Director's Perspective

Welcome to the Office of Policy

Jack L. Cowden, Director

The Department's principal tool in its national security mandate is policy. The Office of Policy supports the protection of Departmental assets through directives that govern protection of DOE nuclear facilities, nuclear weapons components, special nuclear materials, and classified information against potential threats including: terrorist attack, activity, sabotage, espionage, theft, diversion, and loss or unauthorized use.

We develop security policy through an interactive process that involves all affected stakeholders, lessons-learned and national requirements to ensure that our security directives counter our most determined advisories' nefarious goals. Our five broad functional areas that address various protection strategies are: Program Planning and Management; Physical Security; Protective Force; Information Security and Material Control and Accountability (MC&A).

Our Office is comprised of a group of highly skilled security professionals, both Federal and contractor, who are dedicated to performing their duties in a manner that is both thorough and accurate while being ever mindful of their security policy development responsibilities. We are very proud of our unique mission and value our contribution to this Department and our efforts to improve our national security initiatives.