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Obtaining Security Clearance

The credit report run on a federal background investigation is a lot more in-depth than the one you can pull for free or through your financial institution. The government credit check is a tri-merge, meaning it consolidates the reports of all three major credit bureaus (TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian) into

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Security Clearance Jobs

How many Federal agencies or large corporations do you know of that can claim having a 96.7% employee retention rate year in year out? Not many! However, the National Security Agency bucks the trend by winning the hearts and loyalty of their employees to ensure they are satisfied in their

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Process

A February 18, 2009 article at BusinessWire reported that ATS Corporation (ATSC) was awarded a new $6 million contract with the Defense Security Service (DSS)…
Background InvestigationsCareer AdviceObtaining Security Clearance

This is the second of a two-part article on the relevance and effect of criminal conduct on security clearances. Part 1 covered the Relevance of…
Background InvestigationsCybersecurity

A FCW.com article on the 4 Feb 09 has confirmed that SRA International's computer network was infected by a virus, which may have exposed a…