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Attorney- Adviser
Offices, Boards and Divisions · Posted 12 days ago
About the Role
This is a public notice flyer. Applications will not be accepted through USA Jobs. If you are interested in applying, please see the official announcement on the DOJs Legal Careers page by following the links below: Legal Careers | Attorney-Advisor, (CFIUS, Team Telecom, Supply Chain, Compliance & Enforcement), GS-0905-14/15 | United States Department of Justice
What You'll Do
- →About the Office The mission of the National Security Division (NSD) is to coordinate the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) efforts in carrying out its core mission of combating terrorism and protecting national security, including protecting our national assets from state-sponsored threats to the private sector.
- →NSD is responsible for supervising the enforcement of all federal criminal laws related to counterterrorism and counterespionage, except those specifically assigned to other divisions.
- →NSD also serves as DOJ's liaison to the United States Intelligence Community (USIC) and represents the government and the USIC before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
- →NSD advises the Attorney General regarding all matters of national security policy.
- →The position requires mastery of the legal profession, is expected to apply novel legal theories to issues; to make decisions or recommendations that significantly change, interpret, or develop important public policies or programs; and to serve as a recognized expert in a given specialty area.
- →NSD's Foreign Investment Review Section (FIRS) is responsible for DOJ's non-prosecutorial efforts to proactively address national security risks to cross-border transactions and technology posed by foreign adversaries, hybrid commercial threats, and other threat actors.
- →These efforts span a range of case-specific and general authorities relating to inbound and outbound foreign investments, telecommunications, data security, and the information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply chain, including the following: - Foreign investment.
- →FIRS serves as DOJ's representative on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), an interagency group that reviews foreign investments in, acquisitions of, and other transactions involving U.S. companies to determine the transaction's effects on national security. - Telecommunications.
- →FIRS develops, drafts, and negotiates National Security Agreements and Letters of Assurance to mitigate national security risks, and monitors, supervises, and enforces the transaction parties' compliance with their National Security Agreements with DOJ. - Supply-chain security.
- →FIRS investigates foreign-sourced technology and services, and their underlying global supply chains, for national security risks.
- →Job Description To implement the President's America First Investment Policy by representing the Department of Justice on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), discharge the Attorney General's responsibilities as chair of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S.
Requirements
- ✓Applicants must possess a J.D. degree, be duly licensed and authorized to practice as anattorney under the laws of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, and have at least two ormore years of post-J.D. professional experience.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 4b864cc5-bbf6-4e1d-99e6-47389a749aa7
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