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News & Publications

Assistance and Response cadre depart Quantico training event to engage in PAR efforts nationwide

QUANTICO, Va. – Brittani Blanchard trained with the Prevention, Assistance and Response (PAR) cadre assigned to military installations across the country – including Hawaii, Alaska and Guam – for the first time and envisioned the PAR...

9/21/2023

2024 DCSA Student Experience (DSE)

DCSA is currently accepting applications for the summer 2024 DCSA StudentExperience (DSE) from September 15 to October 31. Undergraduate or graduatestudents currently enrolled full-time at an accredited college or universityinterested in...

9/15/2023

DCSA renames Counterintelligence Award

Today, DCSA hosted the family of John “Jack” Donnelly, the Director of the Defense Investigative Service (DIS) from 1988 to 1996, for a ceremony to rename the DCSA Award for Excellence in Counterintelligence to the Jack Donnelly Award for...

9/12/2023

Products and Services Reimbursable Billing Rates for FY 2024 and FY 2025

DCSA has published a Federal Investigations Notice (FIN) pertaining to fiscal year (FY) 2024 and FY25 products, services, and pricing. This FIN is a follow-on to FIN 23-01 dated January 30, 2023. FY24 and FY25 pricing high level results,...

9/8/2023

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