Security Clearance news
State Department Security Clearances
While the vast majority of security clearances are processed through the Department of Defense, several government agencies (including the Intelligence Community) run their own investigation processes. While the security clearance adjudicative criteria are standard, federal employment suitability standards differ between agencies, as well as procedures for clearance denial. The State
Reviewing a Copy of Your Background Investigation
Now that your background investigation was completed by OPM and favorably adjudicated by the DOD CAF, DSS, or another Federal agency, you can start work and forget about it until your next periodic update, right? Wrong! I always recommend requesting a copy of your completed background investigation so you have
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…