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	<title>Security Clearance Jobs Blog &#187; William Henderson</title>
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		<title>Maryland Senate Proposes Tax Credit for Security Clearance Expenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryland State Senator Roger Manno and 27 of his Senate colleagues have proposed a State income tax credit for costs incurred to obtain federal security clearances. The bill (SB296) would require “the Governor of Maryland to make a $6,000,000 appropriation in FY2014 and FY21015 for the tax credit, applying the Act to all taxable years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ODNI Reports Number of Security Clearances to Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On September 20, 2011 the FAS (Federation of American Scientists) Secrecy News blog reported, “The number of persons who held security clearances for access to classified information last year exceeded 4.2 million — far more than previously estimated — according to a new intelligence community report to Congress.” Although this report by the Office of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>OPM Issues New Notices Concerning SF86, Clearance Costs and Reciprocity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has posted 4 new Federal Investigations Notices (FIN) on their website all dated August 29, 2011. FIN 11-04—“Continuous Efforts to Align with Reciprocity Goals and Timeliness Standards.” This FIN fully implements interim adjustments made to National Investigative Standards by a August 2010 joint memorandum issued by OPM and the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>DSS Deployment of New SF86</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defense Security Service (DSS) announced that effective on August 29, 2011 as part of a Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) release update (version 4.3.0.0), the new 2010 Standard Form 86 (Questionnaire for National Security Positions) will be available for use by federal contractors using JPAS.  A new “Fair Credit Release” form will be required [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>NISPPAC Report Shows Top Secret Clearance Reinvestigation Times Increasing</title>
		<link>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/cleared-news/nisppac-report-shows-top-secret-clearance-reinvestigation-times-increasing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=nisppac-report-shows-top-secret-clearance-reinvestigation-times-increasing</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 3, 2011 the National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC) report for March 2011 was posted at their website.  NISPPAC is made up of representatives from Government and industry and meets two to three times a year.  Meetings usually include presentations by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Defense Industrial [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Detailed Instructions Now Available for New SF86</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 3, 2011 the Defense Security Service (DSS) posted “A Quick Reference Guide for the Newly Updated Standard Form 86” (QRG). “This QRG contains detailed field descriptions, step-by-step instructions, and a link to a printable form to help you determine what information you need to gather.” Unfortunately the printable form (July 2008 version) has [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>How Incident Reports are Handled by the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office</title>
		<link>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/getting-updating-a-clearance/how-incident-reports-are-handled-by-the-defense-industrial-security-clearance-office/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=how-incident-reports-are-handled-by-the-defense-industrial-security-clearance-office</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 20:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defense Security Service (DSS) recent issued its “Stakeholder Report 2011,” summarizing its history and mission and detailing its recent achievements and notable cases. The report includes some statistical data for fiscal year 2010 (page 8). Of interest to most cleared contractor personnel is a brief explanation of “Incident Reports” (page 16) and how they [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Report to Congress Shows DISCO Lost Ground in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/getting-updating-a-clearance/report-to-congress-shows-disco-lost-ground-in-2010/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=report-to-congress-shows-disco-lost-ground-in-2010</link>
		<comments>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/getting-updating-a-clearance/report-to-congress-shows-disco-lost-ground-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The “Annual Report to Congress on Personnel Security Investigations for Industry and the National Industrial Security Program” for fiscal year 2010 is one of the more useful periodic reports containing data on security clearance processing.  Produced by the Defense Security Service, it is the only report that provides any information about interim clearances and one [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>DOD Announces Improvements To The Personnel Security Clearance Process</title>
		<link>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/investigations/dod-announces-improvements-to-the-personnel-security-clearance-process/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=dod-announces-improvements-to-the-personnel-security-clearance-process</link>
		<comments>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/investigations/dod-announces-improvements-to-the-personnel-security-clearance-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DOD News Release on Security Clearances: “The Department of Defense (DoD) released information today [February 25, 2011] about improvements made to the personnel security clearance process.  Over the past four years, the DoD has worked with the Director of National Intelligence, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of Personnel Management to streamline [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>63</slash:comments>
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		<title>IACP/PERSEREC Cybervetting Report</title>
		<link>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/cleared-news/iacpperserec-cybervetting-report/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=iacpperserec-cybervetting-report</link>
		<comments>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/cleared-news/iacpperserec-cybervetting-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 30, 2010 the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) released a report on their yearlong study of police cybervetting policy, “Developing a Cybervetting Strategy for Law Enforcement.” The report was a collaborative effort by the IACP and the Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC). The report states that: Using the Internet to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>Supreme Court: Feds Can Check Contract Workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 19, 2011 the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) published its 8-0 decision regarding “NASA v. Nelson.” It reversed and remanded the decision of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to grant a preliminary injunction against NASA enforcement of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentialing required under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>OPM Announces Rollout of New SF86</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 22, 2010 the Office of Personnel Management announced that in February they will begin a phased implementation of the Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP) version of the new March 2010 Questionnaire for National Security Positions (Standard Form 86—SF86). A copy of the new SF86 has not yet been posted to the OPM [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>39</slash:comments>
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		<title>Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010</title>
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		<comments>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/cleared-news/anti-border-corruption-act-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 21, 2010 Congress passed the 2010 Anti-Border Corruption Act (S. 3243 [Enrolled]) affecting polygraph examinations and periodic reinvestigations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) law enforcement officers (LEO). The bill made the following findings: Since 2003, 129 CBP officials have been arrested on corruption charges During 2009, 576 investigations were opened on [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>GAO Testimony on Personnel Security Clearances</title>
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		<comments>http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/cleared-news/gao-testimony-on-personnel-security-clearances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 1, 2010 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented testimony before a House subcommittee. The testimony was presented in the form of a report (GAO-11-232T) entitled: “Personnel Security Clearances: Overall Progress Has Been Made to Reform the Governmentwide Security Clearance Process.” The testimony covered 3 major long standing issues: a single federal database for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Congressional Hearing on Security Clearance Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 16, 2010 the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), and representatives from the Department of Defense (DOD), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provided updated information on security clearance reform at a hearing before a Senate subcommittee, The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 14:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After resolving differences with the Senate version, the House version (HR 2701) of the 2010 Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA) was signed by the President and became Public Law No: 111-259 on October 7, 2010. (This is the first IAA to become law since 2004; others either died in Congress or were successfully vetoed.) Here are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosures and Short Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A monograph on “Debt and Home Foreclosures: Their Effect on National Security Clearances” by Sheldon I. Cohen, a prominent Washington D.C. area attorney specializing in national security clearance, was recently posted at his website. Cohen reviewed 62 case decisions by Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) Administrative Judges between 2006 and 2010 involving foreclosures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost of Security/Suitability Investigations &#8211; FY2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently announced (FIN 10-08) the new prices of their standard investigative products for Fiscal Year 2011. There was no annual price increase in October 2009. With one exception, the prices of the most common investigations increased 3%. The MBI (Minimum Background Investigation, now renamed the Moderate Risk Background Investigation) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyber Vetting for Security Clearances</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) recently obtained information under the Freedom of Information Act regarding a June 2009 report of a study sponsored by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on the use of Cyber Vetting for security clearance purposes. The study involved 349 test cases of intelligence agency applicants who consented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Truth About the Polygraph</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William Henderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A June 15, 2010 article, “Buzz on lie detectors is a lie, NSA video says,” at WashingtonPost.com reported on a new 10-minute video about polygraph tests posted at the Defense Security Service’s (DSS) training website. “The Truth About the Polygraph” is reported to be a video produced by the National Security Agency (NSA) designed to [...]]]></description>
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