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Congress Introduces the Security Clearance Review Act
In an effort to ensure the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) security clearance vetting process for political appointees remains based on established national security adjudicative guidelines and is not abused by executive power, House representatives introduced legislation called the Security Clearance Review Act. If passed, it would require political appointees to
Continuous Vetting for Public Trust Workers Adds to Personnel Security Workloads
With the announcement by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) that as a part of the Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative, all Non-Sensitive Public Trust (NS-PT) employees and contractors will be enrolled in Continuous Vetting (CV), the workload for personnel security folks reviewing the alerts
A Rare Appeals Case Involving Unexplained Affluence
Most cases that result in a security clearance denial under the financial considerations involve delinquent debt or taxes. But concerns under financial considerations can also be caused by an unexplained influx of money. Once such case recently popped up in an appeal to the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals. Here are
A Look at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Hiring Process
We have previously covered the hiring process for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA). Another intelligence agency not as well known is the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) whose hiring process is similar to that of the CIA and NSA. Applicants must be able to obtain a Top-Secret (TS) security