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Obtaining Security Clearance

U.S. military personnel and government contractors support operations all over the world, and quite of a few of them work hand in hand with one or more of the 26 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries. Some of this work involves information that is classified, thus the appropriate level of

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Obtaining Security Clearance

Everyday immigrants from all over the world legally enter the United States to live and work as permanent resident aliens. Eventually, after meeting residency requirements, they apply for and are granted U.S. citizenship. This now opens the door to becoming eligible for a security clearance and many who work on

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Obtaining Security Clearance

In this smart article from a retired Air Force major general, he discusses in pretty basic terms where we should automate the security clearance process.…
Background InvestigationsObtaining Security Clearance

We get clearance-related questions in almost all threads on this site, so we thought we'd occasionally create a separate Q&A thread. Here, you can ask…
Career Advice

A new article take a deeper approach to the question of which type of employer is better. Is it better to be a Federal employee…