Mr. Victor (Vic) Lambson is PSI's new Senior Manager, Security Assessments and Performance Testing.  Vic will be responsible for supporting Technology Deployment Programs, providing expertise in the assessment, testing and evaluation of technology implementation.  Vic has over 23 years of experience in Safeguards and Security programs.  Of those 23 years, 11 were spent in Protective Force Operations, with the majority attached to Special Operations that included a Department of Energy Special Response Team.  The remaining 12 years of experience involved Vulnerability Assessment Analysis and Performance Testing related to nuclear materials and commercial power generation facilities and grids located across the nation and abroad.  Vic obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Idaho State University.

Protection Strategies Incorporated (PSI) was recently awarded a contract with BWXT at the Y-12 National Security Complex, Oak Ridge, TN to support the Safeguards and Security Program.  PSI will revise existing internal assessment tools, conduct a comprehensive independent assessment of the safeguards and security functions, assist in revising personnel security policies and procedures, and the administering of security awareness training to Y-12 National Security Complex personnel. 

Protection Strategies, Incorporated (PSI) recently re-competed for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Merchant Mariner Credentials Program service contract located at the National Maritime Center in Kearneysville, West Virginia.  As a result of outstanding past performance on the previous contract, PSI was awarded a new 2-year contract on June 1, 2007.  PSI will continue to evaluate and process applications for Merchant Mariner Credentials and ensure that applicants comply with safety, security, and suitability rules necessary for the security of the United States and protection of its citizens. 

Through a competitive award, PSI was selected to provide the FDA with 24/7 security support services at the FDA’s newly built Security Command Center.  PSI will provide professional security personnel who will monitor and control the FDA’s state-of-the art, nation-wide, Access Control and Alarm Monitoring System (ACAMS).  ACAMS is a redundant server-based computerized card access control and intrusion detection system which includes a computerized video matrix switching system, analog recorders and digital video recording systems, and incident management system dispatching.    The FDA’s White Oak Campus covers over 700 acres and is projected to employ over 7,500 Federal and contractor personnel.

PSI recently won two integrated contracts with contract values totaling more than $10 million, to provide security and medical support services to the DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office and the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  Among other services, PSI is providing support in the following areas: Personnel Security; Classified Matter Protection and Control (CMPC); Operational Security (OPSEC) and Security Education and Awareness.  PSI’s best-in-class teaming partner and subcontractor for this effort, NetGain Corporation, is providing drug and alcohol testing and Human Reliability Program services.

PSI, through a subcontract with UT-Battelle at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been tasked to provide technology deployment support to DOE and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) by providing operational and tactical expertise to assess new, unique technologies for their potential impact and by procuring equipment and materials for deployment, testing and evaluation.  PSI will support DOE and NNSA site safeguards and security activities to ensure that deployments are integral to the site’s strategic and near-term operational goals.

Mr. Beaty is our new Senior Manager, Security Systems and Assessments.  Bobby will be responsible for specialized services in the areas of Technology Deployment, Planning, Assessments, Evaluation, and Site Integration.  Bobby has over 24 years of experience in Protective Force Operations, with extensive experience as a Special Operations Manager responsible for Special Response Team (SRT) training, protective force deployment, procurement, vulnerability assessments, and contract management.

PSI would like to welcome Janelle Beenken as one of the newest members of the PSI Team.  Janelle will be responsible for assisting the company in building a more aggressive business development and proposal writing program.  Janelle has over ten years of proposal writing/management experience, mostly in the investment/financial services industry.  She received her B.A. in German Studies from Monterey Institute of International Studies and her M.B.A. in Marketing from George Washington University.  Janelle is a foreign language buff; in addition to studying German, she also maintains a working knowledge of French and Spanish, with elementary knowledge of Russian and Arabic.

Protection Strategies, Incorporated (PSI), was awarded a contract by the Department of Justice, conducted a comprehensive physical and personal security survey for a 460,000 square feet building in Washington D.C.  The building is being renovated for the Department of Justice, which is undergoing a consolidation of its offices in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.  The Antitrust Division, one of the largest organizations slated to occupy this building, requested the services of PSI to provide guidance and recommend measures for the facility to implement in order to achieve a GSA Level-4 security status.

Protection Strategies, Incorporated (PSI) was awarded a competitive contract by the U.S. Department of State, Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to develop and implement comprehensive Facility Emergency Action Plans for the Harry S. Truman Building.  The plan must include the implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command System (ICS) as currently directed by the Department of Homeland Security.  In addition, the plans will be compliant with Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD) 5 and 8.

