Security Clearance news
Alcohol Issues More Prevalent in DOE Security Clearance Denials
The Department of Energy (DOE) Appeals Board has published the results of twenty-four security clearance appeals so far this year and among them were fifteen cases (62%) involving alcohol consumption issues. That is an astonishingly high percentage of total cases considering the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) only
Not All Positions in the Intelligence Community Need Clearances
An interesting observation was made by National Counterintelligence and Security Center Director William Evanina after three months of Intelligence Community (IC) employees working from home where they have not had access to classified national security information; a security clearance may not be needed for all positions. Last week in an address to
A FOIA Request can and usually does take a VERY long time; More-so now because of COVID. I had a FOIA request from a specific agency take 6.5 years, no…
As others have said, it’s not a clearance denial it’s a suitability denial. You wouldn’t get an SOR. What did the investigator reach out to you about?? Your wife’s clearance…
Thank you for your input. My wife and I have all the joint accounts to include Died in Lieu. She reported it to her FSO and I notified the investigator.…
Follow up question, Where would a “Suitability denial” be reflected; is it on JPAS or SC? Wondering if that is what happened to me when i was not even given…