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Obtaining Security Clearance

What is the difference between having a security clearance versus being found eligible for a security clearance? This question has confounded many applicants after they have endured the long and arduous national security background investigation process and were told it was favorably adjudicated. Many who thought they were cleared found

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Security Clearance Process

Summer is coming and one of the biggest events on the planet, the 2018 World Cup, is taking place in Russia and Lady Luck has bestowed upon you two tickets to one of the World Cup games for you and a friend to attend. You have made your travel arrangements,

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

e-QIP This article is not designed to be an item-by-item instruction manual for completing the Standard Form 86 (SF 86)/electronic Questionnaire for Investigation Processing (eQIP),…
Obtaining Security Clearance

Adjudicating security clearances isn't an easy job. It requires personal integrity, and offers a variety of challenges. A contributor recently outlined the some of the…
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Background Investigations

The latest step in the wave of security clearance reform is a renewed effort to apply 'continuous monitoring' to security-cleared professionals. The 2014 Intelligence Authorization…