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Interagency Security Committee

The Interagency Security Committee’s mandate is to develop standards, policies and best practices for enhancing the quality and effectiveness of physical security in, and the protection of, nonmilitary federal facilities in the United States. The Interagency Security Committee provides a permanent body to address continuing government-wide security for federal facilities.

In 1995, after the bombing of the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the Interagency Security Committee was established by Executive Order 12977. Prior to the executive order, minimum physical security standards did not exist for nonmilitary federally owned or leased facilities.

The Interagency Security Committee (ISC) is chaired by the Department of Homeland Security. ISC members are senior executives from all federal agencies and departments.

Committee Membership

• Chair: Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Robert B. Stephan
• Executive Director: Austin Smith
• Primary and associate members

Read more about the Interagency Security Committee.

Standards, Policies, and Best Practices

The Interagency Security Committee's standards, policies and best practices serve the needs of physical security managers who are responsible for protecting nonmilitary federal facilities. These documents provide the federal community with strategies for physical security policies and standards that govern federal facilities protection. These strategies and standards facilitate the implementation of security policies and ensure a smooth implementation of mandatory standards.

The Interagency Security Committee partners with other security organization to promote standards, standardize and apply uniform requirements, share information and collaborate, and advance best practices.

Read about the standards, policies and best practices.

Working Groups

The Interagency Security Committee establishes working groups comprising representatives from federal agencies to develop its standards, policies and best practices. The Interagency Security Committee's working groups are organized according to member agencies’ specific interests and areas of expertise in order to achieve its long-term mission and project-specific needs. 

This page was last reviewed/modified on June 23, 2008.