Security Clearance news
Defense Security and Counterintelligence Agency Unveils New Website
The new Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) website went live last week, replacing the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) and Defense Security Service (DSS) websites as the authoritative resource for background investigation and security clearance processing. The NBIB and DSS links will stay active through December 2019 while at
Foreign Influence Flags and Mitigation
I have noticed an uptick in the number of cases reviewed by the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) involving foreign influence concerns. Security clearance applicants were denied eligibility under a variety of factors listed under Guideline B; Foreign Influence. Here are some examples of the concerns involved: Applicant’s
Good Luck. You are wasting your time contacting a Congressman. Senator Van Hollen was told to pound sand when an OIG investigation disappeared regarding the destruction of evidence for a…
One of the issues I’ve seen: you have an open investigation, unresolved, finished, adjudicated. No other agency knows what has been scoped, are there any issues, etc I’ve seen agencies…
Not really…unless they let you work while waiting. Any investigation sitting out there with unadjudicated info…can stop other investigations
This agency has a standard policy of only allowing 3 poly fails before revoking your conditional access. It’s a suitability thing related to your SCI and congresspeople will not be…