Office of Operations, Security, and Preparedness
Executive Director, Office of Personnel Vetting and Credential Management, OSP
Mark Pekrul
The Office of Personnel Vetting and Credential Management (PSCM) contributes to a safe and secure environment for the Department of Veterans Affairs through ensuring trust in our VA workforce – appointees, employees, contractors, and affiliates. As the Acting Executive Director, Mr. Mark Pekrul serves as the lead for PSCM efforts for the VA, managing the Department-wide process of ensuring that people who access VA facilities and IT systems are identity-proofed, trusted, and credentialed at the appropriate level to carry out the work they are assigned. This is accomplished through the following: the Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12)/Credential Management (CM) Program Office, the Personnel Security and Suitability (PSS) Program Office, and the Personnel Security Adjudication Center (PSAC). HSPD-12 is the government-wide Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors, issued in 2011, to ensure the use of the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credential is required as the common means of authentication for access to VA’s facilities, networks and information systems (logical and physical access controls). PSS Program Office establishes and enforces VA compliance with personnel security and suitability policies and regulations. The PSAC program processes and adjudicates background investigations for all moderate risk, high risk public trust, and national security positions for federal employees and contractors. Mr. Mark Petrul is also assigned responsibility as the OSP Reconstitution Manager (RM) for all phases of the Reconstitution process.
