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FAR 53.204-1 Safeguarding classified information within industry (DD Form 254, DD Form 441).

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section tells DoD components and certain nondefense agencies with agreements to provide industrial security services that they must use two specific forms when a contractor needs access to classified information. The forms are DD Form 254, the Contract Security Classification Specification, and DD Form 441, the Security Agreement. It matters because it identifies the required paperwork for contracts involving classified work.

Applies to: DoD components and nondefense agencies with agreements to provide industrial security services for the National Industrial Security Program

What it requires

  • Use DD Form 254 and DD Form 441 when contractor access to classified information is required, as specified in subpart 4.4 and the clause at 52.204-2

Key terms: DD Form 254 · DD Form 441 · classified information · National Industrial Security Program · Contract Security Classification Specification

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The text

The following forms, which are prescribed by the Department of Defense, shall be used by DoD components and those nondefense agencies with which DoD has agreements to provide industrial security services for the National Industrial Security Program if contractor access to classified information is required, as specified in subpart 4.4 and the clause at 52.204-2:

(a) DD Form 254 (Department of Defense (DOD)), Contract Security Classification Specification. (See 4.403(c)(1).)

(b) DD Form 441 (DOD), Security Agreement. (See paragraph (b) of the clause at 52.204-2.)

Sections it refers to

  • 52.204-2 Security Requirements.
  • 4.403 Responsibilities of contracting officers.

← 53.204 Administrative matters. · 53.204-2 [Reserved] →

Rule changes for FAR Part 53

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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