Department of Defense, US NORAD/Northern Command
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Booz-Allan Hamilton, Prime Contractor

Contract No. 90012DBS53
Project No. B09006-0957
Contract Amount: $865,000

As a subcontractor to BAH, TGO supports the J34; plans and conducts vulnerability and risk assessments, site surveys, recon and security surveys, and provides analysis of Strategic, Operational and Tactical (S/O/T) threat assessments for HQ US Northern Command. This can include coordination at all levels with multi-national, inter-agency partners, DoD agencies and activities. TGO monitors/facilitates the dissemination of terrorist threat information and provides recommendations regarding potential responses to terrorist threats and/or incidents and risk assessment for allocation of resources to develop counter-measures, or additional security measures to mitigate the threat. TGO helps develop documents for Government acceptance and integration into the strategic vulnerability and risk assessment plans, policies and procedures in support of USNORTHCOM Force Protection (FP) activities. Additional and supporting Annexes and appendices are prioritized and developed after the initial operational procedures are staffed and approved. These include: Logistics; Public Affairs; FP Command and Control; C4; Health Protection; Vulnerability Assessments and Self Assessments; FP Planning; FP Training Requirements; Physical Security; CBRNE Defense; Antiterrorism (AT) Resource Management; Risk Assessment; and Glossary.

Additionally, TGO recommends methods to expand and improve the NORTHCOM vulnerability assessment methodology and benchmarks and helps assess emerging vulnerability assessment and risk management hardware and software applications. Additionally, TGO staff supports watch standing positions at the Theater NetOps Control Center. The TNCC conducts 24x7 NetOps to gain and share understanding of the information domain in the USNORTHCOM Area of Responsibility to ensure the DoD information domain supports command and mission partners' operations; and executes NetOps essential tasks to provide assured net-centric services supporting the Combatant Command’s and mission partners’ full spectrum of warfighting, intelligence and business missions.

Also, TGO Information Exchange Broker (IEB) staff assists NORAD-USNORTHCOM J6, J3 and J4 in the development of information sharing capabilities, Government approved policies and procedures and assist in the development, coordination and implementation of an information sharing/synchronization to include the implementation of comprehensive procedures, processes for information sharing within and external to the Commands and inclusion of information sharing/synchronization in all key documentation of operational information sharing.

TGO also provides senior professional staff to support the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Support Directorate for USNORAD/NORTHCOM/J31. TGO staff prepares Concept of Operations for senior N/NC leadership and other (classified) duties.