Washington Headquarters Services
ADMINISTRATIVE
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 23
December 20, 2006
HRD
SUBJECT: Personnel Security Program and Civilian Personnel Suitability Investigation
Program
References: (a) Administrative Instruction No. 23, subject as above,
October 12, 1989 (hereby canceled)
(b) DoD 5200.2-R, “Personnel Security Program,” January 1987
(c) DoD Directive 5110.4, “Washington Headquarters Services (WHS),”
October 19, 2001
(d) Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 731, “Suitability
Regulations,” as amended
(e) through (y), see Enclosure 1
1. REISSUANCE AND PURPOSE
This Administrative Instruction (AI):
1.1. Reissues Reference (a) and implements guidance in Reference (b) under the authority of
Reference (c).
1.2. Assigns responsibilities and prescribes procedures for administering the Personnel
Security Program (PSP) and the Civilian Personnel Suitability Program (CPSP) in the Office of
the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and those activities serviced by the Director, Washington
Headquarters Services (WHS), under Reference (c).
2. APPLICABILITY
This AI applies to OSD, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and other
organizational entities in the Department of Defense that receive personnel and administrative
support from WHS (hereafter collectively referred to as “serviced organizations”) pursuant to
Reference (c).
