Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence

(FOCI) consulting services

Secure Defense Consulting® Incorporated consults on Foreign

Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) matters as they affect clients'

eligibility for Facility Security Clearances (FCL). Nowadays many

organizations interested or already engaged in contracts requiring U.S.

facility security clearances (FCL) are either owned, controlled, or

influenced by foreign persons or interests (FOCI). This foreign control or

influence can take forms one might not immediately guess, such as owing

money to foreign entities; having contracts or agreements with foreign

organizations; having foreign persons influence the management or

management personnel of the organization; and other issues. If any FOCI

cannot be mitigated sufficiently to alleviate the U.S. government's concerns

about its risks to national security, then the U.S. government will deny the

organization a facility security clearance or revoke its current facility security

clearance.

We consult on Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI)

issues at various stages of the facility security clearance process:

assessing an organization's eligibility for a facility security clearance; when a

company has been sponsored for a facility security clearance; and

maintaining a facility security clearance that is subject to a FOCI mitigation

agreement. There are a variety of Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence

"action plans" or mitigation agreements that the U.S. government

recognizes, and we can consult and advise on the particular plan most

suitable for our client's individual circumstances and needs.

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