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Security Clearance Denial

You probably are wondering about the strange title to this post and how the heck giving someone a massage could result in being denied a security clearance; I assure you I did not make it up! In one of the more unusual Department of Energy appeal cases, this particular denial

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Security Clearance Denial

Security clearance applicants should beware of heeding advice that contradicts answering truthfully and providing full disclosure on the SF-86. Ultimately, it is you who will have to answer the mail when it comes out during the course of the investigation process. A defense contractor found this out the hard way

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Obtaining Security Clearance

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Background Investigations

Congress has followed through on their promise to bring increased scrutiny and oversight to the security clearance investigation process. In the wake of Edward Snowden’s…
Security Clearance Jobs

In an era of Wikileaks and open data advocates, is it time to revamp the Standard Form-86 security clearance questionnaire? In an interview with the…