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Security Clearance Denial

The number of Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals cases involving illegal drug use has increased dramatically over the last few years, likely fueled by the increased number of states who have legalized marijuana. In reading the summaries of these appeals, I noted that the applicants who were upfront and honest about

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Security Clearance Process

The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) is responsible for running the DoD’s Continuous Vetting (CV) Program. They also enroll non-DoD agency employees into CE. One part of the CE program, run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is called Rap Back, which is short for “Record of Arrest and Prosecution Background.”  Prior

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Cybersecurity

A few weeks ago, security clearance holders started getting emails that looked like they came from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) that referenced…
Adjudication

A large number of the Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance appeals cases involve denials under Guideline G – Alcohol Consumption. As such, the DOE has…
Security Clearance Denial

Back in 2014, the US Investigations Services LLC (USIS) was the largest provider of personnel security investigations to the U.S. Government. That was until a whistleblower…
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