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Background Investigations

KeyPoint Government Solutions (KPGS) announced that is it has doubled its caseload following the downfall of USIS and the subsequent reassignment of their cases over to KPGS and CACI. According to a story published in FedBiz, KPGS has had to borrow $22 million in order to meet the increased workload

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Adjudication

In May 2012 the DOD made the decision to consolidate all of the various component Central Adjudication Facilities (CAF) into one in order to streamline processes, improve efficiency, and standardize the adjudicative process across the spectrum to develop a level of trust when applying reciprocity. The transition phase started in

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Career Advice

Defense giant Raytheon is holding a security clearance job fair in the metro DC area on Wednesday, July 18th. The event is from 3:00pm EST…
Security Clearance Jobs

Acting under pressure from Congress, the CIA has decided to trim its contractor staffing by 10 percent. It is the agency's first effort since the…
Obtaining Security Clearance

We've had a lot of threads here where people have briefly discussed how they obtained their clearance. Let's make it official.. Tell us: When you…