Defensive Travel Briefing

PURPOSE

As a Commerce employee, you have access to critical U.S. government information.  The purpose of this briefing is to ensure that you understand your responsibilities to protect the information, and to make you are aware of security vulnerabilities associated with foreign travel.

Please click on the link below for the briefing and the certificate:

         Defensive Overseas and CI Travel Briefing



Fax the completed certificate form to the Mountain Region Security Office at (303) 497-4989 prior to departure.



UPON YOUR RETURN

Contact your Mountain Region Security Office at (303) 497-3363 to report foreign contacts and any unusual incidents.  You must receive a security debriefing if you have been abroad for more than 90 days.  You are required to report all contacts with individuals of any nationality, either within or outside the scope of your official activities in which:

   
Illegal or unauthorized access is sought to classified or otherwise sensitive information.

You are concerned that you may be the target of an actual or attempted exploitation by a foreign entity.

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION PHONE NUMBERS

Before your departure, it is recommended that you provide your family and/or a close friend with the name and phone number of your supervisor or coworker so that you can be reached in the event of an emergency.

If an emergency does occur, persons needing to reach you should be instructed to contact you via your immediate office.  If this is not possible, the 24 hour State Department Operations Center (202) 647-1512, may be able to assist others in reaching you.