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At the recent National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC) meeting the Defense Office of Hearing an Appeals (DOHA) representative provided some interesting information about how DOHA was operating pre-COVID versus how it has adapted post-COVID. Prior to the pandemic, applicants who wanted an in-person hearing had to travel to the hearing

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Security Clearance Process

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is continuing its organizational transformation with the goal of being able to be more dynamic and responsive to future challenges in adjudicating background investigations and reviewing Continuous Vetting (CV) alerts. Their Consolidated Adjudications Services (CAS) Division has merged with the Vetting Risk Operations (VRO) Division

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This Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) from a few months ago case caught my eye due to the extensive criminal history of the…