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,

A post on the ClearanceJobsBlog recently highlighted a concerning example of misinformation during the recruiting process. An applicant shared that a recruiter told him he would not be eligible for a security clearance with the U.S. Space Force because his father was not a U.S. citizen. The applicant was born

Eligibility for access to classified information may be granted to security clearance applicants on an interim basis when specific conditions are met while the background investigation is underway and before a final eligibility determination is made. An interim clearance allows an applicant to begin working in a position requiring access

In a recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals case, a DoD contractor was able to overcome concerns with her history of incidents involving alcohol consumption to get security clearance eligibility. This was one of those cases that could have gone either way, depending on the interpretation of the mitigating