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Security Clearance Process

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Inspector General’s Office, in collaboration with the DOJ, completed an investigation into two federal contracting companies, NetCracker Technology Corp. and Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), and found evidence that from 2008 through 2013, they used employees on a

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Background Investigations

60 Minutes aired a special report on November 8th that revealed the details of their special investigation into how the likes of Snowden, Alexis, and Manning were all able to pass the background investigation process and be granted security clearances.  The report revealed data sources and information that clearly brought

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background InvestigationsCareer AdviceObtaining Security Clearance

This is the second of a two-part article on the relevance and effect of criminal conduct on security clearances. Part 1 covered the Relevance of…
Background InvestigationsCybersecurity

A FCW.com article on the 4 Feb 09 has confirmed that SRA International's computer network was infected by a virus, which may have exposed a…
Obtaining Security ClearanceSecurity Clearance Process

An article posted on ClearanceJobs.com on 26 Jan 09 focuses on the relevance and effect of criminal conduct on security clearances. The Adjudicative Guidelines states…