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The U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) ranks the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the number one threat when it comes to protecting classified national security information and sensitive proprietary data. Reports from the Department of Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Departments of Justice and Commerce, and the Defense Security and

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Security Clearance Process

The Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) has always had a section on it where applicants must provide their Selective Service registration status (if it applies to them).  Nowadays the question that asks “were you born a male after December 31, 1959, is not so straightforward anymore.  The Selective Service has updated their

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Security Clearance Denial

Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD) 3 establishes reporting requirements for all security clearance holders. Among the various categories of reporting is a section called financial…
Security Clearance Jobs

There are many cleared workers who have to report to a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) every day to do their work. With the recent…
Security Clearance Denial

I recently came across a rather unusual security clearance appeal case involving an applicant who had filed a false insurance claim on his wife’s lost…