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Security Clearance Process

The National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) reported the number of new security clearance applications has risen to almost 500,000 over the past four years. This increase, combined with the currentĀ investigation backlog, does not bode well for companies who rely on a pool of cleared employees to work on classified projects.

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Security Clearance Denial

In the world of high tech defense activities, contractors move around or change jobs quite often. For that reason, companies frequently have their employees sign non-disclosure and non-compete statements. The main purpose of this is to prevent the loss of proprietary information to competitors. A defense department contractor recently found

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

A background investigator calls you or shows up at your door and says they want to ask you some questions about someone you know. How…
Security Clearance Denial

Last July I wrote about what the top issues were that resulted in security clearances denials by the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA)…
Obtaining Security Clearance

U.S. military personnel and government contractors support operations all over the world, and quite of a few of them work hand in hand with one…