Security Clearance
A security clearance is a determination by the United States Government that a person or company is eligible for access to classified information. View our Security Clearance FAQs page to learn more about how you get a security clearance and how do you keep a government military clearance.
Is Continuous Evaluation the Key to Breaking Up the Clearance Backlog?
Officials at ODNI and NBIB have recently commented on the state of the security clearance backlog. The good news? It’s shrinking.
Top Secret and Secret Clearance Processing Times Grow Worse in Q4 2018
After showing improvement in the third quarter of FY 2018, security clearance processing times for Department of Defense industry applicants saw a slight uptick in the fourth quarter.
My Security Clearance Periodic Reinvestigation Nightmare
A periodic reinvestigation process should be quick and effortless, assuming you haven’t experienced any major changes in the past five years. In this case, it wasn’t.
My Government Clearance Experience
If you are looking into getting a government clearance, whether it’s Top Secret (TS) or Secret (S), it can be an overwhelming experience.
For Clearance Holders, Employment-Related Worries Often Overblown
Most commonly, those problems manifest in the form of personality conflicts with colleagues, demanding supervisors, or an occasional failure to meet employer expectations (like showing up late to work).
6 Ways the Security Clearance Process is about to Change
The DoD is taking the reassumption of its security clearance duties very seriously. Along with breaking down a backlog of over 600,000 investigations and reducing wait times, the DoD may have even more radical changes in store for the antiquated process.
NCIS Agent has Clearance Suspended After Affair With Suspected Terrorist
In an interesting twist of “affairs of the heart”, an NCIS Special Agent with a TS/SCI security clearance failed to heed U.S. Intelligence and State Department warnings about having a relationship with a potential terrorist and has now found herself in a bit of hot water.
Frozen Credit Reports Now Available to Government In Personnel Security Investigations
A Federal Investigations Notice released October 5 clarified that the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) no longer has to ask applicants to unfreeze their credit prior to a federal government background check.
Executive Order to Transfer Security Clearances Coming Soon
Comments from DSS officials today indicate a new executive order on security clearances could come as early as this week.
Depression and Anxiety Not Cause for Security Clearance Denial
Over the years, the government has made efforts to educate security clearance holders that common mental health conditions – i.e. depression and/or anxiety – do not generally disqualify individuals from obtaining a security clearance.
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