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Adjudication

Incidents or behavior don’t just go away once they’re adjudicated favorably. Just because something didn’t affect your security clearance in the past, doesn’t mean it can’t affect it in the future.

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Security Clearance Denial

Time card fraud (or fudging) is prevalent in today’s workplace and federal agencies are cracking down on it. Don’t let your security clearance get caught in the mix.

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Polygraph

Starting next year the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) will require all contractors who conduct sensitive compartmented information work to pass a counterintelligence-scope polygraph. The DIA…
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Obtaining Security ClearanceSecurity Clearance Denial

Of the 881 security clearance appeals heard by the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals this year, the overwhelming majority of denials involve financial issues.…
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Security Clearance Jobs

We're happy to announce a brand new blog and discussion board. The new discussion board attempts to eliminate the complexity and just present the essentials…