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Inside a Career as a Security Clearance Adjudicator
Adjudicating security clearances isn’t an easy job. It requires personal integrity, and offers a variety of challenges. A contributor recently outlined the some of the requirements of the job, offering a glimpse into the other side of the security clearance investigation process. Below is an excerpt from the article. Read
Forget Background Checks – Try Continuous Monitoring
The latest step in the wave of security clearance reform is a renewed effort to apply ‘continuous monitoring’ to security-cleared professionals. The 2014 Intelligence Authorization Bill included a provision for ‘continuous evaluation’ – a requirement for agencies to evaluate public records such as credit histories and criminal backgrounds. Such electronic
Security Clearance Reform Again Debated on Capitol Hill
Last week’s Senate hearing on security clearance reform focused on defense contractors and necessary reforms to prevent another Aaron Alexis from falling through the cracks. Several issues are of specific interest to the background investigator community, including proposals to shorten the length of time between periodic reinvestigations; improving technology and
'Cash Register' Culture Plagues Private Security Clearance Investigation Companies
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published a scathing review of the security clearance investigation process at US Investigations Services, LLC.