security clearance
FBI on a Hiring Blitz
This year, the FBI is hoping to add almost a thousand new special agents and around two thousand support staff on a large hiring blitz. Think you got what it takes to be an agent? Of a large number of candidates enter the FBI training academy, only a few make
Obama Taps Raytheon VP for #2 Defense Post
President-elect Barack Obama appointed a defense contractor’s lobbyist Thursday to become the No. 2 official at the Defense Department, a choice that appeared to break with his self-imposed rules to keep lobbyists at arm’s length. William J. Lynn III, Obama’s choice for deputy defense secretary, is a former Pentagon official
New GAO Report on Security Clearance Processing
In a report dated December 19, 2008 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provided a preliminary assessment of the timeliness and quality of the Department of Defense‘s (DoD) personnel security clearance program. GAO found that in fiscal year 2008 the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) completed 80% of all initial clearance
Getting A Job Offer With An Inactive Clearance
via Randall Scasny, Director of MilitaryJobHunts.com Changes in the economy and job market often times compel many people to reassess their careers and search for employment in industries other than they are presently employed in. I see this happening a lot with my customers who had been in the military