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How many Federal agencies or large corporations do you know of that can claim having a 96.7% employee retention rate year in year out? Not many! However, the National Security Agency bucks the trend by winning the hearts and loyalty of their employees to ensure they are satisfied in their

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Our popular ongoing series allows you to ask your most complex questions regarding security clearances and our regular contributors of present and former clearance investigators and adjudicators will try to answer them. The rules are listed below. Failure to abide by them will mean your question will be deleted. NOTE: Due

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Discussing: Paragon Investigations - Stay far away!
investigator721

Any truth to the rumors that all remaining DCSA investigators were forced to go work for CANDA or be laid off?

PIPSr

I was not forced to go to Canda. It was a choice. There was no pressure whatsoever. And, I made the choice to go to Canda.

PIPSr

And, there are still DCSA investigators at Paragon.

investigator721

Thanks for the update! My source is spouting nonsense then.

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