---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 550.1507"
title: "5"
number: "550.1507"
heading: "Agency responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/550.1507"
---

# §550.1507. Agency responsibilities.


To efficiently and effectively implement the provisions of the law and these regulations, an agency that wishes to furnish a flag pursuant to this part must —

- (a) Establish procedures for procuring and furnishing a flag, including reaching out to survivors of known eligible employees to provide information and offer assistance on obtaining a flag;
- (b) Notify its employees of the flag benefit annually; and
- (c) Disclose information necessary to prove that a deceased individual is an eligible employee as described in [§ 550.1504](/cfr/5/550.1504.md) to the extent that such information is not classified and to the extent that such disclosure does not endanger the national security of the United States.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5570 note; also issued under Sec. 2 of Pub. L. 112-73, 125 Stat.784-785.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 53602, Sept. 10, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted.