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.
This page was last updated on September 21, 2007
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