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SF 189

Classified Information Nondisclosure Agreement (superseded)

Form SF 189. This is an agency-to-agency document. You do not normally receive it, and it is not an adverse action. It is no longer in current use.

What it is

The predecessor to the SF 312. It was cancelled on 8 February 1988 and replaced by the SF 312. It appears in older files and older decisions.

Also called

SF-189, SF189, old NDA.

Where this comes from

GSA — Standard Forms. GSA forms page records the form as obsolete, "cancelled on 2/8/1988", replaced by the SF 312.

Where this sits

Stage: Superseded and obsolete · Applies to: Government-wide

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