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Effective Date: 3/4/77

Series: Security

Part 443: Industrial Security Program

Chapter 1: Agreement-Interior and Defense Departments

Originating Office: Office of Law Enforcement and Security

1.1 Policy. It is the policy of the Department of the Interior to take full advantage in utilizing the Department of Defense Industrial Security Program made available by Executive Order 10865, and described in the agreement found in Appendix 1.

1.2 Scope. For any bureau or office entering into a Aclassified contract,@ only DOD facility clearances and personnel security clearances will be issued to or within industry. Only those facility and personnel security clearances granted by the Department of Defense and Confidential personnel security clearances properly granted by contractors will be acceptable to the Department of the Interior for access to its classified information.

1.3 Coordination. The Chief, Division of Enforcement and Security Management, Office of Administrative Services, provides the coordination and liaison with the Department of Defense for the Industrial Security Program. Bureaus or offices having the need to enter into a classified contract will first contact the Chief, Division of Enforcement and Security Management for guidance relative to the procedures and requirements of the Industrial Security Program.

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443 DM 1

Appendix 1

Agreement Between the Department of Defense

and the Department of the Interior

Concerning the Industrial Security Program

The Department of the Interior hereby authorizes the Department of Defense to act for and on behalf of the Department of the Interior in rendering security services for the protection of classified information released to or within industry by the Department of the Interior. It is understood and agreed that the Department of Defense will apply the specific requirements, restrictions, and other safeguards as prescribed in the Department of Defense Industrial Security Regulation, the Department of Defense Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information, the Cryptographic Supplement to the Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information, and the Industrial Personnel Security Clearance Program Directive, except as otherwise herein provided.

The Department of the Interior, when acting as a contracting agency, will have the authority and responsibility and will perform the functions specified for a user agency in the Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information, in the Industrial Security Regulation, and in the Cryptographic Supplement to the Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information.

Proposed substantive changes to the Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information, the Industrial Security Regulation, the Cryptographic Supplement to the Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information, and the Industrial Personnel Security Clearance Program Directive will be submitted to the Department of the Interior for prior review and coordination, reserving, however, the final decision to the Secretary of Defense.

The Department of the Interior accepts the Department of Defense Security Agreement (DD Form 441) and Appendage (DD Form 441-1). Department of the Interior contracts will contain a clause requiring each Interior contractor to adhere to the Department of Defense Security Agreement.

Only Department of Defense facility clearances and personnel security clearances will be issued to or within industry. All facility and personnel security clearances granted by the Department of Defense and Confidential personnel security clearances properly granted by contractors will be accepted by the Department of the Interior for access to its classified information.

The Department of Defense will notify the Department of the Interior before taking action to invalidate a facility security clearance of an Interior Department contractor.

In personnel security cases from an Interior Department contractor, the Interior Department will be entitled to have one voting member on the Screening Board Panel and one voting member on the Appeal Board Panel.

If granting or continuing a security clearance of a specific category in an Interior Department case is not warranted, and the case is considered under the provisions of Section 4.(a) or Section 5.(b) of Executive Order 10865, the case will be forwarded for determination by the Secretary of the Interior.

When the necessity arises for the determination Aby the head of the department@ of Agood and sufficient@ cause within the meaning of Section 4.(a)(2)(B) of Executive Order 10865, this determination will be made by the Secretary of the Interior.

The Secretary of the Interior hereby designates the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration) as his Aspecial designee@ for the purposes of Section 4.(a)(2) and Section 5.(b) of Executive Order 10865, which authority is not subject to redelegation.

When a decision under Section 9 of Executive Order 10865 may be warranted, the case will be forwarded for the findings and determination of the Secretary of the Interior. If the Secretary of the Interior decides that the case does not warrant action under Section 9 of Executive Order 10765, the case will be returned to the Department of Defense for processing under the other provisions of Executive Order 10865 and the Industrial Personnel Security Clearance Program Directive.

The Secretary of the Interior agrees that the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), or his designee for that purpose, will act in his behalf in all actions authorized by the Industrial Personnel Security Clearance Program Directive.

The Secretary of Interior will occupy a status and have authority similar to that of the Secretary of Defense in any case from an Interior Department contractor processed under the Industrial Personnel Security Clearance Program Directive.

Reimbursement shall be made for security services rendered for the Interior Department in an amount agreed to by the Secretary of the Interior, or his designee, and the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration).

3/4/77 #1968

Replaces 10/30/75 #1805