Office of Safety, Security, and Protection

What this funds

Office of Safety, Security, and Protection Base funding for OSSP will be used to support the overall needs of physical security, security procedures, standards and access control at USDA's HQ complex, George Washington Carver Center, and USDA leased facilities in the NCR. OSSP provides guidance and oversight to USDA's contracted Special Police force who stands ready as the agency's first line of defense. OSSP provides oversight and management on all Life-Safety services that ensure all NCR facilities' life safety systems are operational, maintained, and meet all federal and jurisdictional regulatory requirements, codes, and industry standards. the research, publication, and access to that research, essentially triple-charging the public for the same product. 2 This table does not match MAX Schedule X due to reimbursables. 3 This table does not match MAX Schedule X due to reimbursables. OSSP is responsible for the operation, support, troubleshooting, and maintenance of all electronic security systems at USDA NCR locations. These systems are vital tools to the security and safety of USDA employees and facilities. OSSP manages USDA's enterprise physical access system (ePACS) to help maintain, troubleshoot, assist, and operate the ePACS Infrastructure. OSSP manages USDA's HSPD-12 program across the nation. This program continues to assist USDA employees with the issuance, renewal, and troubleshooting with LincPass' Logical Resources (computers, networks, accordance with administration policy announced in the Budget, OSSP will follow new government- wide grants guidance prohibiting the use of Federal funds to pay for subscriptions to academic journals, as well as for the publication of research results that are not specifically required by Federal statute or approved in advance by a Federal agency. This policy preserves funds to support actual research by ensuring that the American taxpayer does not pay for The numbers (and letters) of the following listing relates to values in the Change (Chg) Key column of A) A decrease of $4,900,000 in contractual security services. This decrease will be absorbed through efficiencies and key reductions in contractual security support. These targeted cuts will focus on non-essential services ensuring that OSSP continues to maintain critical physical security standards, access control, and facility Table OSSP-6. Geographic Breakdown of Obligations and FTEs for Office of the Chief Economist District of Columbia ............ Actual 37 Actual 37 Estimated 26 Estimated 25 Table OSSP-7. Classification by Objects - Discretionary Funding (thousands of dollars) 4 Total, personnel comp. and benefits ...... 3 4 This table does not match MAX Schedule O due to reimbursables. 25.3 Other goods and services from Federal This page was intentionally left blank. The Office of Security, Safety and Protection (OSSP) ensures unified effective, efficient delivery of facility and emergency response, and personnel safety across USDA operations. OSSP serves as the primary point of oversight, planning, coordination and implementation of USDA security and safety assessments, facility emergency management, training and protection for USDA facilities, property, OSSP directly manages all facility security and emergency response, a

Extracted from Office of Safety, Security, and Protection, p. 5. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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