In category: Security Clearance
The Statement of Reasons: What an SOR Is, the 20-Day Clock, and How to Answer It
For employersHiring cleared professionals?Post your cleared req where security-cleared candidates already search.Post a Cleared JobFor job seekersHolding a clearance?Browse cleared roles from employers hiring right now.Browse Cleared JobsThe clock a Statement of Reasons starts A … more
The Whole-Person Concept: How Adjudicators Weigh Mitigation Against a Disqualifying Fact
On 08 June 2017, one directive replaced every separate set of clearance-adjudication rules across the federal government. That directive, Security Executive Agent Directive 4 (SEAD 4), gave adjudicators a single method for deciding who gets access to classified information and wh… more
Clearance Crossover: Moving Your Clearance to a New Contractor Without Losing It
When you resign from a cleared contractor, your access to classified information ends that day. Your eligibility does not. Under Security Executive Agent Directive 7, walking away from an employer is an administrative termination of access, not a denial or revocation of your clea… more
How Much Debt Is Actually Too Much for a Security Clearance?
For employersHiring cleared professionals?Post your cleared req where security-cleared candidates already search.Post a Cleared JobFor job seekersHolding a clearance?Browse cleared roles from employers hiring right now.Browse Cleared JobsKey takeaways Guideline F, the financial… more
Continuous Vetting vs. Continuous Evaluation: What Changed, and What It Now Checks
On October 1, 2021, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency reported it had enrolled every Department of Defense security clearance holder in a program called Continuous Vetting. The same milestone retired the practice of reinvestigating those holders every five to te… more