Security Clearance news
Warning Reissued to Not Search for Classified Information in the Public Domain
In 2017, the Defense Security Service, predecessor to the current Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), issued a Notice to Contractors Cleared Under the NISP on Inadvertent Exposure to Classified in the Public Domain which provided guidance prohibiting cleared personnel from specifically searching for, downloading, or reading classified material online.
Clearance Applicant’s Tip-Off Leads to Blown Drug Investigation
Anyone who has access to information involving criminal investigations is beholden to protect it, just as they would be required to if it was classified. In a recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case, the applicant was initially denied eligibility due to criminal and personal conduct concerns that
I have had this happen to me on more than one occasion. I had the acceptable level of eligibility for access for a job at an IC and when I…
Perhaps the justification that IC agencies use for a new SF86, investigation, and poly, are for a suitability review, and not access to classified information. Suitability has always been the…
Vanilla_Spice22: I was told to fill out another SF-86 This is pretty standard. The contractor can’t hang on to these things anymore, they pass them to the customer who does…
Vanilla_Spice22: If you want job, you cooperate and comply with any reasonable request made by the hiring agency, including filling out a new SF86, even if the request violates reciprocity…