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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) published their latest investigation processing stats a few days ago. This includes the processing of the investigations and the adjudication piece of it. They also provided the numbers on how many were enrolled in Trusted Workforce (TW) 1.25 Continuous Vetting (CV)and Rap Back enrollment. There is a

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Security Clearance Denial

I ran across a recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) case involving a former U.S. Marine Corp (USMC) officer who had elected to receive an “Other Than Honorable” type discharge in April of 2020 in lieu of being court martialed for misconduct involving sexual harassment, fraternization, and using

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Past Security Clearance Posts

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…
Security Clearance Denial

In one of the more unusual Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) cases I have seen in quite a while, this defense contractor had…
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Background Investigations

There has been a slew of instances where federal background investigators have been indicted for falsifying their work in regard to completing records checks and interviews. The…