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Director's Perspective
Welcome to the Office of Headquarters Personnel
Security Operations
Stephanie Scott Grimes, Director
The Office of Headquarters Personnel Security Operations
serves the Department by providing a comprehensive
Personnel Security Program for the DOE Headquarters
complex. Our goal is to ensure that DOE classified
information and materials are safeguarded from compromise
by assuring that only trustworthy individuals are
granted access authorizations (security clearances).
This is accomplished through conscientious, just,
and thoughtful application of Federal rules and statutes
with the goal of ensuring that only individuals whose
character, associations, and loyalty do not endanger
the common defense are granted access to DOE classified
information and materials.
The Office's management of access authorizations
for the population of cleared individuals at Headquarters
is coupled with the responsibility for the classified
visits program that manages DOE and other government
agency visitors traveling to DOE sites as well as
other locations within the Government and implementation
of personal identity verification (PIV) under Homeland
Security Presidential Directive #12 (HSPD-12).
Because of the significance of the human factor in
security vulnerabilities, the Office of Personnel
Security's goal to protect the national security is
a critical element in the Department's overall security
strategy. The Office of Personnel Security is committed
to assuring the integrity and dependability of each
individual who is granted access authorization.
The 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 stewardship of the highly sensitive
information used to make access eligibility determinations.
We look forward to serving our DOE colleagues and
the public at large in the area of personnel security.
The Office contributes substantially to U.S. Government
personnel security expertise and we strive to set
the personnel security standard for DOE, in support
of the vital mission of this Department.
If you have any comments or questions regarding the
content of our web site or our organization, please
contact Stephanie Scott Grimes, Director, Office of
Headquarters Personnel Security Operations at: Stephanie.Grimes@hq.doe.gov.
Mission and Functions
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