During exercises and actual COOP activations, the technician coordinates with engineering teams, field-support personnel, the Service Desk, the Outage Response Team, telecommunications providers, and Government stakeholders to validate systems, restore services, document results, and resolve technical issues. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.