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Obtaining Security Clearance

There has been much discussion about what constitutes a foreign national contact when filling out the SF-86 or what the reporting requirements are under continuous evaluation. Opinions are diverse and open to a matter of interpretation. However, a State Department employee who had a Top Secret security clearance went a

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Background Investigations

There is still a lot of confusion out there about what type of investigation is needed for a particular position and whether it results in a security clearance. Do you know if the job you applied for is low risk with no clearance, public trust with no clearance, or a

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Denial

Think it’s not a big deal to provide false information on an employment application? Think again. If you’ve applied for government jobs, even those without…
Security Clearance Process

When is a job about more than the job? When you have a security clearance or you’re in the military. Many people have heard the…
Cybersecurity

Like clockwork, it seems every late summer there's a call for more people in government to pay attention to the threat of an Electro-Magnetic Pulse…