br />Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRiRA), Pub. L. 104-208, 110 Stat. 3009, as <br />amended (8 U.S.C. § 1324a note). Authority for use of the &Verify program by Federal <br />contractors and subcontractors covered by the terms of Subpart 22:18, "Employment Eligibility <br />Verification", of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (hereinafter referred to in this MOU as <br />a "Federal contractor with the FAR &Verify clause") to verify the employment eligibility of <br />certain employees working on Federal contracts is also found in Subpart 22.18 and in Executive <br />order 12989, as amended.' • <br />ARTICLE iI <br />FUNCTIONS TO BE PERf~ORMED <br />A. RESPONSIBILITIES OF SSA <br />1: SSA agrees to provide the Employer with available information that aQows the Employer to <br />confirm the accuracy of Social Security Numbers provided by all employees verified under this <br />MOU and the employment authorization of U.S. citizens. <br />2. SSA,agrees.to provide to the Employer appropriate assistance with operational prgblems that <br />may arise during: the Employer's participation in the E-Verify program. SSA agrees to provide <br />tfie Employer with names, .titles,.addresses,..andtelephone. numbers of SSA representatives -to <br />be contacted during the &Verify process. <br />3. SSA agrees to safeguard the information provided by the Employer through the E-Verify <br />program procedures, and to limit access to such information, as is appropriate by law, to <br />individuals responsible far the verification of Soeial Security Numbers and for evaluation of the <br />E-Verify program or such other persons or entities who may be authorized by SSA as governed <br />Page 1 of 13 1 E Veriry MOU for Employer I Revision Date 09101109 www.dhs.govlE-Verify <br />