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The National Industrial Security Program, or NISP, is the nominal authority in the United States for managing the needs of private industry to access classified information. [ 1 ] The NISP was established in 1993 by Executive Order 12829 . [ 2 ]
DCSA Industrial Security Representatives, Counterintelligence Agents, Background Investigators, and Information System Security Professionals are credentialed Special Agents. DCSA also uses a number of contract investigators and staff to help support DCSA's various missions.
The under secretary of defense for intelligence and security or USD(I&S) is a high-ranking civilian position in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) within the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) that acts as the principal civilian advisor and deputy to the secretary of defense (SecDef) and deputy secretary of defense (DepSecDef) on matters relating to military intelligence and security.
DCID 3/29, Controlled Access Program Oversight Committee, 2 June 1995; DOD 5220.22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM), 28 February, 2006; DODD 5200.1-R, Information Security Program, January 1997; EO 13526, Classified National Security Information, 29 December 2009
When security concerns arise for an individual, which could bar them from holding a security clearance, adjudicators may also look at the Whole-Person Concept as a source of potential mitigation so that the person may still be granted a security clearance. [42] The high-level clearance process can be lengthy, sometimes taking a year or more.
Security clearances can be issued by many United States of America government agencies, including the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of State (DOS), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Energy (DoE), the Department of Justice (DoJ), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Provides program and administrative support for the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB). Reviews requests for original classification authority from agencies. Chairs the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC) under E.O. 12829, as amended.
Chapter 11: Acquisition Of And Expenditures On Land For National-Defense Purposes (repealed/transferred/omitted) Chapter 12: Vessels In Territorial Waters of United States; Chapter 13: Insurrection; Chapter 14: Wartime Voting by Land and Naval Forces (repealed) Chapter 15: National Security (transferred) Chapter 16: Defense Industrial Reserves