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Background Investigations

The case of the marijuana use of a contractor who was working in a public trust position and subsequently applied for a security clearance.

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Cybersecurity

As we all know, if you work in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) cell phones are a prohibited item due to the ability for someone to use it to take pictures of classified information or to record classified conversations. Additionally, our adversaries have the ability to remotely manipulate your

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

A January 14, 2008 article in the Ashbury Park Press quoted Rep. Frank J. Pallone Jr. (D-NJ) saying that the plan does not "pass the…
Background Investigations

Some major defense contractors feel that no significant improvement has been made this year in security clearance processing times. "Despite the expected need next year…
Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

In testimony before congress in September the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Mike McConnell, announced that: We have  (in conjunction with DoD) designed a transformed…