Security Clearance news

Top Causes of Clearance Denial and Revocation in 2022
The Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) has resumed their pre-COVID-19 pace on security clearance appeals hearings and published summaries of 943 cases that were reviewed. As usual, financial issues outnumbered all other issues combined and resulted in most of the denials. Interestingly, the number of cases involving use of illegal

Security Clearance Reform Going Into 2023
In 2022 we saw big changes in the way the government vets security clearance applicants and those already cleared. Reinvestigations are a thing of the past, replaced by continuous vetting or evaluation, and the previous five tier background investigation is now three tiers with the ability to move inter-changeably from nonsensitive to
Many jobs getting pulled back. USAJOBS is same. Most agencies can only bring in 1 for every 4 leaving. As that dries up, signatures expire, etc. Seems they are opting…
About how long did the process to get your clearance transferred over take? I too was on the CCL, had a FJO w/ the agency but then get rescinded due…
Congrats! If I recall correctly, it took a few weeks. Not bad at all.
Thanks for the update. I’ve been a little worried because I haven’t had a start date determined yet and I suppose that’s due to the clearance being transferred over or…