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Background Investigations

During the House Oversight Committee hearing on security process improvements members heard DoD and OPM Chief Information Officers and the Acting OPM Director present the current “State of the Union” so to speak, on the status of background investigation process improvements. Unfortunately, most of the committee members focused on Presidential

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Security Clearance Denial

In a recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals case a longtime government contractor had his clearance reinstatement request denied because he was living with his Mexican-born girlfriend who was in the U.S. illegally. I know you are asking yourself right now “what’s the big deal here?” There is a

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Obtaining Security Clearance

It seems BRAC (the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure) is impacting just about everything these days - and security clearance adjudication hasn't escaped the hit.…
Obtaining Security Clearance

A federal appeals court found that an Iranian-born worker can sue for discrimination after being fired from his job after being denied a Homeland Security…
Cybersecurity

IMPACT 2011 took place in Chantilly, Va. this week and while the event was off-the-record, it’s worth reporting the hot topics discussed in this gathering of…