Security Clearance news
Changes to Adjudicative Guidelines for Drug Involvement
As noted in a posting by William Henderson on our main site regarding the recent release of Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD) 4 – National Security Adjudicative Guidelines, a few changes were made to some of the adjudicative definitions and concerns. Guideline H: Drug Involvement and Substance Misuse has some
Clearance Process Reform Status and Current Metrics
During the bi-annual National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC) meeting held last month James Onusko, Deputy Assistant Director for the NBIB, provided attendees from various government agencies and private industry with an update on the efforts to reduce the clearance investigation backlog. Onusko stated reform efforts were underway
If it were me, I would respond, “A Christmas tree? Wow, that is beautiful. You know what else is beautiful? The truth. The truth is beautiful, and that is why…
Snarky replies to a polygraph operator are unwise if one’s goal is to pass.
Good idea. Let us know how that goes…
I passed. I did not say that exact line (which, I admit, sounds too snarky), but every time I clapped back at an accusation they looked stunned and moved on…