ClearanceJobs Blog where you can read and discuss government security clearance process, sf86, how to get a security clearance job and background investigations issues. Please read our getting started section before posting.

Security Clearance news

Career Advice

In 2017, the Defense Security Service, predecessor to the current Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), issued a Notice to Contractors Cleared Under the NISP on Inadvertent Exposure to Classified in the Public Domain which provided guidance prohibiting cleared personnel from specifically searching for, downloading, or reading classified material online.

Read More |Discuss
Security Clearance Denial

Anyone who has access to information involving criminal investigations is beholden to protect it, just as they would be required to if it was classified. In a recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case, the applicant was initially denied eligibility due to criminal and personal conduct concerns that

Read More |Discuss

Past Security Clearance Posts

Security Clearance Process

A recent news story reported that the General Services Administration (GSA) had “terminated” hundreds of employee security clearances. But that terminology can be misleading, as…
Obtaining Security Clearance

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency’s planned move of the eAPP system for submitting the SF-86 (soon to be the Personnel Vetting Questionnaire) from the…
5 replies
571 views
Security Clearance Denial

I have run across a few security clearance applicants that were convicted of sexual crimes and, as a part of their sentencing, were required to…
4 replies
378 views