APPENDIX A

Cognizant Security Office

Information

Department of Defense

Designation of Cognizant Security Office (CSO). Each CSA: DoD; DOE; NRC; and CIA, will designate the CSO for contracts issued. A CSA may designate any CSO to function on its behalf. All relationships between the GCA and the contractor on industrial security matters shall be handled through, or in coordination with, the CSO, except those matters specifically set forth in this Manual as responsibilities of the GCA. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy are responsible for development and approval of security policy for DoD under the National Industrial Security Program. Administration of DoD industrial security has been assigned to the Director, Defense Investigative Service (DIS), except as specified in the NISPOMSUP. The Director, DIS has delegated industrial security program administration to the Deputy Director (Industrial Security) Headquarters, Defense Investigative Service.

The Regional Directors of DIS are responsible for administration of DoD industrial security within their respective regions. The office of the Director of Industrial Security in each of the DIS Regions is designated as the CSO for all DoD contractor facilities located within its region. The management of each facility that has been assigned to one of the DIS Regions for security cognizance will be notified in writing by the CSO. All facility clearances shall be granted by the CSO. The addresses and phone numbers for the CSO's are listed below.

Operational Areas of DIS Cognizant Security Offices

Northeast Region

The Northeast Region, New England Sector includes: Puerto Rico and the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and the following zip codes in New Jersey:

07001-07699 07801-07999

The Northeast Region, Mid-Atlantic Sector includes: the states of Delaware, New Jersey (less the zip codes listed above), Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and the following zip codes in Maryland:

215__ 219___all of 217__except 210___ 23, 37, 38, 65, and 94 212___ 21048, 80, 88 216___ 21107, 55, 57

Capital Area

The Capital Area includes: the state of Virginia; Washington, DC, and the following zip codes in Maryland: 20814-17 20861 20895 206___ 20832-33 20866 20901-06 207___ 20842 20871 20910 21401 20850-55 20874-79 20912 21403-04

Southeast Region

The Southeast Region includes: the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the following zip codes in eastern Texas:

75501 75662

75505 75671

75570 75755

Central Region

The Central Region, Southwest Sector includes: the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas (less the zip codes listed above).

The Central Region, Midwest Sector includes: the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Pacific Region

The Pacific Region, Northern Sector includes: the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming (except for Cheyenne), Utah, and the following zip codes in California:

93612 95050 94530 95240

93706 95060 94533/46 95336

93923 95070 94549/50 95338

93940 95101 94554 95367

94022 95134 94558 95376

94042 95360 94563 95402-07

94086 94002 94565 95501

94303 94010 94566 95608

94535 94025 94570 95611

94537 94030 94574/77 95616/19