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Adjudication

As noted in a posting by William Henderson on our main site regarding the recent release of Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD) 4 – National Security Adjudicative Guidelines, a few changes were made to some of the adjudicative definitions and concerns. Guideline H: Drug Involvement and Substance Misuse has some

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Background Investigations

During the bi-annual National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC) meeting held last month James Onusko, Deputy Assistant Director for the NBIB, provided attendees from various government agencies and private industry with an update on the efforts to reduce the clearance investigation backlog. Onusko stated reform efforts were underway

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

A reporter from a national news source has contacted ClearanceJobs asking for investigators' opinions on what's wrong with the clearance investigation process and how it…
Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

From the "really bad timing" department, a few days ago the DSS alerted FSOs that TS clearance periodic reinvestigations would be suspended for industry through…
Adjudication

The topic of sex crimes/sexual assault in the military has been all over the news recently. Several high-profile incidents involving service members and sexual assault…