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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) $ in Thousands	Apr. 08, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term				1 year 2 months 12 days
Loss Contingency Accrual			$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services \| shares			750
Operating lease right-of-use assets			$ 401	210	401
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year One				192
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due Year Two				22
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Payments, Due				214
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due			$ 406		406
Operating Lease, Cost				$ 604	527
Chief Financial Officer [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Salary and Wage, Officer, Excluding Cost of Good and Service Sold		$ 485
Minimum
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Remaining Lease Term				1 year
Maximum
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Lessee, Operating Lease, Remaining Lease Term				2 years
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating lease right-of-use assets						$ 700
Line of Credit [Member] \| NAB Facility Agreement [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Termination of Debt Notice	90 days
Debt Instrument, Restrictions and Covenants, Number Of Times EBITDA Must Be Paid Total Interest Period Within A Period of Twelve Months Rolling Basis	2
Debt Instrument, Restrictions and Covenants, Tangible Assets, Minimum				25.00%
Debt Instrument, Restrictions and Covenants, Tangible Net Worth, Minimum	$ 2,500
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				$ 4,000
Interest Expense				$ 19	$ 20
Variable Receivable Finance Indicator [Member] \| Line of Credit [Member] \| NAB Facility Agreement [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate increase	1.60%