Office of Procurement and Property Management Personnel & Document Security Division
	Information Security Program

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Mission

The Information Security Staff (ISS) Provides Customer Service for the United States Department of Agriculture and it’s Agencies on the following Information and Industrial Security Topics:

1. Original Classification Decisions
   
   
2. Revisions to the USDA Security Classification Guide
   
   
3. Derivative Classification Guidance
   
   
4. Provide Guidance on Marking Documents and Media
   
   
5. Provide Guidance on How to Handle Classified Information Hand Carry, Mail, Fax, or Ship Classified Info/Material
   
   
6. Provide Guidance for Security Container Purchases
   
   
7. Assist with Secure Room/Vault Construction
   
   
8. Coordinate Combination Changes or Vault/Security Container Repairs
   
   
9. Security Awareness Training
   
   
10. Security Indoctrination Training
    
    
11. Coordinate all Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) Construction
    
    
12. Provide Guidance for Awarding Contracts that Require Access to Classified Information
    
    
13. Revisions to the DA 3440-1, Classification, Declassification, and Safeguarding Classified Information
    
    
14. Conduct Information Security Inspections
    
    
15. Provide assistance with product selection and purchasing of classified destruction devices, secure copiers, and secure faxes. USDA Communication Security Custodian is Fred Goings at (202) 720-8761
    
    
16. Revisions to the DA 3440-2, Control and Protection of “Sensitive Security Information”

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