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NSA/CSS POLICY 12-1: CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PRIVACY PROGRAM
NSA/CSS POLICY 12-2: MISSION COMPLIANCE AND INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT
NSA/CSS POLICY 12-3(a): PROTECTION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PRIVACYOF U.S. PERSON INFORMATION WHEN CONDUCTING NSA/CSS MISSION AND MISSION-RELATED ACTIVITIES
NSA/CSS POLICY 12-3: ANNEX A
NSA/CSS POLICY INSTRUCTION 12-0001: PROCESSING PRIVACY ACT REQUESTS
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NSA/CSS POLICY INSTRUCTION 12-0001: PROCESSING PRIVACY ACT REQUESTS
NSA/CSS Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS), dated 23 December 2013
NSA/CSS Information Assurance (IA) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS), dated 29 October 2013
NSA/CSS Records Management Handbook, dated December 2013
NSA/CSS Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS), dated 29 October 2013
NSA/CSS Administrative & Management (A&M) Records Disposition Schedule (RDS), dated 28 October 2013
NSA/CSS Policy 1-34, Implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974
NSA/CSS Policy 1-5, NSA/CSS Freedom of Information Act Program
NSA/CSS Policy 1-6, NSA/CSS Records Management Program
NSA/CSS Policy 1-30, Review of NSA/CSS Information Intended for Public Release
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NSA/CSS Policy 1-52, Classified National Security Information
NSA/CSS Policy Manual 1-52, NSA/CSS Classification Guide
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NSA/CSS Policy 2-4, Handling Requests for Release of U.S. Identities
NSA/CSS Policy 1-78, Gender Identity, Expression, and Affirmation at NSA/CSS
NSA/CSS Policy Manual 4-16C, Special Compensation, Chapter 3: Compensation for Unemployment
NSA/CSS Policy Manual 4-14, Leave, Chapter 2: Sick Leave
NSA/CSS Policy Manual 4-13, Chapter 4: Veterans Preference
NSA/CSS Policy Manual 4-16C, Special Compensation, Chapter 2: Compensation for Disability and Death
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NSA/CSS Policy 6-34, Compliance with Department of Defense Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program
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NSA/CSS Policy Statement 9-12, NSA/CSS Storage Device Sanitization
NSA/CSS Policy Manual 9-12, NSA/CSS Storage Device Sanitization Manual
NSA/CSS Policy 6-22, Handling of NSA/CSS Information Storage Media