ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects

ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2003-05-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309088801

In November 1999, GSA and the U.S. Department of State convened a symposium to discuss the apparently conflicting objectives of security from terrorist attack and the design of public buildings in an open society. The symposium sponsors rejected the notion of rigid, prescriptive design approaches. The symposium concluded with a challenge to the design and security professions to craft aesthetically appealing architectural solutions that achieve balanced, performance-based approaches to both openness and security. In response to a request from the Office of the Chief Architect of the Public Buildings Service, the National Research Council (NRC) assembled a panel of independent experts, the Committee to Review the Security Design Criteria of the Interagency Security Committee. This committee was tasked to evaluate the ISC Security Design Criteria to determine whether particular provisions might be too prescriptive to allow a design professional "reasonable flexibility" in achieving desired security and physical protection objectives.

The Risk Management Process for Federal Facilities: An Interagency Security Committee Standard

The Risk Management Process for Federal Facilities: An Interagency Security Committee Standard
Author: Interagency Security Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2017-07-28
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781387131471

One of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) priorities is the protection of Federal employees and private citizens who work within and visit U.S. Government-owned or leased facilities. The Interagency Security Committee (ISC), chaired by DHS, consists of 53 Federal departments and agencies, has as its mission the development of security standards and best practices for nonmilitary Federal facilities in the United States. As Chair of the ISC, I am pleased to introduce the new ISC document titled The Risk Management Process: An Interagency Security Committee Standard (Standard). This ISC Standard defines the criteria and processes that those responsible for the security of a facility should use to determine its facility security level and provides an integrated, single source of physical security countermeasures for all nonmilitary Federal facilities. The Standard also provides guidance for customization of the countermeasures for Federal facilities.

Federal Building and Facility Security

Federal Building and Facility Security
Author: Shawn Reese
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437931944

In FY 2007, the fed. government¿s real property portfolio comprised 446,000 buildings with an area of 3.3 billion square feet and a replacement value of $772.8 billion. Contents of this report: (1) Fed. Facility Security Levels; (2) Interagency Security Committee; (3) Exec. Branch Facility Security: Fed. Protective Service (FPS): Historical Overview and Current FPS Authority; FPS¿s Use of Contract Security Guards; (4) Fed. Court Facility Security; (5) Supreme Court; (6) Coordination of Fed. Building Security; (7) Fed. Building Security Issues: FPS¿s Operations, Use and concerns of Contract Security Guards: FPS¿s Oper.; Coord. and Sharing of Fed. Building Security Info.; Facility Security Committees; Appropriations and Resources.

Federal Building Security

Federal Building Security
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Risk-based Security in Federal Buildings

Risk-based Security in Federal Buildings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2009
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Security in Federal Buildings

Security in Federal Buildings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Economic Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 366
Release: 1998
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects

ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2003-04-16
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309168112

In November 1999, GSA and the U.S. Department of State convened a symposium to discuss the apparently conflicting objectives of security from terrorist attack and the design of public buildings in an open society. The symposium sponsors rejected the notion of rigid, prescriptive design approaches. The symposium concluded with a challenge to the design and security professions to craft aesthetically appealing architectural solutions that achieve balanced, performance-based approaches to both openness and security. In response to a request from the Office of the Chief Architect of the Public Buildings Service, the National Research Council (NRC) assembled a panel of independent experts, the Committee to Review the Security Design Criteria of the Interagency Security Committee. This committee was tasked to evaluate the ISC Security Design Criteria to determine whether particular provisions might be too prescriptive to allow a design professional "reasonable flexibility" in achieving desired security and physical protection objectives.