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Adjudication

A large number of the Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance appeals cases involve denials under Guideline G – Alcohol Consumption. As such, the DOE has a staff of psychologists on hand that evaluate security clearance applicants for various psychological disorders, to include Alcohol Use Disorders (AUD). Just last month, the

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Security Clearance Denial

Back in 2014, the US Investigations Services LLC (USIS) was the largest provider of personnel security investigations to the U.S. Government. That was until a whistleblower reported they were improperly submitting investigations to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) without first performing a required review of the cases, a practice known

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Security Clearance Denial

The truth eventually catches up to those that spin a web of lies or hide information. A former Army Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Special Agent,…
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Adjudication

Unresolved financial issues are the most common reason for the denial of a security clearance.  A common misnomer is that the amount of debt directly correlates to…
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Security Clearance Process

Representative Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) sponsored a bill in Congress last month called the Security Clearance Improvement Act of 2021, with the primary aim of ferreting…
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