dd form 254
Answers for CDSE's Preparing the DD Form 254 course — the DoD Contract Security Classification Specification. Every answer is verified verbatim against the official CDSE student guide.
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01What is the DD Form 254?
The DD Form 254, or DoD Contract Security Classification Specification, is a contractual document that provides a contractor (or subcontractor) with the security requirements and classification guidance needed to perform on a classified contract.
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“254, is a contractual document providing the contractor (or a subcontractor) with security”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗02What is the purpose of the DD Form 254?
To provide security classification guidance to cleared contractors performing on a classified contract.
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“The purpose of the DD Form 254 is to provide security classification guidance to cleared”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗03What regulation governs the security requirements a contractor must follow on a classified contract?
The NISPOM (National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, 32 CFR Part 117) — contractors follow the NISPOM and other U.S. Government requirements.
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“Contractors shall follow security requirements per the NISPOM and other U.S.”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗04What are the iterations of the DD Form 254 during its lifecycle?
The Solicitation, Original, Revised, and Final DD Form 254.
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“The DD Form 254 has several iterations during its lifecycle. They include the Solicitation,”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗05When must a Revised DD Form 254 be issued?
When there is a change in the security contractual requirements.
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“A Revised DD Form 254 must be issued if there is a change in security contractual”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗06What does the Final DD Form 254 authorize?
It authorizes the contractor to retain classified material after contract completion (when additional retention is approved).
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“the Final DD Form 254 is an authorization to retain”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗07Can a subcontractor DD Form 254 exceed the prime contract's Original DD Form 254?
No. The subcontractor DD Form 254 can never exceed the Original DD Form 254 for the prime contract (classification levels, accesses, safeguarding, and storage may not exceed it).
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“DD Form 254 can never exceed the Original DD Form 254 for the Prime contract”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗08Who completes Item 7 of the DD Form 254?
The prime contractor completes Item 7 when a subcontractor has been approved.
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“Item 7 is completed by the prime contractor when a subcontractor has been approved to”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗09What GCA and POC should be entered in Item 16 of a subcontractor DD Form 254?
The same GCA and POC from the Original (prime) DD Form 254.
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“Item 16 should indicate the same GCA and POC from the Original DD Form 254 even though”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗10Does the date of the Original DD Form 254 change when revisions are issued?
No — the date of the Original DD Form 254 does not change; only the date on the Revised DD Form 254 is updated with subsequent revisions.
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“Only the date on the Revised DD Form 254 is updated with the subsequent revisions.”
— CDSE — Preparing the DD Form 254 (IS128.16) Student Guide ↗Know questions we're missing?
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