Security Clearance news
Another Contractor Found Guilty of Falsifying SF-86
As a follow-on to a previous article in which a former Navy contractor was found guilty and sentenced to prison for lying on his background investigation application and to FBI agents, another similar case just finished in federal court involving a former State Department contractor. Zaldy Sabino was sentenced to seven years
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
clearedrob: Just 18 months of silence until… completed. That’s got to be longest I’ve heard of that didn’t involve a reinvestigation.
Yep. It started before RIF (I was told they were already short-staffed to begin with) then the shutdown.
yikes, what agencies? Hope DIA doesn’t take that long. The guy they just onboarded before me took 3 months so I’m hoping I’m almost there.
Nope i had zero break in access! I was working a cleared contract when they requested my access.