Chief Security Director, Office of Safety, Security, and Protection.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

(a) Delegations from the Assistant Secretary for Administration. Pursuant to § 2.24(a)(11), and with due deference for delegations to other Departmental Administration officials, the following delegations of authority are made by the Assistant Secretary for Administration to the Chief Security Director: (1) Promulgate Departmental policies, standards, techniques, and procedures; and represent the Department in maintaining the security of physical facilities and providing security guidance to the Food and Agricultural Sector nationwide. This includes the following activities: (i) Lead and coordinate the development and maintenance of a mission critical facility inventory with agency involvement to ensure proper security countermeasures are implemented in the Department's most critical infrastructure. (ii) Provide guidance to USDA agencies in matters of physical security through use of physical security assessments and development of mitigation strategies. (iii) Conduct physical security investigations and compliance reviews Department-wide. (iv) Review and provide coordinated technical physical security assessments for all new construction of laboratories, data centers, germplasm repositories, and other mission critical infrastructure during the design phase, and all leased facilities prior to contract award. (v) Oversee and manage physical security aspects of the Common Identification Card (LincPass) Program to ensure National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 2.94