Protection Strategies, Incorporated (PSI) recently re-competed for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Personnel Security and Adjudication service contract located at the Coast Guard’s Security Center in Chesapeake, Virginia.  As a result of our successful past performance on the previous contract, PSI was awarded a new five year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract under GSA Schedule 84.

PSI will continue to provide Project Management, Personnel Security Specialists, and Data Entry personnel who posses the knowledge and experience necessary for PSI to continue supporting this critical mission vital to national security.

Protection Strategies, Incorporated (PSI) was awarded a contract from Covenant Homeland Security Solutions to conduct site-specific job/task analyses (JTAs) of the protective force at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPRO), U.S. Department of Energy sites located in Louisiana and Texas.  The JTA will be used to determine specific knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) required of protective force personnel to expertly perform their individual duties and responsibilities.  This effort is a crucial element for developing, training, and maintaining a professional and modern security force to protect our nation’s critical assets.

Protection Strategies, Incorporated (PSI) was awarded a contract to provide Personnel Security and Administrative Support Services to the Health and Human Services (HHS), Program Support Services (PSC) Branch. The HHS Program Support Center provides Personnel Security Support and Security and Administrative Support Services for many of the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIV’s) and other HHS components locally and in the regional offices across the United States. Protection Strategies, Incorporated (PSI) was awarded a contract to conduct a complete evaluation and analysis of the current business practices and work-flow process of the personnel security operations in the Security Services Branch/PSC and then provide a plan of action to recommend corrective actions to streamline the personnel security operations in the Security Services Branch/PSC, specifically the processing of suitability and clearance packages and provide personnel security and administrative support services to eliminate the current backlog of applications and increase productivity.

Protection Strategies Incorporated (PSI) successfully bid and won a contract with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to develop a Site Safeguards and Security Plan for the Nevada Site Office in Las Vegas, Nevada. This extensive level of effort requires the completion of a critical gap analysis, an order compliance review, interviews with subject matter experts, and formulation of the data into a complete and comprehensive protection strategy description of the Nevada Site Operations. Once completed, the Plan will be provided to Department of Energy officials for approval and implementation.

In March of 2006, Protection Strategies Incorporated (PSI) was awarded a contract by the Department of Transportation to provide Personnel Security services for the Department of Transportation, Office of Security Division located in Washington, D.C.

The Department of Transportation, Office of Security is responsible for processing suitability for employment background investigations, conducting background investigations and performing periodic reinvestigation services for the Department of Transportation in an effort to ensure suitability of its employees that are required to obtain government security clearances as a requirement of their positions within the Federal Government.

PSI has been tasked with:

Mr. Rogers is our New Vice President, West Coast Operations. Rogers is responsible for new business acquisitions and development and has over 35 years of experience in security operations, vulnerability analyses, risk management, strategic planning, security force management, information security, training, inspections/surveys, physical security systems, project management, and business management/development. He has extensive experience in the design and execution of security force evaluating, and facilitating emergency management exercises and drills. Mr. Rogers is a noted expert within the Department of Energy on Protection Program Management and Physical Security Systems Management topics.

Protection Strategies, Incorporated (PSI) was awarded a contract to provide Emergency Management Planning services to The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs.

The Bureau of Consular Affairs is responsible for issuing passports to United States citizens and visas to people in foreign countries desiring to visit the United States. In addition, the Bureau is responsible for assisting U.S. citizens, located overseas, in emergencies and with other significant events such as births, deaths, marriages, medical emergencies, or other incidents. Since these functions cannot be interrupted for more than a very brief period, emergency planning and continuity of operations are critical missions within the Bureau.

PSI will help the Bureau identify their mission critical functions, and create the plans necessary to ensure that these missions are not interrupted. In addition, PSI will coordinate the training necessary to ensure that Bureau employees are aware of their responsibilities and able to carry them out during an emergency event. This could include a natural disaster or weather related event, or a threatened or actual terrorist attack.

