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Drug Use and a Department of Energy Security Clearance
As we all know, illegal drug use is one of the disqualifiers for being granted a security clearance, but it can be mitigated depending on several factors. Here is a tale of two drug users who applied for a security clearance with the Department of Energy. Case #1: This applicant

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
It says it in the SOR.
In your response to the SOR, you need to specify that you want to have all documents that were relied upon used to adjudicate your clearance. These documents will come…
naughtypetey: It seems like a waste of time and money to do the entire BI and poly and then just leave the applicant’s case file like a hung jury. I…
Yeah, they sent me all the documents they say they used. I never sent the VA documents. When i asked if they wanted them from me, they said no, we…