Top Secret America

[Elder Iptuous]

Heh...
lookie what my just came in my mailbox here at work:

07/16/2010
Defense Security Service (DSS) Notice to Cleared Companies
Subject: Potential Disclosure of Contract Information
Early next week, we expect the Washington Post to publish articles and an interactive
website that will likely identify government agencies and contractors allegedly
conducting Top Secret work. The website is expected to enable users to see the
relationships between the federal government and its contractors, describe the type of
work the contractors perform, and may identify many government and contractor facility
locations.
Publication is expected starting on or about July 19, 2010, with additional articles
published thereafter. We anticipate the article series and website will generate follow-on
national media interest, as well as media interest in the local cleared companies.
If approached by any media outlets regarding these articles or website, please be mindful
of the public release provisions stated in Block 12 of the Contract Security Classification
Specification (DD Form 254) issued with each of your contracts that involve access to
classified information. Any public release of information regarding classified contracts
requires review by and approval of your Government Contracting Activity, except as
authorized by Paragraph 5-511 of the National Industrial Security Program Operating
Manual (NISPOM), DoD 5220.22-M.
Should your management or public affairs offices be contacted by the media, if
appropriate, you may refer media inquiries to Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Public Affairs at 703-697-5131.
We recognize that this information can be put to legitimate use. However, without a
doubt, foreign intelligence services, terrorist organizations, and criminal elements will
also have interest in this kind of information. It is important that companies continually
review their overall security posture to ensure that it meets required standards. We
recommend that companies affected by this publication and website assess, and take steps
to mitigate, risk to their workforce, facility and operations. These steps should include
reinforcement of security and counterintelligence (CI) protections, and a dedicated effort
to enhance workforce awareness of threats. This is also a good opportunity to review the
contents of your website to ensure that it does not contain information for which you
should have received prior release approval. Security and CI events related to the
publication of these articles and website should be reported through normal company
channels to your Facility Security Officer and DSS Industrial Security Representative.
If you have any questions, requests for specific guidance, and/or want to report any
unusual activity, please don't hesitate to have your Facility Security Officer work with
the local DSS Industrial Security representative. DSS is committed to working with
companies to safeguard classified information.
Kathy Watson
Director

[Adios]

Heh...
lookie what my just came in my mailbox here at work:

07/16/2010
Defense Security Service (DSS) Notice to Cleared Companies
Subject: Potential Disclosure of Contract Information
Early next week, we expect the Washington Post to publish articles and an interactive
website that will likely identify government agencies and contractors allegedly
conducting Top Secret work. The website is expected to enable users to see the
relationships between the federal government and its contractors, describe the type of
work the contractors perform, and may identify many government and contractor facility
locations.
Publication is expected starting on or about July 19, 2010, with additional articles
published thereafter. We anticipate the article series and website will generate follow-on
national media interest, as well as media interest in the local cleared companies.
If approached by any media outlets regarding these articles or website, please be mindful
of the public release provisions stated in Block 12 of the Contract Security Classification
Specification (DD Form 254) issued with each of your contracts that involve access to
classified information. Any public release of information regarding classified contracts
requires review by and approval of your Government Contracting Activity, except as
authorized by Paragraph 5-511 of the National Industrial Security Program Operating
Manual (NISPOM), DoD 5220.22-M.
Should your management or public affairs offices be contacted by the media, if
appropriate, you may refer media inquiries to Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Public Affairs at 703-697-5131.
We recognize that this information can be put to legitimate use. However, without a
doubt, foreign intelligence services, terrorist organizations, and criminal elements will
also have interest in this kind of information. It is important that companies continually
review their overall security posture to ensure that it meets required standards. We
recommend that companies affected by this publication and website assess, and take steps
to mitigate, risk to their workforce, facility and operations. These steps should include
reinforcement of security and counterintelligence (CI) protections, and a dedicated effort
to enhance workforce awareness of threats. This is also a good opportunity to review the
contents of your website to ensure that it does not contain information for which you
should have received prior release approval. Security and CI events related to the
publication of these articles and website should be reported through normal company
channels to your Facility Security Officer and DSS Industrial Security Representative.
If you have any questions, requests for specific guidance, and/or want to report any
unusual activity, please don't hesitate to have your Facility Security Officer work with
the local DSS Industrial Security representative. DSS is committed to working with
companies to safeguard classified information.
Kathy Watson
Director

Kinda missing the point, aren't they?

[Pope Lecherous]

Kinda missing the point, aren't they?

subject line should read differently

[Cain]

I'm in the wrong business.  This intelligence shit sounds like so much fun.

Its mostly pretting boring, unless you're on the covert action end of things.  Its just shuffling more interesting than usual pieces of paper around, security briefings like the one Ippy posted, and being spied on more thoroughly by your employers.

Stang said something about people entering this kind of business getting a slice of power in return for being more controlled than they could ever dream, and he is pretty much right (again, covert action being the exception).

[Jasper]

Well, covert action is out of the question.  I can't even keep a straight face when nothing's up.