โOur hope is that the vendors can then gain access to some of the classified conversations that they need to be at the table in,โ Sarah Pearson said.
ยฉ DIU
Defense Innovation Unit Headquarters building, DIU
The initiative may allow more nontraditional contractors to contribute to national security, collaborate with government teams and compete for classified work.
ยฉ The Associated Press
FILE - A microphone stands at the entrance to the House SCIF, the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, located three levels beneath the Capitol where witnesses and lawmakers hold closed interviews in the impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump's efforts to press Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019. When members of Congress want to peruse classified materials, they descend deep into the basement of the Capitol to a sensitive compartmented information facility, known as a SCIF. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)