Attachment F - Security Risk Levels NCES Cooperative Statistics Systems.pdf

Attachment F

NCESS Security Risk Levels

Contractor Employee Personnel Security Screenings

This document has been prepared in accordance with Departmental Directive OM:5-101 on

Contractor Employee Personnel Security Screening, in consultation with the Office of

Management, Security Services, Personnel, and Information Security.

None of the contractor or subcontractor employee personnel will have access to U.S. Department of Education (ED) facilities or systems.

Below are personnel positions and risk levels for the contract that is to be awarded. After award, the contractor will identify all individuals to be paid through this contract under each personnel position, including all contractor personnel and subcontractor personnel.

Moderate Risk (MR)

Personnel Position Description of Relevant Responsibilities Risk Level

Project Director Leads the managerial team in planning, conducting, monitoring, and evaluating the work. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Senior Analyst Identifies substantive and methodological problems, employ appropriate statistical techniques to conduct complicated statistical or methodological analyses of process data and data from complex sample surveys and present such analyses in written form.

Has access to sensitive but unclassified or

Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Senior Statistical Analyst Has experience processing large, complex data files (e.g., longitudinal or hierarchical).

Has access to sensitive but unclassified or

Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Statistician Provides statistical analysis and interpretation of the data. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Junior Statistical Analyst Has experience producing statistical tables, charts, and graphs from large-scale databases, and analyzing data. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Data Systems Specialist Plans training, technical assistance, or services needed by states to implement improvements to their education, information retrieval, and reporting systems. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Training Developer Work with NCES to plan, implement and evaluate training. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

Web Applications

Developer

Designs, creates, and maintains websites.

Has access to sensitive but unclassified or

Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Senior Conference/Meeting

Manager

Plans the successful conduct of all meetings, conferences, workshops or seminars. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy

Act-protected information.

MR

Junior Conference/Meeting

Manager

Assist the senior conference/meeting manager in developing plans for meetings, conferences, workshops, and seminars. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Production/Communications Plans and produces training, research and informational materials. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

Education Research

Specialist

Plans, writes, and report background papers, interview reports, concept papers and occasional studies. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Education Research

Assistant

Conducts literature reviews and synthesize research finding, as well as, assist in the writing of draft and final papers and reports.

Has access to sensitive but unclassified or

Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Secretary Answers the telephone, and other administrative duties. Assists with meeting logistics at conferences. Has access to sensitive but unclassified or Privacy Act-protected information.

MR

Editor Reviews written reports for clarity of presentation, consistency with the IES Style

Guide, and any relevant NCES Standards. Has

N/A no access to sensitive, unclassified, classified or Privacy Act-protected information.

Graphic Designer Provides graphics for agendas, brochures, and flyers for meetings and conferences consistent with NCES standards. Has no access to sensitive, unclassified, classified or Privacy

Act-protected information. and guidelines.

N/A