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Security Clearance Process

The Department of State (DS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released their findings on DS security clearance processes and discovered that agency officials used blanket estimates in reporting timeliness data to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) instead of the actual time. The DS is one of

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Security Clearance Denial

Time and time again I run across background investigation applications where the applicant listed criminal charges that are contradicted by the FBI criminal history check or police report. This is a serious mistake! It seems, either consciously or unconsciously, applicants try to downplay the seriousness of the reason(s) for the

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

e-QIP This article is not designed to be an item-by-item instruction manual for completing the Standard Form 86 (SF 86)/electronic Questionnaire for Investigation Processing (eQIP),…
Obtaining Security Clearance

Adjudicating security clearances isn't an easy job. It requires personal integrity, and offers a variety of challenges. A contributor recently outlined the some of the…
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Background Investigations

The latest step in the wave of security clearance reform is a renewed effort to apply 'continuous monitoring' to security-cleared professionals. The 2014 Intelligence Authorization…