A Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254) issued with each US government contract that involves access to classified information.

The Nation faces sophisticated threats against the sensitive and confidential data of our citizens, industries and government. The Nation’s dependence on online transactions significantly increases the potential losses (financial and non-financial) associated with identity theft, fraud, intellectual property leakage, and privacy breach. Securing identities in transactions and creating a trusted online environment has become a critical national priority, and the President’s Cyberspace Policy Review called for development of a strategy to address this issue.can be submitted via this link

(6/28/10) NEW!!!! Electronic Communications Plan (ECP) Released

Combined download of the 2006 NISPOM and 6 subsequent Industrial Security letters - combined for convenient download

2009 Edition - Targeting U.S. Technologies:
A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry

(pages 41-52 in this download - this report is a large file brken into 3 parts for ease of user download)

2009 Edition - Targeting U.S. Technologies:
A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry

(pages 21-40 in this download - this report is a large file brken into 3 parts for ease of user download)

2009 Edition - Targeting U.S. Technologies:
A Trend Analysis of Reporting from Defense Industry

(pages 1-20 in this download - this report is a large file brken into 3 parts for ease of user download)

Paragraph 1-301 of the NISPOM requires contractors1 to promptly report to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (with a copy to DSS2) information coming to the contractor’s attention concerning “actual, probable or possible espionage, sabotage, terrorism, or subversive activities” at any of the contractor’s locations.

The affirmative requirement for contractors to report these activities has been stated in the NISPOM since the first NISPOM was issued in 1995. The NISPOM imposes this reporting obligation because the hostile acts listed in NISPOM 1-301 are, by their nature, so serious that when they are directed against any of a contractor’s locations, they can pose a threat to classified information and to the security of the entire contractor. The specific form of the activity has no bearing on the basic requirement to report.

This article provides clarification of the requirement in NISPOM paragraph 1-204 for contractors to cooperate with Federal agencies and their officially credentialed representatives during personnel security (i.e., “background”) investigations of present or former employees and others. The term “cooperation” in this NISPOM paragraph means providing suitable arrangements within the facility for conducting private interviews with employees during normal working hours, providing relevant employment and security records for review when requested, and rendering other necessary assistance.

Spring 2010 Survey Layout Example
Personnel Security Investigation (PSI)
Requirements Projection Survey
March 31 -April 28, 2010