The path to a security clearance isn’t always straightforward – and sometimes it winds its way through a graveyard or two.
The security clearance process consists of three phases – initiation, investigation, and adjudication. If your security clearance background investigation is done, you may be wondering why you don’t have the answers you’ve been waiting for. It comes down to the final step in the process – adjudication.
Punk and innovation – a match made in the mosh pit? Dan Ward, a retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and author of the recently released Punk: Prompts and Provocations for Authentic Innovations discusses the book and why a little bit of punk may be just the unexpected angle your problem needs.
Nude photos may seem like none of the government’s business, but with sexual behavior an adjudicative guideline and blackmail a key national security concern, a growing number of security clearance applicants are in fact being asked about their nude photo history.
Reforming the security clearance process isn’t an overnight success story. But small steps toward transparency and accountability can make a big difference.
Operating under Continuing Resolutions is no longer the exception – it’s the norm. But what happens to innovation in the defense industry when the budget process becomes an annual race to the fiscal cliff?
Security clearance reciprocity or transfer of trust is an ongoing topic of security clearance reform efforts and the government’s Trusted Workforce 2.0 initiative.
Continuous Vetting (CV) is a process that involves regularly reviewing a cleared individual’s background to ensure they continue to meet security clearance requirements and should continue to hold positions of trust.