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The Department of Defense (DoD) posts online decisions on contractor security clearance applications. Researchers may review a variety of reasons permitting or prohibiting the issuance of clearance.

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Filed Under: Adjudication, Adverse Actions

Veterans Today, a website servicing American military veterans, has posted a new FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about security clearances. It’s quite thorough, and ClearedCommunity.com highly recommends it.

Filed Under: Procedures, Reference

This job-search website targeted to military members and veterans includes a guide to the security clearance application process. Topics addressed:

Who Needs a Security Clearance? What is a Security Clearance? Types of Security Clearances Who Can Get a Security Clearance? How Do You Get a Security Clearance? How Long Are Security Clearances Valid? Application Procedures What Determines Approval or Disapproval and How Long Does It Take?

Filed Under: Procedures

This military jobs blog has re-posted statistics on the security-clearance job market.

Filed Under: Career

A recently-updated Congressional Research Service (CRS) report titled, “Protection of National Security Information” mentions that the U.S. government may revoke a security clearance as a deterrent to unauthorized disclosed and that such measures are seldom reviewable by the Merit System Protection Board, or MSPB.

Filed Under: Laws & Regulations, Adverse Actions, Reference

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has issued a backgrounder on classified information and legal issues. The paper addresses Presidential and Congressional authorities relating to classified information, rules for classifying and declassifying information and for accessing classified information, and punishment for the unlawful handling, storage, and sharing of classified information.

Filed Under: Laws & Regulations, Reference

The Government Accountability Office has published in the Federal Register language pertaining to protections for federal employees from discrimination for exposing illegal waste, fraud, and abuse. The protections exclude disclosures of information “specifically prohibited by law” or “specifically required by Executive Order to be kept secret.”

Filed Under: Reference

“Concerned Foreign Service Officers is a group of current and former Foreign Service employees of the U.S. Department of State who are concerned about recent abuses of the security clearance process in the Department of State. The group was created in July 2005 to investigate, document and expose apparent misuse of the security clearance process by the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) to circumvent federal labor laws and established personnel practices. “

Filed Under: Reform, Adjudication, Reference

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Filed Under: Career

The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has prepared a 33-page information packet for persons involved in an investigative process—those either submitting paperwork in application for a security clearance or receiving notification of a completed security investigation. The packet offers guidance in completing required paperwork but is intended more for administrative and security personnel than for individuals seeking clearance.

Filed Under: Procedures, Reference

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