PSI would like to welcome Gary House as the newest member of the PSI team. Mr. House will be filling the position of Network Administrator. Mr. House has a diverse background in communications network security and design. He possesses knowledge in both UNIX and Windows-based environments and carries an Associates Degree in computer science. Mr. House has achieved Microsoft MCP Status. He also holds a Network+ certification along with a SANS sponsored GIAC certificate in Network Security. Mr. House will be administering several in-house public servers featuring a Microsoft Exchange web-based email system, a registered DNS server, and several web servers. Also, he will be assisting PSI in implementing several new network systems to include a web-based time keeping program to allow employees to submit electronic timesheets to the corporate office. Furthermore, Mr. House will serve as our LAN infrastructure administrator and manage our corporate domain.

Effort Supports Agency’s Mission to Protect Nation’s Water Supplies

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 29 - Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) announced today that it has won a contract to provide comprehensive mission support services to the new Water Security Division within the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Water. The division was established to address water security and infrastructure protection issues in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks. CSC estimates the value of the contract, which has one base year and four one-year options, to be approximately $86 million if all options are exercised.

Under terms of the agreement, CSC will provide scientific, engineering, communications outreach, information technology (IT) and policy support services to assist the newly established security division. Specific responsibilities include planning and training, development and distribution of outreach materials, contaminant research, analytical method development, laboratory network management, engineering support, and security and emergency response improvements at water and wastewater facilities. In addition, CSC will help improve procedures and performance measures for assessing and mitigating the vulnerability of the nation’s water infrastructure.

Among those teaming with CSC are CH2M Hill of Englewood, Colo.; Emergint Technologies of Louisville, Ky; Abt Associates of Cambridge, Mass.; Protection Strategies Inc. of Arlington, Va; Richard Brady & Associates of San Diego, Calif.; the International City/County Management Association of Washington, D.C.; and the Horsley Witten Group of Sandwich, Mass.

Based on PSI's unparalleled experience evaluating assessments, PSI has been contracted to conduct analysis and comparison of previously conducted vulnerability assessments against the current security posture for seven (7) material storage sites operated by the DNSC. PSI's staff of security experts will provide the DNSC with recommendations for corrective measures based on identified deficiencies. This effort will require PSI to conduct in-depth research and analysis on each of the identified storage sites. PSI will conduct on-site inspections and evaluation of existing security procedures, conduct personnel interviews of site managers protective force members, conduct liaison with local law enforcement and emergency services providers, and review site emergency plans. Based on the information gained through these efforts, PSI will provide the DNSC with custom tailored site analysis and assessment survey reports for each of the identified facilities.

PSI's team of experts, who have over 100 years of combined experience in military intelligence, law enforcement, security force, and security training, will assess each site’s security posture and make recommendations for site specific security plans, identify appropriate countermeasures, and conduct a cost/benefit analysis to determine methods to mitigate identified risks, or recommend means that obtain acceptable levels of risk. All recommendations will be in accordance with established Department of Defense Force Protection standards and criteria guidelines.

Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) -7 required all Departments and Agencies to submit detailed Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Plans to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval by July 31, 2004. PSI provided lead support for the development and implementation of this project for the U.S. Department of State. Under the signature of the Deputy Secretary of State, the Department submitted its Plan to OMB on July 30, 2004.

Although all Federal agencies were required to submit CIP Plans in accordance with this HSPD, many failed to do so. Of those agencies that submitted Plans, relatively few were approved.

The Department of State gained approval from OMB for the cyber portion of its CIP Plan. OMB evaluated 59 categories of the Plan, using a scale of 1 to 3, with 1 being the lowest score and 3 being the highest. The Plan developed by PSI for the Department of State scored 2.8.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG), National Maritime Center recently awarded PSI a task order to perform screening and investigation of individuals for Merchant Mariner Document Licensing.

PSI has been providing personnel security support to the USCG since 2002; when the Merchant Mariner Credentialing program was originally brought to Arlington, Virginia to standardize and centralize the process of screening and evaluating Merchant Mariner Documents for Credentials and Licenses. PSI has since assessed the operational and security process and provided critical assistance and feedback to the USCG to refine and perform the process with optimum accuracy and efficiency. PSI developed key elements designed to improve and streamline the screening and investigation processes, and developed and implemented a Quality Management Program to ensure the accuracy of each recommendation.

Additionally, PSI recently completed a surge requirement to thoroughly and accurately review license holder renewals, with existing derogatory information, and determine the continued suitability of each Mariner. This formidable task, to complete over 13,000 cases within a 6 month period, was successfully completed on time and under budget.

Based on PSI's demonstrated success, PSI was awarded the new task to process individuals for Merchant Mariner Documents and Licenses.