Facility Security Clearances News Today

The Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Information Security Oversight Office (ISSO) have issued a Joint Notice to clarify how Facility Security Clearances (FCLs) (also called...

It’s more difficult now than it has ever been to obtain – and to hold onto – a security clearance. Obtaining a government security clearance for a facility or an individual employee can...

SBA Extends the HUBZone Map Freeze to June 30, 2023, May 5, 2021, Jon Williams and Anna Wright Today, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a direct final rule extending the HUBZone map freeze from December 31, 2021, to June 30, 2023.  The direct final rule (available here) takes effect on June 21, 2021.  This is the latest in a series of developments for the HUBZone Program in 2021. Read more here. COFC Denies DOJ/Microsoft Motion to Dismiss Amazon JEDI Protest, May 5, 2021, Laur...

Return to Work: Employer-Mandated COVID Vaccination Policies and Accommodating Employee Disabilities and Religious Beliefs, April 23, 2021, Matthew Kreiser With over 50% of the adult population in the United States having received at least one dose of a vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID), many businesses and employers are looking forward to a “return to normal” and their employees coming back to the workplace. One common consideration is whether an employer should implement man...