ClearanceJobs Blog where you can read and discuss government security clearance process, sf86, how to get a security clearance job and background investigations issues. Please read our getting started section before posting.

Security Clearance news

clock with red trim on a wall next to a vision testing panel
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.

Read More
Adjudication

·

Since getting on its feet in 2017, the VROC has received 81,260 Continuous Evaluation alerts. Here is the breakdown of the types of issues concerned:

Read More |Discuss
Paragon Investigators
989 Views
Furloughed investigators
790 Views
Peraton making payroll this week?
695 Views
Shutdown puts a drag on security clearance process
668 Views
Dual Employment as Contractor
500 Views
Drinking workplace
178 Views
Secret clearance - my chances
216 Views
What is going on at CACI?
331 Views
2 jobs with the same contingent offer for the public trust for the same agency
53 Views
TS/SCI on Depression Meds
275 Views
Discussing: FBI CI Poly Risks/ Difficulties
sbusquirrel

Just keep in mind that if you want to pursue a career in this field, you’ll have to face the polygraph. It’s their game and they get to make up…

Amberbunny2

Generally speaking…CI only poly is far shorter than a full scope poly. I too have seen people lose clearances from Poly. I lived that full scope life almost 10 years,…

tenaheff

If this is your dream job, I say go for it. Personally, I have decided after everything I’ve read about polys that I will never apply for a job requiring…

jimsteele

Anti-polygraph has given you good advice. Steer clear of the FBI polygraph, if you fail it will follow you to every intelligence agency. This historically has not true for polygraphs…

Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Denial

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Hearing and Appeals, much like its counterpart within the DoD (DOHA), hears appeals for those denied eligibility for…
Security Clearance Denial

Many government contractors live and work all over the world in areas where family members cannot go. Locals are hired to take care of basic…
last reply Sep '17
8 replies
7479 views
Security Clearance Process

In mid-August Personnel Security Management Office for Industry (PSMO-I) , the branch of DSS that processes the investigation applications and grants interim security clearances for DoD,…