The Interagency Training Center (ITC), also known as the Fort Washington Facility, is a

National Security Agency The National Security Agency (NSA) is a national-level intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The NSA is responsible for global monitoring, collect ...

(NSA)

Central Security Service The Central Security Service (CSS) is a combat support agency of the United States Department of Defense which was established in 1972 to integrate the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Service Cryptologic Components (SCC) of the United Sta ...

(CSS) school and training facility for

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(TSCM) located in Fort Washington,

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. The U.S. government requires that all TSCM technicians be certified at the ITC. The facility previously housed the

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's Office of Special Technology, which managed technology development and acquisition programs such as the Technical Support Working Group. The site is administered by the

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