Security Clearance news
Bill Introduced to Get More Transparency in State Department’s Clearance Process
The Department of State’s (DoS) Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) was accused of discriminatory and biased practices when it came to granting security clearances due to its assignment restrictions policies. Last year, the DoS ended their restrictions policy that had allowed the DS to deny applicants a security clearance for foreign service
Requirements for Special Access Programs
Special Access Programs (SAP) are established to protect national security by employing enhanced security measures to strictly enforce need-to-know and have access requirements that exceed those normally required for information at the same classification level. SAPs can be classified at all clearance levels but are heavily restricted when it comes
FWIW FSO’s do not get notifications when an RSI pops up on one of our employees. I see them in DISS profiles but only if I’m checking for something else…
Maybe send out a blanket statement that if you work here, break the law, don’t pay your bills, have unreported foreign activities/contacts/travel, etc. etc. etc., expect a phone call to…
So I worked with at least one agency that had a team of people who would contact SUBJECTS/INDIVIDUALS beforehand, so when the case was assigned to the investigator they had…
that is exactly what needs to happen. maybe I’ll suggest it to my higher up. I really get anxiety just getting assigned a RSI because I already know it’s going…