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Standards
Security Standards for Leased Spaces (FOUO): Reflects background information on why standards expressly for leased locations are needed and identifies the framework of considerations upon which the standards were developed to close the security double standard for leased and owned buildings.
Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects (FOUO): Developed to ensure that security becomes an integral part of the planning, design and construction of all new federal courthouses, new federal office buildings and major modernization projects, the criteria consider security in all building systems and elements.
Policies
Facility Security Levels Determinations (FOUO): Defines the criteria and process to be used in determining the facility security level of a federal facility, a categorization that then serves as the basis for implementing protective measures under other ISC standards.
Best Practices
ISC Best Practices for Safe Mail Handling (PDF, 16 pages - 831 KB): Identifies best mail room operations practices used by federal agencies and assists security managers to implement safe mail handling practices at their facilities; developed by the ISC Safe Mail Handling subcommittee.
ISC Guidance on Escape Hoods (PDF, 9 pages - 72 KB ): A number of federal agencies are in the process of considering whether to provide escape hoods to employees for use in the event of chemical, biological or other emergency events. The Interagency Security Committee has developed this guidance to assist managers in the decision making process of determining when to purchase and distribute such protection devices to their employees.
Interagency Security Committee
Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
ATTN: Austin Smith, Executive Director
E-mail: ISC@dhs.gov
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This page was last reviewed/modified on December 1, 2008.