Attachment 27: SD I. Background Investigation Procedures for SBIWTP Contractor Personnel

United States Section
International Boundary and Water Commission
Directives Management System
Volume I
Part 1000
Chapter 1003
Directive 10031
Manual
Citation
Proponent
Effective Date

: Mission Support
: Protective Services
: Personnel Security
: Personnel Security and Suitability Directive
: Background Investigation Procedures for SBIWTP Contractor Personnel

: SD.I.10031-M-2

: Safety and Security Division
: 17 August 2015

1. Purpose. All Contractor personnel working at the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant (SBIWTP) are required to meet the background investigation requirements of the International Boundary & Water Commission, United States’ Section (USIBWC).The purpose of this document is to establish a formal process to be utilized by the Contractor for the notification to the IBWC Safety and Security Division (SSD) of the hiring of new contract personnel and notifying the SSD or personnel who are no longer contracted to work at the SBIWTP. The information contained within this memorandum complements the IBWC directive SD.I.10031, Personnel Security and Suitability Determination Directive and SD.I.10031-M-1, Security and Suitability Request Processing Manual. This memorandum also describes the IBWC’s procedural guidelines and provides Contractor and IBWC Personnel Security Specialists with the necessary information relative to processing personnel background investigations.
2. Scope. This document applies to all Contractor personnel and IBWC Personnel Security Specialists involved in the requesting, processing, and terminating security and suitability background investigations for Contractor personnel. 3. Authorities. The USIBWC authority is derived from 5 CFR 731, Suitability; 5 CFR 732, National Security Positions; 5 CFR 736, Personnel Investigations; EO 10450, Security Requirements for Government Employment; EO 13488, Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust; EO 10577, Amending the Civil Service Rules and authorizing a new appointment system for the competitive service; EO 12968, Access to Classified Information and Background Investigations Standards; EO 13381, Strengthening Process Relating to Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information; EO 12829, National Industrial Security Program; and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, Policy for a Common