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The government shutdown will surely affect many clearance holders and their ability to pay credit card bills, mortgages, or car loans. As we have noted this year and in years past, financial issues remain the top issue for clearance denials and revocations. Life events happen and the circumstances are taken

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Security Clearance Process

The Defense Security Service (DSS) has upgraded the look and functionality of their website in order to provide the Industrial Security industry with better information and easier to use tools related to security clearances and access to classified information. DSS’s Vetting Risk Operations Center (VROC) is responsible for aligning processes

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

The United Kingdom, one of our closest allies, conducts security vetting much in the same way as the U.S. does in granting security clearances, but…
Security Clearance Process

In a rather unusual and interesting Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case, the Statement of Reasons (SOR) issued to the individual cited Guideline…
Security Clearance Process

  DSS Updates the FCL Request Process The Defense Security Service (DSS) has finished updates to the Facility Clearance (FCL) process in efforts to improve…