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32 CFR 117.24: Cognizant Security Office information.

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  1. Title 32—National Defense
  2. Subtitle A—Department of Defense
  3. CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
  4. SUBCHAPTER D—PERSONNEL, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN
  5. PART 117—NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY PROGRAM OPERATING MANUAL (NISPOM)

(a) DoD. Refer to the DCSA website (https://www.dcsa.mil) for a listing of office locations and areas of responsibility and for information on verification of facility clearances and safeguarding. In those cases where the cleared facility is located on a DoD installation the applicable DCSA field office can advise if the installation commander is providing security oversight.

Table 1 to Paragraph (a) DoD Cognizant Security Office

Designation Office name Mailing address Telephone No.

Headquarters, CSO Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency 27130 Telegraph Rd., Quantico, VA 22134 (888) 282-7682

(b) DOE.

Table 2 to Paragraph (b) DOE Cognizant Security Offices

Designation Office name Mailing address Telephone No.

Headquarters Headquarters Office of Security Operations (AU-40) 19901 Germantown Road, Germantown, MD 20874 (301) 903-2177

CSO, Clearance Agency, Central Verification Activity, Adjudicative Authority, and PCL and FCL databases DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration Office of Personnel and Facility Clearances and Classifications Pennsylvania & H Street, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM 87116 (505) 845-4154

CSO U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office 850 Energy Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83401 (208) 526-2216

Table 3 to Paragraph (b) DOE Cognizant Security Offices Continued

Designation Office name Mailing address Telephone No.

CSO, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Information Director, Naval Reactors NA-30, 1240 Isaac Hull Ave., SE., Washington Navy Yard, DC 20376 (202) 781-6297

CSO U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science Consolidated Service Center 200 Administration Road, P.O. Box 2001, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 (865) 576-2140

CSO U.S. Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest Site Office 902 Battelle Boulevard, Richland, WA 99354 (888) 375-7665

CSO U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office 825 Jadwin Avenue, P.O. Box 550, Richland, WA 99352 (509) 376-7411

CSO U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office Road 1A, Aiken, SC 29801 (803) 725-6211

(c) NRC.

Table 4 to Paragraph (c) NRC Cognizant Security Offices

Designation Mailing address Telephone No.

CSO, Adjudicative Authority, PCL and FCL databases, and Industrial Security Program U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Director of Facilities and Security, Washington, DC 20555 (301) 415-8080

CSO, FCL Database and Industrial Security Program for Licensees U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Information Security Branch, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20853 (301) 415-7048

Clearance Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Director of Facilities and Security Personnel Security, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20853 (301) 415-8080

Central Verification Agency U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, ATTN: Director of Security Facilities Security, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20853 (301) 415-8080

(d) DHS.

Table 6 to Paragraph (d) DHS Cognizant Security Office

Designation Mailing address Telephone No.

CSO DHS Cognizant Security Office, ATTN: Chief Security Officer, 245 Murray Lane, M/S 0120-3, Washington, DC 20528 (202) 447-5424; (202) 447-5345

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