R 191751Z AUG 09
UNCLASSIFIED//
MARADMIN 0497/09
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC PPO PS//
SUBJ/CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY FOR NONAPPROPRIATED FUND (NAF) EMPLOYEES//
REF/A/MSGID:DOC/CNO (N09N2) WASHINGTON DC/JUN2006//
REF/B/MSGID:MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA/071636Z//
REF/C/MSGID:MSG/CMC WASHINGTON DC MR/072317Z//
REF/D/MSGID:MTG NCIS COMPTROLLER/ PS SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST/-/-//
NARR/REF A IS SECNAV M-5510.30, DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY PERSONNEL SECURITY PROGRAM MANUAL.  REF B IS MARADMIN 088/08, MCBUL 1754: PRIMARY DUTY FAMILY READINESS OFFICERS (FROS).  REF C IS MARADMIN 0011/09, FAMILY READINESS OFFICER (FRO) GUIDANCE.  REF D PROVIDED CLARIFYING GUIDANCE CONCERNING THE ARRANGEMENT FOR DON FUNDING OF THE PERSONNEL SECURITY INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS TO SUPPORT ALL MISSION REQUIRED INVESTIGATIONS//
POC/W T POTTS, JR/CIV/UNIT:CMC PPO PS/NAME:TEL /EMAIL:COM 703-692-4245, DSN 222-4245/EMAIL: WILLIAM.T.POTTS@USMC.MIL /TEL:CHARLES.SILK/TEL:CIV/EMAIL:CMC PPO PS)/TEL:TEL /TEL: COM 703-692-0157/ TEL:0157/EMAIL: CHARLES.SILK@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THIS MESSAGE PROVIDES CLARIFYING GUIDANCE ON CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY FOR NONAPPROPRIATE FUND (NAF) EMPLOYEES, AND IS TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH REFERENCES A, B, AND C.  CHAPTER 6-8(1)(G) OF REFERENCE A PROVIDES REGULATORY AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SUBMISSION OF REQUESTS FOR INVESTIGATION FOR CERTAIN NAF EMPLOYEES WHOSE DUTIES REQUIRE ACCESS TO CLASSIFED INFORMATION.
2.  FAMILY READINESS OFFICERS (FRO) WHO ARE NAF EMPLOYEES AND WHO REQUIRE ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION AS DETERMINED BY THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER, AND PER THE PROVISIONS OF REFERENCES B AND C, WILL BE PROCESSED FOR THE APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION, ANACI/SSBI, BY THEIR COMMAND SECURITY MANAGER.  IF THE COMMANDING OFFICER DETERMINES THE FRO DOES NOT REQUIRE ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION TO PERFORM HIS OR HER MISSION WITHIN THE COMMAND, THE ONLY INVESTIGATION THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED WILL BE THE NACI FOR ASSIGNMENT TO A SENSITIVE POSITION.  ALL PROVISIONS OF REFERENCE A APPLY. 
3.  THERE MAY BE, ON OCCASION, A NEED FOR A FRO TO BE THE SUBJECT OF AN SSBI DEPENDING ON MISSION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNIT TO WHICH ASSIGNED.  THESE INVESTIGATIONS WILL NOT BE SUBMITTED SIMPLY TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO A FACILITY OR WORK SPACE WHERE AN ESCORT IS FEASIBLE.
4.  THER NAF EMPLOYEES, SUCH AS THOSE WHO WORK FOR MARINE CORPS COMMUNITY SERVICES (MCCS), DO NOT TYPICALLY REQUIRE ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.  IN THE RARE INSTANCE WHERE MCCS EMPLOYEES REQUIRE SUCH ACCESS, THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE VALIDATED THROUGH A REVIEW OF THE POSITION DESCRIPTION.  POSITION DESCRIPTIONS WILL ANNOTATE A REQUIREMENT FOR ACCESS ONLY IF A BILLET HAS A BONA FIDE NEED FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.  A PERSON'S RANK AND FORMER ELIGIBILITY DO NOT CONVEY CURRENT REQUIREMENTS.
5.  THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR UNIT FUNDING FOR THE INVESTIGATIONS OUTLINED ABOVE IF THEY ARE DETERMINED TO BE MISSION REQUIREMENTS.
6.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY (SES) MR. RAYMOND F. GEOFFROY, ASSISTANT DEPUTY COMMANDANT, PLANS, POLICY AND OPERATIONS, SECURITY DIVISION.//