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Marko Hakamaa

Marko Hakamaa served in various military police positions with the United States Army worldwide for 22 years before retiring in 2006 as a Master Sergeant. Afterwards, he has worked as a contractor background investigator, a government industrial and personnel security specialist, and as a national security and public trust background investigation adjudicator.

Career Advice

The Defense Intelligence Agency is stepping up their recruitment for college students to fill internship jobs across a wide spectrum of career fields. Their internship program recruiting team holds job fairs and visits academic institutions, and are looking for high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students who might be interested in gaining

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Security Clearance Denial

Just when you think you can’t hear anything new when it comes to security clearance applicants doing things that cost them access eligibility, another Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case comes around that just makes you shake your head and say, “What the heck was he thinking?”  Here

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Security Clearance Process

A recent news story reported that the General Services Administration (GSA) had “terminated” hundreds of employee security clearances. But that terminology can be misleading, as it suggests an adverse action was taken against those employees. In reality, security clearances aren’t “terminated.” When it comes to an individual’s clearance, there are

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Obtaining Security Clearance

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s planned move of the eAPP system for submitting the SF-86 (soon to be the Personnel Vetting Questionnaire) from the National Background Investigations Services (NBIS) to their Defense Information System for Security (DISS) Joint Verification System (JVS) has finally occurred after many delays, system glitches,

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