About Us

The Mountain Region Security Office (MRSO) is one of 7 field offices under the Client Services Division of the Office of Security/US Department of Commerce. The MRSO provides personnel security services to the agencies of OAR, NESDIS, NIST Boulder, MBDA, NTIA Boulder and EDA. The MRSO provides physical security services to all Department of Commerce agencies located within the Mountain Region. These states include Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.

General Contacts:

    Wendy Monroe, Mountain Region Security Officer

    Keith Turbitt, Security Specialist

    Royce Kiger, Security Specialist

    Roman Herrera, Supervisory Security Specialist

    Chris Mullane, Security Assistant


The Mission of the Office of Security is to provide policies, programs, and oversight as it collaborates with:
    - Facility managers to reduce the terrorism risks to DOC facilities;
    - Program managers to reduce the espionage risks to DOC facilities;
    - Department and bureau leadership to increase emergency preparedness for DOC operations.

Security Initiatives:

    - Anti-Terrorism
       *Threat Analysis
       *Facility Risk Assessments
       *Countermeasure Implementation

    - Counterespionage
       *Counterintelligence Activities
       *Programmatic Risk Assessments
       *Countermeasure Implementation

    - Emergency Management
       *Continuity of Government (COG)
       *Continuity of Operations (COOP)
       *Occupant Emergency Plan (OEP)


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