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In many security clearance appeals, applicants complete multiple questionnaires but fail to disclose prior drug use on the initial forms—only to admit it on a later one. They often seem unaware that earlier submissions will be reviewed and compared. That is precisely what happened to a DOE contractor who had

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A DoD security clearance applicant who applied for a job requiring access to sensitive compartmented information underwent two polygraph examinations that ended up sinking his eligibility for a security clearance. He subsequently appealed to the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals. Here are the highlights of the case. During his

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Security Clearance Denial

A recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals case involved a DoD contractor who was denied security clearance eligibility by the DoD CAS based on…
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By now, everyone has seen the news about the current administration’s attempts to downsize the government workforce by offering civil servants “the fork in the…
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George Wesley, the current administration’s nominee to head the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), has indicated his plans to establish a new counterintelligence type…