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GAO rules that DoD may not require small business Joint Venture itself hold facility security clearance

December 14, 2021 By Nancy Cleveland

In an August 27, 2021 decision, GAO sided with protester InfoPoint LLC (“InfoPoint”), and the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) which was invited to submit comments, in finding that a Department of Defense (“DoD”) solicitation provision requiring a small business joint venture offeror to itself hold a facility clearance was inconsistent with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (“2020 NDAA”) and SBA’s regulation at 13 C.F.R. §121.103.

GAO ruled that the 2020 NDAA “clearly and unambiguously prohibits DoD agencies, like the Air Force here, from issuing solicitations that require a joint venture, rather than the members of the joint venture, hold the required facility clearance.”

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Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: facility security clearance, Joint Ventures, small business

Defense Security Service (DSS) renamed Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)

July 4, 2019 By Nancy Cleveland

If you hold a personal security clearance, or your business maintains a U.S. facility security clearance, then you need to be aware that the Defense Security Service (DSS) has recently been re-named, re-aligned and re-organized – with new leadership and broader responsibilities.

Pursuant to Executive Order 13869, “Transferring Responsibility for Background Investigations to the Department of Defense,” the Acting Secretary of Defense has renamed the former DSS to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).

Continue reading at:  Bradley

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: DCSA, DoD, DSS, facility security clearance, security clearance

Free webinar on facility security clearance process to be held Mar. 31

March 23, 2017 By Nancy Cleveland

The Florida 8(a) Alliance is hosting a briefing on how to begin the facility security clearance process so that your business can work on classified contracts.

The webinar — entitled “A Roadmap to the Facility Security Clearance (FCL) Process” — will be held on Friday, Mar. 31, 2017, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

The webinar is free and open to anyone.  Registration may be accomplished at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2974445415999054339.

Filed Under: GTPAC News Tagged With: facility clearance, facility security clearance, FCL, federal contracting, security, security clearance

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