Podcast - What Are Joint Ventures and When Should They Get Cleared?
Analyzing the Overlap Between CFIUS and FOCI
A Comprehensive Overview of FOCI Mitigation
Podcast - Staying Compliant When Sharing Employees or Services
Everyone Come to Play: Exploring FOCI Mitigation Instruments
Understanding FOCI Mitigation
Podcast - Navigating M&A Due Diligence: Safeguarding Security Clearances
An In-Depth Overview of the DCSA
Find Someone Observant: The Vital Role of Facility Security Officers
Podcast - Change Condition Packages: Tips for Cleared Contractors
Podcast - Corporate Documents in the Context of Clearances
Decoding the Key Management Personnel Requirements
Navigating Personnel Security Clearances (PCLs)
What Is an FCL and How Do I Obtain One?
M&As – Novation and Recertification
Facility Security Clearances for U.S. Subsidiaries of Foreign-Owned Companies
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 41, Reality Winner and Internal Controls
In this episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey speaks with Washington, D.C., International Trade attorney Andrew McAllister about joint ventures and how they interact with facility...more
In this episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey discusses the intersection of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and Foreign Ownership, Control, and...more
In Episode 15 of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey and members of Holland & Knight's International Trade Group discuss the complexities of Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI)...more
In this episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey discusses how cleared companies follow guidelines and compliance when sharing employees or services with International Trade attorney...more
In the 12th episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey and International Trade attorney Andrew McAllister provide insights on foreign influence, ownership or control (FOCI) mitigation...more
The 10th episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances" explores the mitigation of foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) in a cleared company. Host Molly O'Casey and International Trade attorney...more
In the ninth episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey and International Trade attorney Antonia Tzinova delve into the critical aspects of due diligence for facility and personnel...more
The eighth episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances" offers an in-depth summary of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). Host Molly O'Casey and International Trade attorney Andrew...more
In the sixth episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey discusses change condition packages (CCPs) with International Trade attorney Marina O’Brien. They examine the preparation and...more
In the fourth episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey explores the topic of corporate documents in relation to security clearances with International Trade attorney Libby Bloxom....more
In the latest episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey engages in an insightful conversation with Antonia Tzinova, leader of Holland & Knight's CFIUS and Industrial Security Team....more
In the second episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey delves into personnel security clearances (PCLs) with National Security, Defense, and Intelligence attorneys Andrew McAllister...more
In the inaugural episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey sits down with Government Contracts attorney Erin Estevez. They provide a basic introduction to facility security clearances...more
Facility security clearance (FCL) sponsorship packages for U.S. government contractors currently have a rejection rate of more than 50 percent. For initial and upgrade FCL packages, there is a 70 percent rejection rate. These...more
The Department of Defense's (DoD) Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)1 hosted its 26th Annual Conference on Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI Conference) on Aug. 25, 2022, which was attended by...more
The Situation: The U.S. Government Accountability Office ("GAO") recently sustained a bid protest concluding that a company was ineligible for award because of "key personnel unavailability." Although the employee remained...more
• The Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO) has issued a Final Rule to its 32 C.F.R. Part 2004 National Industrial Security Program (NISP) Directive, which is the overarching policy for federal agencies involved in...more
In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a deep dive into the weeds around the story of Reality Winner, the leaking of the NSA report of Russian hacking of the US Presidential campaign and election. We tie it to internal...more
As industry comes up on the one-year anniversary of the publication of Change 2 to the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM)1, a number of implementation deadlines are drawing near. This blog post...more
As previously reported, on May 6, 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the "Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act" (Act), which makes it unlawful for most employers to use an applicant's or employee's credit...more
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently signed into law the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act. It amends the New York City Human Rights Law to prohibit employers from requesting or using an individual's...more