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NOAA Seattle (WRSO)

The OSY Western Regional Security Office (WRSO) provides security services at NOAA facilities in Seattle, WA, and other NOAA facilities and operations west of the Mississippi River and the Pacific isles. These services includes:

Physical Security - processing requests for access to facilities
Conducting Facility Security Assessments
HSPD-12 Credentialing - reviewing fingerprint results, ensuring appropriate investigations and documentation for common access cards and NOAA badges
Personnel Security - processing pre-appointment requests for federal and contract personnel and adjudicating suitability investigations
Foreign National Visitor/Guest - processing in accordance with Department Administrative Order 207-12 and providing sponsors with support and training to ensure awareness or regulations and procedures
Industrial Security - coordinating with contracting officers and NOAA program officials during acquisitions that require classification and facility clearance in accordance with the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
Information Security - conducting initial briefings and annual training for access to National Security Information (NSI) and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
Supporting operating units requiring NSI and/or SCI program administration
Coordinating NOAA Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility needs with the Department's Special Security Officer

For more information on NOAA Security at the WRSO, visit its website.