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Background Investigations

The case of the marijuana use of a contractor who was working in a public trust position and subsequently applied for a security clearance.

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Cybersecurity

As we all know, if you work in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) cell phones are a prohibited item due to the ability for someone to use it to take pictures of classified information or to record classified conversations. Additionally, our adversaries have the ability to remotely manipulate your

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Jobs

This year, the FBI is hoping to add almost a thousand new special agents and around two thousand support staff on a large hiring blitz.…
Security Clearance Jobs

President-elect Barack Obama appointed a defense contractor's lobbyist Thursday to become the No. 2 official at the Defense Department, a choice that appeared to break…
Background InvestigationsCareer AdviceObtaining Security Clearance

In a report dated December 19, 2008 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) provided a preliminary assessment of the timeliness and quality of the Department of…