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Category Archives: Security Clearance

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  Security Clearance Reciprocity

  At a recent briefing by the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) at the Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC), Charlie Sowell, ODNI Deputy Assistant Director, shared some of the… more

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  Top 10 Reasons DISCO and OPM Reject Security Clearance Requests

  Check out this just released list of top 10 reasons that security clearance requests are rejected. You may have thought drug use or credit issues were to blame, but it's not nearly as juicy as that. It's mundane simple mistakes, such as missing information, lack of fingerprint ca… more

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  6 Recommendations for Improving Security Clearance Management

  [caption id="attachment_4054" align="alignright" width="300"] Tim Clark, Government Executive, Charlie Allen, INSA, John Fitzpatrick, National Archives[/caption] On the whole we’ve slain the dragon of taking months, if not years, to process clearances on the front end. Anecdot… more

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  2 Most Common Mistakes When Applying for a Security Clearance

  At the recent National Classification Management Society Annual Chapter Seminar Laura Hickman, DISCO Director, shared the two most common mistakes applicants make when applying for a security clearance. Most of these rejections come from employees of small cleared facilities empl… more

• DOD’s Personnel Security Clearance Program Timelines Improve

  Yesterday the Government Accounting Office (GAO) announced that the Department of Defense's (DOD) Personnel Security Clearance Program has been removed from the GAO's list of programs facing significant management challenges. DOD processes the majority of all government-wide secu… more