Bernard Holt
Security Specialist
Interagency Security Committee, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
On October 19, 1995, six months after the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, President Clinton issued Executive Order 12977, creating the Interagency Security Committee (ISC) to address continuing government-wide security for federal facilities. Prior to 1995, minimum physical security standards did not exist for nonmilitary federally owned or leased facilities.
The ISC’s mandate is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of physical security in, and the protection of buildings and civilian federal facilities in the United States. The ISC standards apply to all civilian federal facilities in the United States—whether government-owned, leased or managed; to be constructed or modernized; or to be purchased.
In this agency briefing, Bernard Holt, Security Specialist with the Interagency Security Committee will discuss:
1. The formation of the Interagency Security Committee (ISC)
2. The ISC Authority, Vision, Mission
3. The ISC's three primary responsibilities
4. The makeup of the ISC Organization
5. The ISC documents that support the ISC risk management process