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Every military member and federal civilian in designated drug testing positions have been through countless unannounced urinalysis testing during their tenure. The boss hands you a notification letter in the morning asking you to report to the testing site to donate a sample. A recent Defense Office of Hearing and

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Security Clearance Denial

A recent Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Hearing and Appeals case caught my eye because it involved a forcible rape criminal charge that was eventually dismissed, however, the applicant was still denied eligibility for a security clearance. Why was the applicant denied if the criminal charges were dismissed? The

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Security Clearance Denial

In many security clearance appeals, applicants complete multiple questionnaires but fail to disclose prior drug use on the initial forms—only to admit it on a…
Security Clearance Denial

A DoD security clearance applicant who applied for a job requiring access to sensitive compartmented information underwent two polygraph examinations that ended up sinking his…
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Young beautiful woman sitting with attached sensors on fingers, hands and body, testing with computer polygraph, looking away. Graph and polygraph on screen of lie detector
Polygraph

Previously, polygraphs were already the part of getting security clearance eligibility that took the longest with the Intelligence Community agencies. This was due to polygraph…
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