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Security Clearance Process

On January 6, 2015 Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, a Democrat from Texas, introduced a bill, H.R.55 – Rightsizing Activities of Intelligence Non-Governmental Contractors (RAINC) Act of 2015, that would require the U.S. Intelligence Community to reduce the number of top secret clearances granted to contractors. Here is the official summary

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Background Investigations

A background investigator calls you or shows up at your door and says they want to ask you some questions about someone you know. How do you know they are legit? The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Federal Investigations Service (FIS) provides oversight for the federal and contract investigators who

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Obtaining Security Clearance

Only a year? See security clearance. I know a lot of job seekers that would be very happy with only a year wait. The average…
Career AdviceSecurity Clearance Jobs

The latest Security Clearance Salary Survey on ClearanceJobs.com suggest that even though cleared candidates earn more than non-cleared candidates, they are still not happy with…
Security Clearance Jobs

The newest security clearance jobs salary survey has been released and the results are interesting. According to the nationwide study, average nationwide salaries of security-cleared…