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As Congress struggles to find a solution to the massive data breach affecting cleared personnel, the Congressional Research Service has produced two new reports on the breaches that have been obtained and published by the Federation of American Scientists. The first, OPM Data Breach: Personnel Security Background Investigation Data, offers

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Background Investigations

During the last 5 years have you been fired from a job for any reason, did you quit after being told you would be fired, or did you leave a job by mutual agreement due to specific problems?

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Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

An article in the Washington Business Journal on Friday, April 25, 2008 reported information from a survey of more than 100 government contractors, made by…
Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

An April 27, 2008 Los Angeles Times article reported on a new study, released in March, by the Pentagon's little-known Defense Personnel Security Research Center,…
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By popular demand, a place to ask questions on defense careers. All topics are open, including: career advice, salaries, best places to work, company research,…