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Background Investigations

In another case involving a former contractor background investigator for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Department of Justice announced that former KeyPoint Government Solutions investigator Jason Razo pled guilty in the U.S. District Court in D.C. to making a false statement. This is the latest in a string

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Background InvestigationsCybersecurity

In quite the ironic twist, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has updated all of their contracts with background investigation service providers by inserting or replacing previous clause that address information security incident reporting requirements. A news story posted by NextGov outlined some of the new requirements inserted into OPM

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Obtaining Security Clearance

Score one for the bureaucracy: Mule drivers at an eastern Pennsylvania historical park need the same federal security clearance as port workers. The Homeland Security…
Background Investigations

A press release from USIS indicates their investigators will soon use smartphones to help them perform a variety of functions to complete their casework when…
Background Investigations

A March 11, 2009 article in the Federal Times revisited The Joint Security and Suitability Reform Team's aims, including creating an automated end-to-end clearance process…