Goal pathway

Protect technology and industry

Distinguish industrial security, counterintelligence, scoped intelligence support and civilian-agency dependencies.

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Intelligence, counterintelligence and securityINT-36

Protect classified contractor information and mitigate foreign ownership risks

Conduct industrial-security functions, assist other agencies, and integrate DCSA FOCI assessment with acquisition responsibility, contract conditions and oversight.

Security & information

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Intelligence, counterintelligence and securityINT-37

Obtain narrowly authorized financial records or consumer reports for intelligence/counterterrorism

Invoke statutory financial-privacy exceptions for authorized foreign-intelligence/CI requests and the separate consumer-report disclosure power for authorized international-terrorism work.

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Industrial capacity, capital and creditIND-17

Qualify substitutes, restrict sourcing to reliable sources and create reserves

Support material/component substitutes and production incentives; use reliable-source restrictions, stockpiles, reserves and lead-time planning. Excess acquired materials may transfer to National Defense Stockpile without acquisition reimbursement.

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Domestic and interagency supportINT-38

Share military information, equipment, facilities and expertise with civilian law enforcement

Provide lawfully collected information and controlled equipment/facility/training/maintenance support; selected equipment operations have enumerated statutory conditions. Separate authorities support Justice in specified WMD emergencies and bombing situations.

Security & information

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From security concern to lawful economic protection

USD(I&S), relevant defense intelligence/security organizations and the program owner identify a supportable risk.
Use the authorized security, procurement and industrial-base processes applicable to the firm or transaction.
Identify whether the required action is DoD contractual/administrative, intelligence, civilian investigation, investment screening or economic restriction.
Route partner-owned decisions to the lawful authority; preserve information-handling and oversight requirements.
Return mitigation requirements to the acquisition and resource owners.

A shared security objective does not merge the powers of DoD, Treasury, Commerce, State and law enforcement.

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Legal powerSource and conditions recorded

EligibilityProject-specific check needed

Available fundsBalances not verified

DelegationValid signature authority must be checked

ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

These are questions to resolve, not a sequence of approvals or an automatic readiness score.