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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 ring. Here is a summary of the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case: In 2017 the applicant bought his wife a $2,000 ring

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Security Clearance Jobs

The Defense Counterintelligence & Security Agency (DCSA) has opened up their window for student interns to apply for various positions in personnel security, industrial security, counterintelligence, information security, and insider threat operations. Other areas of opportunity are in acquisitions, IT security, financial management, public affairs, and administration. Most, if not

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Past Security Clearance Posts

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Security Clearance Process

Now that you were granted clearance eligibility it does not mean you are done being evaluated as a trusted clearance holder. In accordance with Security…
Security Clearance Denial

A DoD contractor who had a security clearance for ten years was caught lying on his SF-86 when he was asked to fill out a…
Background Investigations

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) released a statement last week on the indictment of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) federal employee, Yifei…