DOD Security Clearance Workshop - College Park July 13, 2009

This Workshop provides a clear understanding of the NISP personnel security clearance requirements as presented in the NISP Operating Manual (NISPOM) necessary to provide you with the details of interdepartmental relationships concerning security clearances, reciprocity, who has jurisdiction and why. You'll learn and understand the levels of security clearances and what is required to obtain them. Personnel with active security clearances are crucial to a contractor's ability to compete for DOD and other sensitive contracts. That's why recent backlogs, delays, and funding shortfalls preventing the Defense Security Service from processing contractor security clearances prompted panic among contractors. A lack of cleared personnel directly impacts their ability to compete for many contracts, and the value of already cleared personnel skyrockets, impacting the bottom line. Congress continues to seek appropriate solutions to alleviate the impact of personnel security shortfalls. Position yourself in this lucrative market with a step-by-step review of the security clearance rationale and process, screening methods which will accelerate clearance processing, reduce delays and increase your clearance success ratio.

Presenters:

* Joe Dickey owns Government Initiatives, Inc. (GI2). He is retired from the National Security Agency (NSA) and has 38 years of Federal, US Air Force (USAF) and civilian security experience, directing and implementing programs within the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) and industry, from domestic and international perspectives. His comprehensive background in anti-terrorism, physical, industrial and Special Programs security include decision-making positions as the Chief, Technical Security and Chief, Headquarters Facilities Security during the largest growth period in NSA's history and the Gulf War. As a USAF Office of Special Investigations and Federal Special Agent, he has significant experience in counterintelligence, counter narcotics and polygraph. His varied experience as a federal subject matter expert includes physical security, industrial security and anti-terrorism. As the NSA Anti-terrorism Program Manager, Joe was responsible for the design and implementation of the Perimeter Security Anti-terrorism (PSAT) Program at NSA headquarters, Ft. George G. Meade, MD. In this capacity, Joe successfully implemented the program, the largest security enhancement in NSA's history, which included establishing inter-agency working groups within the Intelligence community to address contemporary domestic and foreign threats and implement world-class solutions in a pre-9/11/01 security environment. Joe's diverse background as a security expert has made him instrumental in establishing operational procedures relating to domestic and international security, most of which are in use today.

Topics:

* Security Clearance process - why it is important and what you need to obtain one.
* Current government programs that pertain to personnel and facility clearances including the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM)
* Required reporting of suspicious activity and adverse information.
* A review of Facility Security Clearance requirements and procedures
* Personnel Security Clearance requirements for NAC, LAC, NACLC, SSBI's, polygraph and re-investigations.
* Employee pre-screening and clearance nominations
* Adjudicative standards and evaluations for DOD
* Special Access requirements for CNWDI, FRD, RD and other Special Access Information
* Sensitive Compartmented Information, what it is and special requirements for access.
* Access and Control of NATO information.

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