Background Investigations
DSS Deployment of New SF86
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
NISPPAC Report Shows Top Secret Clearance Reinvestigation Times Increasing
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
Pathological Lying, a Misdemeanor Offense and a Top Secret Clearance
Federal prosecutors, the district court judge and a number of others are asking how Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Scott Allan Bennett was able to obtain a top-secret clearance and work as a defense contractor, despite a 2008 misdemeanor conviction for lying to government officials, the Tampa Bay Online reports. The
Investigators Falsified Security Clearance Investigations
The Washington Times is reporting that investigators have falsified hundreds of top secret security clearance investigations, claiming to have conducted research that never took place. Court records showed 170 falsified interviews and more than 1,000 that could not be verified. Individuals quoted in the Washington Times story report that the