The Counterespionage Division consists of the Information Security and Personnel Security Programs.

• Information Security Program staff: develop, coordinate, and disseminate all Departmental policies relating to the handling and protection of classified information; manage the Department’s program that provides for the protection of classified national security in accordance with E.O. 12958, as amended, Intelligence Community Directives, and other applicable laws, E.O.s, directives, and regulations; develop professional standards and comprehensive security education and awareness program activities to enhance employee knowledge of security requirements, including personal protection, hostile intelligence threats, proper management of classified and sensitive information, and means of countering threats to Departmental facilities and personnel; and manage the Departmental Secure Telecommunications Program.
  
  
• Personnel Security Program staff: receive and process requests for personnel security clearances for job applicants, employees, and other individuals requiring access to classified national security information at any Department location worldwide; request investigations for security clearances in accordance with E.O. 10450, as amended, E.O. 12968 and 5 CFR Chapter 1, Parts 731, 732, and 736; review and determine the status of cases involving the evaluation of adverse information in connection with the issuance of certificates of security clearance, the imposition of security restrictions on individuals, and other decisions affecting security clearances; take action, as appropriate, on withholding or withdrawing the security clearance of job applicants, employees, contractors, grantees, or other individuals, and, for employees, recommend action under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. §§ 7312 and 7531-32 and E.O.s 12968 and 10450, as amended; as requested by responsible Department officials, assist in the verification, review and evaluation of adverse information concerning Department employees, job applicants, and other individuals for the purpose of making suitability determinations (in accordance with 5 CFR Part 731 and other regulations promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 301); and review, evaluate, and take appropriate action under the provisions of E.O. 10450, as amended, and E.O. 12968, with regard to any notifications of investigation of employee misconduct received by the Director from the Office of Inspector General. Program staff administer the provisions of the National Industrial Security Program as set forth in the National Industrial Security Program Operations Manual (NISPOM). Program staff also maintain liaison with operating unit and bureau program managers and the Defense Security Service in order to provide appropriate input and response required to maintain the NISPOM.

   

  • Electronic – Questionnaires for Investigation Processing (e-QIP)
  • Background Investigation Requests
  • Federal Investigatiions Notices
    • 09-05 Investigations Reimbursable Billing Rates for FY 2010
  • 08-05 Special Agreement Price Schedule
  • 08-04 Investigations Reimbursable Billing Rates for FY 2009
  • OPM Updates (Intranet Only)
  • Fingerprinting Intormation
    • There is information online from the FBI-CJIS for taking legible fingerprints at this site:
      http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/takingfps.html
    • Training available from the FBI at: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fingerprint_training.htm