The attacks of
September 11th, Hurricane Katrina, and the continued threat of terrorism
has mandated the development of a cadre of professionals across the
government who possess a broad understanding of our Nation’s
national security objectives beyond their own agency’s missions.
The National Security Professional Development (NSPD) Program ensures
current and future professionals in national security positions possess
the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to lead and execute
coordinated, effective national security operations.
The Department of the
Interior is one of seventeen federal agencies participating in the NSPD.
The Department has indentified SES and GS 13-15 employees responsible for
becoming National Security Professionals (NSP) to help carry out the
goals of the NSPD Program.
The goal of the NSPD is
to ensure that national security professionals:
•Better
understand partner organizational objectives and mission requirements,
interdependencies and synergies between the public and private sectors,
and different organizational cultures
•Transcend
organizations, levels of government, missions, and specific national
security disciplines
•Improve
their overall capability to safeguard national security in a dynamic risk
environment
