PSI is pleased to announce that we have been re-awarded a contract to continue providing staff support for the safeguards and security and emergency management functions of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management, Safeguards and Security Emergency Management Team (EM-24). PSI was selected for the re-award of this contract due to proven past performance and a reputation of excellence with the customer.

Functions and services provided include assisting EM-24 in oversight of safeguards and security and emergency management programs at field sites falling under EM-24’s managerial cognizance. PSI activities include:

• Safeguards and Security Policy Development. PSI assists in providing program office-level input to DOE safeguards and security related orders, directives, and manuals in the development stage, represents the office as subject matter experts in various quality panels, working groups, and standing committees, and supports EM 24 in the international safeguards arena. PSI also assists in reviewing draft impact statements from the sites regarding costs of changing security and emergency management policies, and coordinates office input on safeguards and security research and development (R&D) programs.
• Safeguards and Security Plans Review and Validation. PSI provides specialized technical expertise during the review, analysis, and validation process of EM facility Site Safeguards and Security Plans (SSSP) and the supporting Vulnerability Assessments (VAs). PSI provides assistance in identifying roles for Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies (FSLLEA), capturing those roles in Memoranda of Understanding and Mutual Aid agreements, and including those agencies in joint training exercises.
• Performance Assurance and Training. PSI closely monitors site security performance assurance programs, participates in evaluation, and operates a Standby Adversary cadre that provides training and mission planning for hand-picked adversaries in worst case scenarios for Graded Security Protection (GSP) level force-on-force performance testing and training exercises. PSI assists in reviewing site security training plans and provides direct assistance as required in field training and exercises.
• Operational Support. PSI augments field element safeguards and security staff with technical experts when needed for off normal events, such as protective force work stoppages, national emergency situations, and large-scale protection system exercises. PSI has also been tasked to research, write, and brief security situations in nations where spent fuel that will be shipped to the U.S. is stored, and recommend security measures to reduce risk of moving material to ports and then onto transit vessels.
• Emergency Management. PSI assists DOE personnel in the identification, research, and analysis of technical and administrative emergency and contingency planning issues, to address and resolve the issues, both in policy and program implementation. PSI assists DOE personnel in the review and analysis of emergency and continuity of operations program inter-agency requirements and associated exercise programs. PSI assists DOE staff in planning, training, conducting, and documenting government-wide and DOE exercises and operational monitoring, such as the validation of emergency and continuity of operations plans and exercise documentation. PSI assists in oversight activities such as reviewing updates to site emergency operations plans and emergency readiness assurance program (ERAP) documents, and participating in field surveys and reviews.

This month, not even 45 days after contract award, PSI completed the screening and mobilization of nearly a hundred personnel to be fully operational and 100% staffed at each of the BDOCs. PSI personnel oversee theater-wide day to day operations of the BDOCs located at each of the “Enduring” bases and ensure that all BDOCs support the overall mission of  OSC-I projects and task orders within their area of responsibility.  Support services provided by PSI are crucial to the overall success of the mission. The success of the mobilization can be credited to the dedication and teamwork of PSI's incredible staff on the ground in Iraq and at the corporate headquarters in Arlington, VA.

PSI will staff and oversee theater-wide day to day operations of the BDOCs located at each of the “Enduring” bases.  Additional PSI personnel will ensure that all BDOCs support the overall mission of  OSC-I projects and task orders within their area of responsibility.  Within 45 days from contract award, PSI will have screened and mobilized nearly a hundred personnel in theater and CONUS to be 100%  staffed. Support services provided by PSI will be crucial to the overall success of the mission .

PSI will continue to leverage overseas experience and expand its foot print throughout the Middle East, Southwest Asia, Africa and South America through current contracts/contract vehicles and joint ventures in the years to come.

   

Protection Strategies Incorporated was awarded a contract through the US Forest Service to provide a security system for a 9200 sqft facility near Albuquerque, NM. The security system includes the implementation of an integrated access control system, security alarm system, and blue light alerting system. PSI is also responsible for 24x7 monitoring of the alarm system. 

    

Protection Strategies Incorporated will install, maintain, and provide service for a CCTV and perimeter sensor security system operation at FOB Union III in Baghdad. As part of the contract PSI provides all labor, equipment, management, and supplies needed to install and maintain this contractor owned system, which is leased to the US Government.  Service provided will include 24/7 monitoring of the entire system ensuring that it is functioning and providing continuous perimeter security for the Green Zone. PSI will also install and maintain a high-power voice and siren system that will be used in the event of an emergency to alert all persons. With a series of pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) cameras, network video recorders (NVR), uninterrupted power supplies (UPS), and fiber-optic networking, Protection Strategies Incorporated will provide for Union III, an around-the-clock, 360 degree, perimeter monitoring solution.

    

Protection Strategies Incorporated will provide all personnel, facilities, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and services necessary to perform Pop-up Barrier and Skywatch Tower installation, maintenance, and repair services. PSI will be required to provide these services in various locations including Iraq, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. PSI has established Field Service Representatives (FSR) in three of the regions to facilitate quick response when repairs to the installations are needed. As requirements change during the contract, PSI will be flexible enough to provide support at differing locations with changing quantities of equipment.

PSI was awarded a contract by UT-Battelle, LLC, to provide technical support for the Department of Energy (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Global Security and Nonproliferation (GS&N) Program.  PSI will perform program management, computer-aided design, design studies and analyses, specification preparation, and configuration management and control.  Other tasks that PSI will work on include document preparation for complex systems, document control, fabrication, assembly, construction engineering support, modeling & simulation, risk assessment, and analysis of complex systems.  PSI will also provide expertise in function and data requirement analysis, system analysis and design, physical security, material control & accountability, emergency preparedness, counterterrorism force protection, vulnerability assessments, performance testing, and transportation security.   

The services provided by PSI will help the ORNL to meet its goal for the GS&N Program of preventing the acquisition of nuclear and radiological materials for use in weapons of mass destruction and in other acts of terrorism.

Protection Strategies Incorporated is proud to announce that on February 25, 2011 PSI donated a handicap accessible van and check in the amount of $2000 to the Disabled Veteran Americans (DAV).

"Washington DC Veteran Affairs Medical Center (DCVAMC) unveiled its newly donated van February 25. The 2003 six-passenger van was donated by Protection Strategies Incorporated, a company owned and operated by disabled Veterans. The van will be added to a fleet of donated vehicles in the Disabled American Veterans (DAV)/Volunteer Transportation Network that transports more than 500 Veterans in the DC area to the Medical Center. This all-volunteer program assures Veterans with no means of transportation can get to and from their medical appointments."...published by DAV 

PSI's contribution will help the volunteer program to continue providing services, which improve the quality of life of those who have served our country.

PSI would like to congratulate Jason Morrow on his new position as Project Manager of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) contract in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Morrow comes highly qualified from a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) where he provided executive level support through identification, acquisition, and implementation of security technologies in support of critical DOE assets. As PM of the TVA contract, Mr. Morrow will be responsible for overseeing physical security assessments for various TVA facilities.

PSI was awarded a contract by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide Security Specialists to conduct security assessments at various TVA facilities located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The types of facilities to be assessed include coal-fired fossil plants, hydroelectric plants, and electrical substations. The services provided by PSI will assist TVA with the protection of this critical infrastructure.