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You would think that a person who won $100,000 in a lottery would use that money to pay off any outstanding debts and still have a little left over, right? A recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case showed that is not necessarily the case. A contractor was

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The Government Reform Plan laid out by the White House and the Office of Management and Budget in March 2017 directed the Government to reform and become more efficient, effective, and accountable. The President’s Management Agenda (PMA) outlined Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) goals in key areas with a timeline for implementation.

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Over the past several months we've heard from both hiring managers and cleared candidates that security clearance processing delays are becoming a serious problem. It's…
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Could it be true? For years I have argued to anyone who would listen, that OPM should not have been given responsibility for national security…
Security Clearance Denial

It truly is amazing how an individual’s perspective on situations and life’s events can become totally skewed and out of sync with actual reality. In a recent…