The Defense Security Service[DSS] Law and Legal Definition
The Defense Security Service (DSS) is a federal agency of the U.S. Department of Defense and was established in 1999. The DSS was earlier known as Defense Investigative Service. The DSS is not any form of federal law enforcement agency. It does not have police powers either. [Tenenbaum v. Ashcroft, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 63249 ( E.D. Mich. July 23, 2009)].
The objectives of the DSS are the following:
1. To facilitate personnel security investigations;
2. To supervise industrial security;
3.To perform security education;
4. To provide awareness training;
5. To secure the nation’s technology base.
Legal Definition list
- The Defense Security Service[DSS]
- The Death on the High Seas Act
- The Credit Repair Organizations Act [CROA]
- The Comity Clause
- The Code Adam Act of 2003
- The Department of State Classification Guide
- The Department of the Army
- The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850
- The Emergency Food Assistance Program [TEFAP]
- The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board [FASAB]
- The Federal Aviation Act
