Security Clearance news

A Common Thread in Security Clearance Denials Upheld by DOHA
I have noticed a common thread among many of the case summaries written by Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) judges when explaining the board’s rationale for upholding the initial denial or revocation of an applicant’s eligibility for a security clearance. Before I get to that, here is a

DoD Rolls Out “Lines of Effort” to Reduce Investigation Backlog
During a recent Defense Security Service webinar DoD policy experts acknowledged the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) has made little or no progress to clear the current background investigation backlog inherited from OPM’s Federal Investigative Services. New approaches called “Lines of Effort (LoE)” are in the works. Here is a
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…