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As Congress struggles to find a solution to the massive data breach affecting cleared personnel, the Congressional Research Service has produced two new reports on the breaches that have been obtained and published by the Federation of American Scientists. The first, OPM Data Breach: Personnel Security Background Investigation Data, offers

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Background Investigations

During the last 5 years have you been fired from a job for any reason, did you quit after being told you would be fired, or did you leave a job by mutual agreement due to specific problems?

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On 30 April 2008 the Joint Security and Suitability Reform Team (JSSRT) issued its Initial Report in response to the President's 5 February 2008 memorandum…
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