Security Clearance news
Ignorance of Laws or Rules is No Excuse
In the national security world, ignorance or mistake of law is generally not an excuse for failing to abide by legal obligations. This opinion has been established long ago by appeals board judges in upholding security clearance denials. There are various adjudicative guidelines where claiming ignorance of the rules or
Former Navy Contractor Gets Six Months Jail Time for Lying on Security Clearance Application
On the Questionnaire for National Security Positions (SF-86) in the section labeled “Penalties for Inaccurate or False Statements” it states: The U.S. Criminal Code (title 18, section 1001) provides that knowingly falsifying or concealing a material fact is a felony which may result in fines and/or up to five (5) years imprisonment.
I spoke with a furloughed investigator from PERATON the other day and it sounds like some of furloughed investigators were permanently let go earlier this week.
Interesting. The interviewer told me to try for Preaton subs and specifically for DHS contract .
I work for PERATON and I know we have a ton of DHS work but they aren’t being clear on how it’s assigned because I’ve barely seen any. I think…
The problem I have is I was not trained on DHS because I wasn’t on the contract .