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Security Clearance Denial

In a previous post, “Online Dating Sites, Sextortion, and Your Clearance”, I covered the pitfalls and potential for blackmail for clearance holders while using online dating sites. In a similar scenario, a recent Department of Energy contractor lost his security clearance  when a woman for whom he was providing financial assistance

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Security Clearance Process

Back in 2005 the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) put the government-wide security clearance process on its “High Risk” list of federal areas in need of a desperate overhaul. It stayed on the list until 2011. Last week the GAO, foregoing the wait on its regularly scheduled update in early

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Process

Last week's Senate hearing on security clearance reform focused on defense contractors and necessary reforms to prevent another Aaron Alexis from falling through the cracks.…
Background Investigations

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published a scathing review of the security clearance investigation process at US Investigations Services, LLC. The company is at the…
Security Clearance JobsSecurity Clearance Process

While security clearance changes and reforms continue to be debated on Capitol Hill and elsewhere, significant pending changes were recently mentioned in the published minutes…