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Security Clearance Denial

In a previous post, “Online Dating Sites, Sextortion, and Your Clearance”, I covered the pitfalls and potential for blackmail for clearance holders while using online dating sites. In a similar scenario, a recent Department of Energy contractor lost his security clearance  when a woman for whom he was providing financial assistance

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Security Clearance Process

Back in 2005 the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) put the government-wide security clearance process on its “High Risk” list of federal areas in need of a desperate overhaul. It stayed on the list until 2011. Last week the GAO, foregoing the wait on its regularly scheduled update in early

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

Congress has followed through on their promise to bring increased scrutiny and oversight to the security clearance investigation process. In the wake of Edward Snowden’s…
Security Clearance Jobs

In an era of Wikileaks and open data advocates, is it time to revamp the Standard Form-86 security clearance questionnaire? In an interview with the…
Background Investigations

A reporter from a national news source has contacted ClearanceJobs asking for investigators' opinions on what's wrong with the clearance investigation process and how it…