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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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Adjudication

Many posts on this forum have commented on how long the adjudication phase of the background investigation process is and that no reliable benchmark information is available on timelines. It can be frustrating I know, but here are a few things to consider. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudication Facility

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

A reporter from a national news source has contacted ClearanceJobs asking for investigators' opinions on what's wrong with the clearance investigation process and how it…
Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

From the "really bad timing" department, a few days ago the DSS alerted FSOs that TS clearance periodic reinvestigations would be suspended for industry through…
Adjudication

The topic of sex crimes/sexual assault in the military has been all over the news recently. Several high-profile incidents involving service members and sexual assault…