The Rise of OTAs in Defense Contracting: Opportunities, Risks, and What Contractors Need to Know
Podcast - Navigating the Updated SF-328 Form
Diversifying Your Contract Pipeline by Maximizing Opportunities through the DOD’s Mentor Protégé Program
Podcast - The "I" in FOCI and AI: Innovation, Intelligence, Influence
Podcast - Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector, Part 2
Episode 345 -- Raytheon Pays $950 Million to Resolve Fraud, FCPA, ITAR and False Claims Act Violations
Defense Dynamics: Navigating the Post-Election Landscape for the National Security Sector
Understanding FOCI Mitigation
Cybersecurity Insights: Updates on CMMC Implementation and CUI Identification
Protecting Our Nation’s Data: Cybersecurity Compliance for Government Contractors
Podcast - The State of Contractor Cybersecurity with Katie Arrington
What Do the Newly Released CMMC 2.1 Documents Mean?
Season 2 Episode 5- Defense Trade Down Under
Podcast - Third-Party Assessments and NIST SP 800-171
Third-Party Assessments and NIST SP 800-171
[Podcast] NSA Cybersecurity Services for Defense Contractors
Federal Contracting Overseas: Insider Tips for Ensuring Compliance with Host Country Laws
Cybersecurity and 889 Compliance in 2021: What Government Contractors Need to Know
Marti Arvin and Anthony Buenger on the CMMC Framework
ITAR for Facility Security Officers
On 22 July 2025, the UK Government published its fourth Annual Report on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA). On the same day, the Labour administration unveiled proposals to reform the NSIA...more
On July 8th, 2025, President Trump issued an order (the “Order”) forcing divestment of U.S.-based Jupiter Systems (“Jupiter”) by its China-based parent company, Suirui Group Co., Ltd. (“Suirui”), more than five years after...more
Section 847 is widely regarded as a seismic shift that will result in a jump from 2,000 to 41,000 cases being processed annually! In anticipation of this, DCSA has been scaling up their resources and personnel. ACI’s 8th...more
Defense technology companies in Germany operate in a highly regulated environment that requires careful navigation of various legal requirements. Key regulations include national or EU legislation on handling of...more
In the 20th episode of "Are We All Clear? Facilitating Security Clearances," host Molly O'Casey is joined by John Metz, a product manager at Agile Defense, and Antonia Tzinova, the head of Holland & Knight's CFIUS and...more
On 19 March 2025, the European Commission unveiled new draft measures to help Member States ramp up defence spending by 2030 among mounting concerns about Europe's security. The proposals reflect a renewed push to coordinate...more
As geopolitical tensions rise and the post-Cold War global order continues to fray, national security has experienced a renewed policymaking focus. The most prominent areas in this regard have been critical technology...more
This memorandum directs the U.S. government to use all necessary legal instruments, including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), to restrict PRC-affiliated persons from investing in U.S....more
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On July 8, 2024, the Office of Investment Security (Department of the Treasury) published a proposed rule to expand CFIUS’s current restrictions on foreign investment in U.S. real estate to cover many additional government...more
As the first session of the 118th Congress comes to a close, Congress unveiled a vast array of policy recommendations and legislation furthering their focus on U.S.-China strategic competition. Throughout the year, China...more
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On Oct. 12, the White House released its long-awaited National Security Strategy (NSS), a high-level framework addressing the Biden administration’s main priorities on international security, trade and investment. The...more
ACI’s 5th National Forum on FOCI is back IN PERSON this September! Don’t miss the only comprehensive, practical FOCI event of its kind. The Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA) is heightening its scrutiny and...more
The UK’s national security and investment regime came into effect on 4 January 2022. On 16 June, the UK government published its first report on the operation of the regime for the period between 4 January and 31 March...more
The United Kingdom's National Security and Investment Act (the NSI Act) is now fully in force. First proposed in 2016, the NSI Act creates a stand-alone regime that authorizes the UK government to consider and address the...more
In today’s world, companies in various industries are increasingly running into issues that have national security implications. Research universities and other academic institutions can face issues involving national...more
On December 28, 2020, the Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published awaited guidance on the implementation of Executive Order (EO) 13959, “Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from...more
On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies (the “Investment EO” or the “EO”).1 The Investment EO may...more
On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 139591 (“the Order”) that will shortly bar any U.S. person from “any transaction in publicly traded securities, or any securities that are derivative of, or are...more
On November 12, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order (the "Order") prohibiting United States persons from investing in publicly traded securities of any person designated by the Secretary of Defense or the...more
China has developed its own national security review regime over the past years, but the review process and relevant rules and guidance continue to be subject to further clarifications. A ministerial review panel (MRP) was...more
National security interventions have largely been confined to defense-related transactions - Since mid-2018, there have been a number of important changes (actual and proposed) to legislation permitting intervention by...more
The Russian government clarified requirements to disclosure of information about foreign investors' beneficiaries, beneficial owners and controlling persons. The Government Commission on Control over Foreign Investments in...more
In December 2018, a new decree expanded the scope of the French national security review, especially in the technology sector In May 2019, the so-called “PACTE” Law strengthened the powers of French authorities in case of...more