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Security Clearance Process

Agencies across DoD and the Federal government should take note of DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Personnel Security Program and how they provide customer service to their cleared population and applicants. Their program appears well organized, user friendly, and provides easy to find information about each stage of the

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Cybersecurity

One of the more popular articles we’ve published at ClearanceJobs.com is ‘How to Prevent a Vindictive Ex From Tanking Your Security Clearance.’ It did so well, we turned it into a popular YouTube video, as well. I don’t want to speculate as to the marriages of the average clearance holder,

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Process

The “Annual Report to Congress on Personnel Security Investigations for Industry and the National Industrial Security Program” for fiscal year 2010 is one of the…
Obtaining Security Clearance

If you're like me, you can find the security clearance process a little, shall we say, obtuse. (Case in point, I worked at the Pentagon…
Background Investigations

The Department of Defense (DoD) released information on February 25, 2011 about improvements made to the personnel security clearance process.  Over the past four years,…