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Security Clearance Denial

In the world of high tech defense activities, contractors move around or change jobs quite often. For that reason, companies frequently have their employees sign non-disclosure and non-compete statements. The main purpose of this is to prevent the loss of proprietary information to competitors. A defense department contractor recently found

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Background Investigations

The number of background investigators working on National Background Investigation Bureau (NBIB) cases has tripled over the last few years in an effort to whittle down the massive backlog of cases. As well, the number of companies providing contractor investigative services went from two to four. While this is good

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

Late last Fall the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) implemented the first 2 tiers of the new 5-tier background investigation process that was approved through…
Career AdviceCybersecuritySecurity Clearance Jobs

It is no wonder that cyber-related jobs are among the fastest growing careers fields in this day and age. Technology drives everything we do and…
Security Clearance Denial

Standard procedure is to suspend the security clearance of anyone who is suspected of mishandling classified national security information while an investigation is conducted to…