GSA Implement National Industrial Security Program

9. Implement the National Industrial Security Program.

The Information Security Oversight Office, currently in GSA, should
aggressively continue to work with industrial organizations under
contract with the government to ensure the protection of classified
information while reducing costs and redundant requirements and
improving efficiency as described in Executive Order 12829, January 8,
1993, National Industrial Security Program (NISP).[13] This office,
along with the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Energy, and Director
of Central Intelligence, should continue to work cooperatively with
industry to implement the NISP. The following should be considered as a
minimum: publication of a NISP operating manual; development of cost
collection and tracking mechanisms; development of governmentwide
standardized background investigation forms and processes, as
appropriate; standardized policy on reciprocity of investigations and
inspections; portability of security clearances across agencies;
development of uniform, standardized training and education requirements
for industry and associated curricula and competency evaluation for
government industrial security representatives; and the implementation
and enforcement of NISP standards.

Endnotes

13. Executive Order 12829, "National Industrial Security Program,"
Federal Register, vol. 58, no. 5 (January 8, 1993), pp. 3479-3483.