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Security Clearance Denial

Effective May 12, 2016 security clearance background investigations may include the collection and review of publicly available media information in determining eligibility for access to classified information. The long awaited policy release, Security Executive Agent Direction 5, gives the Federal government authority to implement these checks, however, it leaves it

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Security Clearance Process

With the ever-increasing number of veterans returning from multiple tours of duty in hostile fire zones who are diagnosed with some level of post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD), Question #21 on the SF-86 scares a lot of security clearance applicants. This fear stems from the belief that admitting to getting professional counseling

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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…