Policies & Procedures

This section provides useful news and resources such as links to information and assistance sites for legal matters, articles published by Cohen Mohr attorneys, representative cases, and various policies and procedures relevant to our practice areas.

Policies & Procedures

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SBA’s Door To Its New All Small Mentor-Protégé Program Is Wide Open

Laurel Hockey provides an update to the advantages of and process for applying to the SBA's All Small Mentor-Protégé Program (ASMPP).   
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Article, The Naked Truth: How Pornography Can Hurt Your Clearance Eligibility

Bill Savarino discusses how pornography can hurt your security clearance eligibility.  
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SBA Opens The Door To Its New Small Mentor Protégé Program

Laurel Hockey discusses the Small Business Administration's Small Mentor Protégé Program, effective August 24, 2016, under which a small business may enter into a mentor protégé agreement with another business (large or small) and avoid being deemed...
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Illegal Drugs and Clearances – what you don’t know can hurt you

Bill Savarino discusses illegal drug use and the security clearance process.  
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DoD Makes Changes to Security Clearance Adjudication Procedures

The DoD Consolidated Adjudication Facility (CAF) has recently changed the process for adjudicating personnel clearances before DOHA. The changes may appear innocuous in nature, but they have potentially significant ramifications.
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FAR Employment Eligibility Verification

Synopsis: The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed on a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to require certain contractors and subcontractors to use the E-Verify system...
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Standard Form 86

Questionnaire for National Security Positions ↓ Download the pdf (~7MB) [note]this file has potential to have problems being parsed by the inline viewer[/note]
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SBA Introduces New Changes to its Size Regulations

Synopsis: New SBA Regulations Impacting the Time at which Size is Determined for Purposes of Long-Term Federal Contracts and Following a Novation, Merger, or Acquisition for all Federal Contracts.