The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as CFIUS chair, published Guidance Concerning the National Security Review Conducted by CFIUS in the Federal Register on December 8, 2008.
The guidance describes: the purpose and nature of the CFIUS process, how CFIUS analyzes whether a transaction poses national security risks, national security factors identified by FINSA, and the types of transactions that CFIUS has reviewed that have presented national security considerations.