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Security Clearance Process

We all know about having to self-report information as a security clearance holder, but what about reporting on another clearance holder? This scenario is played out almost every day:  another individual with whom you work has a security clearance and you become aware of some conduct that could be an

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Career Advice

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is one of the biggest government civil service and contractor employers after the DoD. Many of the jobs offered by the various DHS components require eligibility for either public trust or national security positions. I compiled a list of the various sites that describe the

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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,…