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Decision to Appeal the Injunction Decision to the Supreme Court of the United States
- Sample/Template Letter to President Obama (HTML, Word)
- Sample/Template Letter to Congress (HTML, Word)
- Sample/Template Letter to Attorney General of the United States (HTML, Word)
Letters to Caltech Academic Community
Fliers
Official Government Documents
- Homeland Security Presidential Directive
(HSPD) August 12, 2004
This directs the Department of Commerce to develop a standard for
secure and reliable forms of identification. No mention of background
checks, suitability checks, or investigations is contemplated in
HSPD-12.
- Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS) Publication 201-1, "Personal Identity Verification of
Federal Employees and Contractors," March 2006
This is the standard the Department of Commerce developed, as
directed by HSPD-12. It requires a National Agency Check with written
Inquiries (NACI) background investigation for federal employees and
contractors.
- Standard Form 85
Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Poisitions, required by the NACI
process. The applicant fills this out to kick off the background
investigation. The main complaint regarding this form is the release
at the end that grants the federal government authority to perform an
investigation that is "not limited."
- Standard Form 85P
Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions, required by the NACI process.
The applicant fills this out to kick off the background investigation.
- OPM INV 41 (partial)
Written inquiry sent by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to
to applicant's supervisor(s).
- OPM INV 42
Written inquiry sent by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to
to applicant's references and neighbors.
- Office of Personnel Management's
"Issue Characterization Chart", also known as the federal employment
"Suitability Matrix". This chart is also a part of NASA's
Desk Guide for Suitability and Security Clearance Processing.
Indicates the standards by which suitability for federal
employment/contracting will be made. E.g, "sodomy" (gay sex)
disqualifies one from federal employment or contracting.
- GENERAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT OPM BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, May 22, 2002.
- OPM Forms
- Requesting OPM Federal Investigations
A guide for agencies requesting background investigations from OPM, May 2001.
- GAO Report on FBI
information security
A report on major weaknesses in the FBI's protection of information.
- GAO Report on
implementation of HSPD-12
NASA had some flexibility in implementation, and could have made
separate rules for JPL (see page 32)
- NASA Privacy Impact Assessment
This appears to be the privacy impact assessment that NASA produced
as part of its HSPD-12 implementation.
- NASA Privacy Act Notice
Describes categories and sources of the information collected.
- Dept of Commerce Privacy Impact Assessment
Explains the background-check process and what information is
contained on the "smart card".
Letters to and from Government Officials and Representatives
- Letter from Dr. Linda Spilker,
Dr. Bonnie J. Buratti, Dr. Candice Hansen, Trina L. Ray, Dr. Amanda
Hendrix, Susan Paradise, Dr. Amanda K. Mainzer, and Dr. Amy Snyder Hale
to Senator Barbara Boxer, with copies to all women senators.
"We write to you as a community of women scientists and engineers
[...] Our mothers' era was marked by the struggle for equal protection under
the Constitution. What legacy will we leave our daughters if we allow
those rights to erode?"
- Letter from Gordon H. Mansfield, Deputy
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to Joshua Bolten, Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, May 9, 2005
- Letter from Nelson et al. to
Congressmen Holt and Ehlers
April 26, 2007, from JPL employees Robert M. Nelson, Dennis L. Matson, Kevin H. Baines, and Timothy J. Parker.
- Letter from Robert M. Nelson to
Congressman Schiff, March 17, 2007
- Letter from Dennis V. Byrnes to
Congressman Dreier, April 7, 2007
- Letter from Congressman Holt
to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, May 21, 2007
May 21, 2007, from Congressman Holt, requesting a meeting to address
the changes necessary to the implementation of HSPD 12.
- Response from
Michael D. Griffin, NASA Administrator, to Congressman Adam Schiff
- Response from NIST to Congressman Holt's letter of May 21, indicates that NIST thinks the standard they wrote for personal identity verification does not require suitability checks.
Essays and Other Documents
External Links
In-Depth Information
For more detailed explanations why Griffin's JPL rebadging directive is
wrong, see our In-Depth Information page.
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