Security Clearance news
Three Security Clearance Applicants All Denied for Marijuana Use
Three security clearance applicants were initially denied clearance eligibility by the DoD due to concerns with on-going involvement with marijuana use. They all appealed to the Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA). Here are the highlights of the cases. The first applicant submitted his SF-86 and admitted to using
Submitting an Updated SF-86 is Required Every 5 Years for All Clearance Holders
In the past, security clearance holders had to undergo a periodic reinvestigation every 5 years for Top Secret and 10 years for Secret. When the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) took over background investigations from the Office of Personnel Management, it gradually instituted continuous evaluation protocols to ween off
Good Luck. You are wasting your time contacting a Congressman. Senator Van Hollen was told to pound sand when an OIG investigation disappeared regarding the destruction of evidence for a…
One of the issues I’ve seen: you have an open investigation, unresolved, finished, adjudicated. No other agency knows what has been scoped, are there any issues, etc I’ve seen agencies…
Not really…unless they let you work while waiting. Any investigation sitting out there with unadjudicated info…can stop other investigations
This agency has a standard policy of only allowing 3 poly fails before revoking your conditional access. It’s a suitability thing related to your SCI and congresspeople will not be…