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Obtaining Security Clearance

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

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Background Investigations

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

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Jobs

An article in USA Today says more state and local law enforcement officers are getting top secret clearances from the FBI to access sensitive federal…
Obtaining Security Clearance

A story on 10News in San Diego highlighted a 32 year-old man who held a security clearance and was working at a Defense Contractor.  He…
Career Advice

While lying on a job application has its repercussions, a young Michigan man found that lying on a CIA job application landed him in jail.…