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When we think of the agencies that make up the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) the first ones that come to mind are the CIA, NSA, NRO, and five DOD components, right? There are sixteen agencies that officially make up the IC and in addition to the previously mentioned they are:

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Cybersecurity

When we think of NASA the first thing that comes to mind is astronauts, rockets, and space. National security certainly is not in the forefront when we think of landing on the moon. However, declassified documents from various intelligence and DoD agencies are quite interesting and show that NASA has

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Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

OPM recently announced (FIN 07-08) the prices of their investigative products for Fiscal Year 2008.  The cost of some high end security clearance products, which…
Background Investigations

Seems like a lot of OPM and contract investigators are interested in posting their experiences in the field and getting work. While there are a…
Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

The previous thread devoted to questions and answers regarding security clearances received 100+ comments and got full quick. Here's another empty thread to post in.