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Adjudication

It has been a while since I have focused on the adjudicator’s role in the security clearance process, but a recent Department of Justice report of investigation caught my eye, specifically because it detailed the failure of senior Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) managers to follow the recommendations of personnel security adjudicators in suspending

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Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

I have seen an uptick in the number of cases taken on by Federal prosecutors related to security clearance holders caught lying on the SF-86. It seems that this particular long-standing issue has garnered more attention in the current clearance reform arena and providing false information is being taken more

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Denial

Think it’s not a big deal to provide false information on an employment application? Think again. If you’ve applied for government jobs, even those without…
Security Clearance Process

When is a job about more than the job? When you have a security clearance or you’re in the military. Many people have heard the…
Cybersecurity

Like clockwork, it seems every late summer there's a call for more people in government to pay attention to the threat of an Electro-Magnetic Pulse…