UPDATE TO DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NUCLEAR WEAPONS PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM POLICY

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SUBJ/UPDATE TO DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NUCLEAR WEAPONS PERSONNEL RELIABILITY 
PROGRAM POLICY//

REF/A/DOC/11AUGUST23//
REF/B/DOC/27JUNE22//
REF/C/DOC/INST/SECNAV/31JULY19//
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REF/E/MSG/DIRSSP/021411ZMAY23//
REF/F/MSG/DIRSSP/121616ZAUG21//

NARR/REFERENCE (A) IS UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION AND 
SUSTAINMENT MEMORANDUM, INTERIM GUIDANCE ON PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM 
CERTIFICATION AND SECURITY CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER TRUSTED 
WORKFORCE 2.0.   
REFERENCE (B) IS THE UPDATE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL VETTING 
PROGRAM ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR 
INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY.   
REFERENCE (C) IS SECNAVINST 5510.35D, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM.   
REFERENCE (D) IS DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR NUCLEAR MATTERS 
MEMORANDUM, "CLARIFICATION OF PERSONNEL RELIABILITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM AND 
SIGMA PERSONNEL SECURITY PERIODIC REINVESTIGATION TIMELINES.   
REFERENCE (E) IS DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC SYSTEMS PROGRAMS (DIRSSP) MESSAGE TO 
UPDATE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NUCLEAR WEAPONS PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM 
POLICY CLARIFICATION FOR PR SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS.   
REFERENCE (F) IS DIRSSP MESSAGE FOR DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
PERSONNEL RELIABILITY PROGRAM (PRP) POLICY CLARIFICATION FOR PR SUBMISSION 
REQUIREMENTS AND PROPERLY DOCUMENTING CONTINUOUS EVALUATION.// 
 
POC/SANTOMAURO/STEVEN/PV/GS-15/EMAIL:  DON_SECURITY_PERS@NAVY.MIL//

RMKS/1.  This ALNAV provides update to the Department of the Navy (DON) 
Nuclear Weapons Personnel Reliability Program Policy.  Reference (a) is 
interim guidance and is effective immediately within the DON and references 
(d) through (f) are cancelled.

2.  Reference (c) will soon be updated to include the current requirements 
for Continuous Evaluation (CE) enrollment and to rescind Periodic 
Reinvestigation (PR) requirements in accordance with references (a) and (b).

3.  Reference (b) directs all Department of Defense components to collect 
Standard Form 86 (SF-86) and signed release pages every 5 years in lieu of 
submitting PR requests for individuals enrolled in CE.

4.  Per reference (a), individuals enrolled in CE are no longer required to 
submit PR to maintain security clearance eligibility.  Instead, individuals 
enrolled in CE will submit a SF-86, or successor questionnaire, every 5 years 
from the anniversary of the last background investigation (BI) closed date or 
last SF-86 signature date, whichever is most recent.  These changes nullify 
the use of PR submissions as criteria for continued PRP certification.  Since 
all individuals in the PRP are required to be enrolled in CE, PR submissions 
are no longer required for PRP certification.

5.  PRP certifying officials will no longer utilize part 1.a. of OPNAV Form 
5510/414 to record personnel vetting information.  Instead, PRP certifying 
officials will initial part 1.d. if the individual has the appropriate BI, as 
verified in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS) or its 
successor system.  For PRP certification, the appropriate investigation for 
controlled PRP billets is a tier 3 or moderate tier investigation and secret 
eligibility.  The appropriate investigation for a critical PRP billet is a 
tier 5 or high tier investigation and top secret eligibility.  In both cases, 
the BI SF-86 or successor questionnaire must be submitted by all security 
clearance holders every 5 years from the anniversary of the last BI closed 
date or the date of signature of the last SF-86 (whichever is most recent).  
SF-86 signature dates are currently indicated in DISS as "continued 
enrollment in CE on [date]" that date is authorized to track the 5 year 
requirement.  Other statements in DISS, such as "enrolled in CE on [date]", 
are not always associated with an SF-86 submission and will not be used to 
track the 5 year collection requirement.  If a PRP certifying official, 
activity security manager, or special security officer is unable to verify a 
SF-86 certification date, a new SF-86 will be collected and submitted to 
defense counterintelligence and security agency in accordance with 
established personnel vetting (PV) procedures.

6.  PRP commands will have up to 60 days (60 days upon return to homeport for 
deployed units) from the date of this message to make any required 
corrections to OPNAV Form 5510/414.

7.  PRP certifying officials will maintain a copy of this message until 
reference (c) is updated.  This message and all cited references will be made 
available on the strategic systems program PRP webpage at 
https://ssp.navy.smil.mil.

8.  Questions regarding PRP policy should be submitted to the dedicated PRP 
email address at prp@ssp.navy.mil (preferred) or prp@ssp.navy.smil.mil.  All 
PV and CE questions should be sent to don_security_pers@navy.mil for 
clarification.

9.  Released by the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy.//

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