DoD 5220.22-M

DoD 5220.22-M, February 28, 2006

Comptroller General of the United States,
Government Accountability Office (GAO); (16) the
Director of Administrative Services, United States
Trade Representative (USTR); (17) the Director of
Administration, United States International Trade
Commission (USITC); (18) the Administrator,
United States Agency for International Development
(USAID); (19) the Executive Director for Operations
of the NRC; (20) the Secretary of Education; (21) the
Secretary of Health and Human Services; (22) the
Secretary of Homeland Security; and (23) the Deputy
Managing Director, Federal Communications
Commission (FCC).

1-102. Scope
a. The NISP applies to all Executive Branch
Departments and Agencies and to all cleared
contractor facilities located within the United States
and its territories.
b. This Manual applies to and shall be used by
contractors to safeguard classified information
released during all phases of the contracting,
licensing, and grant process, including bidding,
negotiation, award, performance, and termination. It
also applies to classified information not released
under a contract, license, certificate or grant, and to
foreign government information furnished to
contractors that requires protection in the interest of
national security.
This Manual implements
applicable Federal Statutes, E.O.s, National
Directives, international treaties, and certain
government-to-government agreements.

1-104. Security Cognizance
a. Consistent with paragraph 1-101e, security
cognizance remains with each Federal department or
agency unless lawfully delegated.
The term
Cognizant Security Agency (CSA) denotes the
Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of
Energy (DOE), the NRC, and the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA). The Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of Energy, the Director of the CIA and the
Chairman, NRC, may delegate any aspect of security
administration regarding classified activities and
contracts under their purview within the CSA or to
another CSA.
Responsibility for security
administration may be further delegated by a CSA to
one or more Cognizant Security Offices (CSO). It is
the obligation of each CSA to inform industry of the
applicable CSO.

c. Implementation of changes to this Manual by
contractors shall be effected no later than 6 months
from the date of the published change.
d. This Manual does not contain protection
requirements for Special Nuclear Material.
1-103. Agency Agreements
a. Reference (a) requires the Heads of Agencies
to enter into agreements with the Secretary of
Defense as the Executive Agent for the NISP. This is
designated by Presidential guidance that establishes
the terms of the Secretary's responsibilities on behalf
of these agency heads.

b. The designation of a CSO does not relieve
any Government Contracting Activity (GCA) of the
responsibility to protect and safeguard the classified
information necessary for its classified contracts, or
from visiting the contractor to review the security
aspects of such contracts.

b. The Secretary of Defense has entered into
agreements with the departments and agencies listed
below for the purpose of rendering industrial security
services. This delegation of authority is contained in
an exchange of letters between the Secretary of
Defense and (1) the Administrator, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (2)
the Secretary of Commerce; (3) the Administrator,
General Services Administration (GSA); (4) the
Secretary of State; (5) the Administrator, Small
Business Administration (SBA); (6) the Director,
National Science Foundation (NSF); (7) the Secretary
of the Treasury; (8) the Secretary of Transportation;
(9) the Secretary of the Interior; (10) the Secretary of
Agriculture; (11) the Secretary of Labor; (12) the
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA); (13) the Attorney General, Department of
Justice (DOJ); (14) the Chairman, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System (FRS); (15) the

c. Nothing in this Manual affects the authority
of the Head of an Agency to limit, deny, or revoke
access to classified information under its statutory,
regulatory, or contract jurisdiction if that Agency
Head determines that the security of the nation so
requires. The term "Agency Head" has the meaning
provided in Title 5 United States Code (U.S.C.)
Section 552(f) (reference (i)).
1-105. Composition of Manual. This Manual is
comprised of a "baseline" portion (Chapters 1
through 11). The portion of the Manual that
prescribes requirements, restrictions, and safeguards
that exceed the baseline standards, such as those
necessary to protect special classes of information, is
included
in
the
NISPOM
Supplement

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