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What Are Your Chances of Winning a Security Clearance Appeal? Not Good in 2018
The Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals has started 2018 off with a bang in hearing twenty-four appeal cases, of which twenty-two clearance denial decisions were upheld, one denial decision reversed to clearance granted, and one case remanded back to the original adjudicator for a procedural review. As has historically

Domestic Violence, Debt Easy Path to Security Clearance Denial
In a previous post, “Online Dating Sites, Sextortion, and Your Clearance”, I covered the pitfalls and potential for blackmail for clearance holders while using online dating sites. In a similar scenario, a recent Department of Energy contractor lost his security clearance when a woman for whom he was providing financial assistance
Illegally dismantaling departments and bureaus without congressional approval is unconsitutional. Its also illegal to fire a federal worker claiming poor performance when that is not the case. There’s a perfectly…
Just bc your job is safe dont downplay the significant impact that the reckless decisions that have been made will have on many members of this community & the nation…
Always odd when one brings up this point or says “the fed isnt a job entitlement factory,” or “guaranteed for life.” Nobody is claiming the contrary, and many of us…
I don’t think there have been any actual RIF’s yet. But as I understand it, the goal is to get to whatever the targeted cuts are (8%?) by the end…