1. Safeguards and Security (S&S) Quality Panels
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Marc A. Brooks, CPP, CISSP
Director, Office of Security Policy (AU-51)

2. Office of Security Policy Overview (AU-51)
Mission: AU-51 serves as the central source within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the development and analysis of safeguards and security (S&S) policies and standards affecting facilities, nuclear materials, personnel, and classified information
Key Function: Establishes and supports DOE-wide Policy Panels for safeguards and security topics

3. S&S Policy Panels Background
On December 3, 2007, the Office of Health, Safety, and Security (HSS) established a new system of S&S policy panels
Guidance for the seven new policy panels set forth in a February 15, 2008, memorandum from the DOE, Chief, HSS Officer, Mr. Glenn Podonsky stated the policy panels will:
Improve Safeguards and Security policy interfaces;
Identify policy issues;
Obtain early input on new policy initiatives;
Support special issue working groups; and
Enhance communication among security policy makers, Headquarters program offices, and field organizations, both Federal and contractor
S&S Policy Panels to include the following topics:
Protective Force
Nuclear Material Control and Accountability
Security Awareness
Program Planning and Management
Physical Security Systems
Information Security (to include Operations Security and Classified Matter Protection and Control)

4. S&S Quality Panel Re-start
AU-51 proposed the re-start of S&S Quality Panel system as a means to ensure maximum Headquarters and Field Element participation in the review and/or development of Departmental S&S policy
AU-51 awaiting a favorable response to its request for additional resources to enable the re-start of S&S Quality Panels
In April 2018, AU-50 received a recommendation from PNSO to form a S&S Special Interest Group (SIG), as a complement to the Emergency Management Issues (EMI) SIG
Proposed S&S SIG would be comprised of the following committees:
Program Management Operations
Protective Force
Physical Protection
Information Security
Personnel Security
Material Control and Accountability
Foreign Visits and Assignments
S&S Advisory Committee
Upon receipt of additional resources, a formal memorandum will be published announcing the formal re-start of the S&S Quality Panels, clarifying the forum’s name, scope, process, roles and responsibilities

5. Questions?? Marc A. Brooks, CPP, CISSP
Director, Office of Security Policy (AU-51)
Office: Germantown Building, Room D-327
Office: (301)
Mobile: (240)