; relating to safeguarding classified information within industry). (b) Hearings, appeals, and final denials and revocations of security clearance eligibility In order to simplify, centralize, and unify the administrative processes for unfavorable security clearance eligibility determinations for covered individuals described in subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all hearings, appeals, and final denials and revocations of security clearance eligibility are performed by the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals with administrative due process procedures. (c) Updates to Department of Defense manuals The Secretary of Defense shall update Department of Defense Manual 5200.02 (relating to procedures for Department of Defense Personnel Security Program) and Department of Defense Manual 5220.22, Volume 2 (relating to National Industrial Security Program: Industrial Security Procedures for Government Activities) to conform with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b). (d) Authority of Director of Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals to render eligibility determinations for access to classified information and sensitive compartmented information The Director of the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals may render eligibility determinations for access to classified information and sensitive compartmented information pursuant to procedures and guidelines that the Director shall issue in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence. (e) Dissemination of security relevant information (1) Request for sharing required In a case in which a contractor or civilian employee of the Federal Government holding an active security clearance is seeking to transfer that clearance for a new position in the Department of Defense and in which an agency or department of the Federal Government possesses security relevant information about that clearance holder that is related to eligibility for access to classified information and makes known the existence of such security relevant information in