Security Clearance news
Chinese Ministry of State Security Interactions Lead to Clearance Eligibility Denial
In a recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals case the applicant, a former intelligence agency government employee, was denied security clearance eligibility due to foreign influence (China) and personal conduct concerns. Here are the highlights of the hearing. The applicant was born in China and became a naturalized U.S.
No Annual Fall Meeting for the NISPPAC
The National Industrial Security Program Policy Advisory Committee (NISPPAC) is comprised of 16 government agencies and 8 appointed private industry representatives chosen for their industrial security expertise and leadership. The purpose of the meetings is to communicate policy changes, implementation guidance, and what the impacts are on industry as seen
You’re mixing up two different things: what is legal everywhere vs. what the U.S. government can hold its cleared personnel accountable for. Security clearances aren’t a “follow only local laws”…
Personal Conduct guideline needs to have boundaries set. The government will abuse that guideline to deny a clearance if the government doesn’t like that person. Some of things that are…
Yup, they denied me on petty nonsense , because i shared a “naughty” pic with a girl i was seeing and because i got in an argument defending guys i…
My mind goes to “if you have to ask, you can’t afford it”