Office of Departmental Personnel Security
Director's Message
Welcome to the Office of Departmental
Personnel Security!
Stephanie Brewer, Director
Our office, created in 2007, is one of
the newer organizations within HSS. Our
mission is to act as a centralized unit
within the complex to develop and implement
sound personnel security policies, procedures
and directives that will:
- Ensure that the people trusted to
perform the Department's work are of
high character, loyal to the United
States and worthy of the highest level
of trust from their colleagues, their
government, and the people of the United
States
- Ensure that we perform our duties
in the most efficient manner possible;
- Ensure that the rights of all individuals
in contact with our program are respected
and that they are treated fairly and
with dignity;
- Ensure that the interests of the people
of the United States are considered
and protected in all that we do;
- Ensure that the individuals performing
this work within the Department will
possess a strong sense of purpose and
of the importance of their work
We recognize that we have an obligation
to the employees of the Department to
conduct our work in the most transparent
manner possible, while still protecting
the interests of national security. To
this end, we intend in the coming months
and years to regularly communicate with
you, via this web-site, on matters regarding
personnel security which time and experience
have shown are often unclear to those
outside our profession. This would include
everything from your rights in the personnel
security process, national-level developments
in personnel security which may impact
our policies here at DOE, and the impact
of certain issues (mental health counseling,
financial delinquencies, etc.) on the
access authorization determination process.
Thanks for taking the time to check in
on us, and be sure to check back periodically
for updates.
This
page was last updated on
August 12, 2008
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