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Security Clearance Process

The Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) has various questions that ask for information within certain timelines. For example, residence and employment history go back 10 years and foreign travel and business activities go back 7 years. There are several sections with questions that ask for 7 years of history,

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Security Clearance Denial

I have noticed an uptick in the number of Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals cases involving foreign influence. It could be a coincidence, but I suspect it is not, considering the current political environment regarding the focus on foreign nationals living in the United States and Department of Homeland

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Process

When the Defense Counterintelligence Agency (DCSA) first introduced their new National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) system a few years ago, it was still going through…
Security Clearance Denial

A security clearance applicant working for a DoD contractor on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicles contract was recently denied eligibility by the DoD Central Adjudications Services…
Polygraph

By now, you would think security clearance applicants would know to be up front and honest about marijuana use, seeing as how ODNI and OPM…