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Adjudication

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It has been a while since I have focused on the adjudicator’s role in the security clearance process, but a recent Department of Justice report of investigation caught my eye, specifically because it detailed the failure of senior Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) managers to follow the recommendations of personnel security adjudicators in suspending

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Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

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I have seen an uptick in the number of cases taken on by Federal prosecutors related to security clearance holders caught lying on the SF-86. It seems that this particular long-standing issue has garnered more attention in the current clearance reform arena and providing false information is being taken more

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Discussing: Got a new CE dater but my case in DISS is still pending?
ShadowPhoenix96

I meant your open case closing before reopening.

SSClubgoer

I wish I could look myself up to give you the specific dates but I cannot I just know when I reported it, when i updated my SF86, then it…

ShadowPhoenix96

Ah. I know my CE date changed a few days submitting my SF86. I figured that was a good sign?

SSClubgoer

are you still in adjudication?

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