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Security Clearance Process

Most of the articles and comments you read about regarding security clearances and reciprocity contain information about how your security clearance can transfer from one agency or company to another under reciprocity guidelines. Little or no attention is given to situations or circumstances where a security clearance will not transfer,

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Obtaining Security Clearance

The majority of security clearances are processed by the Department of Defense. But security clearances are also issued by agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Justice, and Intelligence Community. Applicants with these agencies often find the policies may be different than within the Department

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Security Clearance Jobs

Although I've lived in the metro DC area for eight years, I haven't ever heard of "The Examiner." A writer by the name of Melanie…
Security Clearance Jobs

National Public Radio covered the defense industry again, this time focusing on the growing reliance of private contractors to fill intelligence roles at the "three…
Obtaining Security Clearance

It has been over a year (since May 2005) that a national news organization has come out to declare the security clearance backlog as a…