Risk and Sensitivity Level Designations. For contracts requiring access to DOT facilities, sensitive information, information systems or other DOT resources, the contractor employees will be required to complete background investigations, identity proofing, and government identification card application procedures to determine suitability for access. XXX will assign a risk and sensitivity level designation to the overall contract and/or to contractor employee positions by category, group or individual. The risk and sensitivity level designations will be the basis for determining the level of personnel security processing required for contractor employees. IF THE DESIGNATED RISK IS: THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION IS: Low National Agency Check with Written Inquiries (NACI) Moderate Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) High Background Investigation (BI) Contractor employees may also be required to obtain security clearances (i.e., Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret). National Security work designated “special sensitive,” “critical sensitive,” or “noncritical sensitive” will determine the level of clearance required for contractor employees. Personnel security clearances for national security contracts in DOT will be processed according to the Department of Defense National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).
Risk and Sensitivity Level Designations. For contracts requiring access to DOT facili- ties, sensitive information, information sys- tems or other DOT resources, contractor em- ployees will be required to complete back- ground investigations, identity proofing, and government identification card application procedures to determine suitability for ac- cess. XXX will assign a risk and sensitivity level designation to the overall contract and/ or to contractor employee positions by cat- egory, group or individual. The risk and sen- sitivity level designations will be the basis for determining the level of personnel secu- rity processing required for contractor em- ployees. The following risk and sensitivity level designations and associated level of processing are required, and each level in- cludes the prior levels—
