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Technology Security Associates briefs St. Mary's County officials on defense work, jobs and local partnerships
Summary
Company leaders told county officials that their 20-person firm holds top-secret facility clearance, supports Department of Defense cooperative programs (including the AV-8B Harrier program), trains local contractors on export controls and provides commercial IT and HIPAA services while expanding local hiring and community disaster support.
Technology Security Associates executives, speaking during an On the Road visit by the St. Mary's County Board of County Commissioners, described work supporting Department of Defense programs, international cooperative agreements and local businesses while outlining recent growth and community partnerships.
Tom Jarbo, chief operating officer of Technology Security Associates, told commissioners the firm "has a facility security clearance here at the top secret level," and said that classification shapes what parts of the facility visitors may see. He said the company is ISO registered to meet international contract requirements and that it provides services ranging from acquisition-technology support and information assurance to export-control briefings and HIPAA compliance work for health-care clients and law firms.
The detail matters locally because the company sits near Naval Air Station Patuxent River, where large Department of Defense aircraft and sustainment programs are based. "We support the program offices in…
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