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By now, everyone has seen the news about the current administration’s attempts to downsize the government workforce by offering civil servants “the fork in the road” option called Deferred Resignation Program (DRP). It is run by the Office of Personnel Management and basically, anyone who took the offer was put

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George Wesley, the current administration’s nominee to head the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), has indicated his plans to establish a new counterintelligence type career field to help bridge the communication and collaboration gaps between law enforcement agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigations and intelligence community agencies. He

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Denial

A recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case involved a former confidential informant (CI) who was caught selling marijuana at his college and…
Security Clearance Process

Under the current white house administration's downsizing efforts of the federal workforce, there are thousands of federal employees who have either been terminated or took…
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Security Clearance Process

In one of the more intriguing Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) cases, this security clearance applicant overcame criminal and personal conduct concerns to…