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Category Archives: Security Clearance

• GAO Report on Personnel Security Clearances

  The General Accounting Office (GAO) Report on Personnel Security Clearances released last Thursday does lots of finger pointing. The bad guys are the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). This is a very high-level report so it’… more

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  4,917,751 Individuals Hold a Security Clearance

  There are interesting numbers to be found in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 2012 Report on Security Clearance Determinations. As of October 1, 2012 4,917,751 individuals held a security clearance. It's a snapshot in time, so the number is always cha… more

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  Security Clearance Loss of Jurisdiction

  Few things cause more frustration than being rejected by a prospective employer because of a “Loss of Jurisdiction” and an “Incident Report.” When you’re terminated from a job where you held a Department of Defense (DoD) security clearance, your former employer “se… more

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  The 5 Most Popular ClearedJobs.Net Stories of 2012

  As 2012 comes to a close, we’re reviewing our blog stories that generated the most readers this year. America loves lists, so those tend to be the most popular articles. That is unless you throw out something controversial such as whether your email service provider makes yo… more

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  What’s Happening in the DoD World of Security Clearance Processing

  Laura Hickman, Director of the Defense Security Service (DSS, aka the agency formerly known as DISCO) spoke at the recent annual meeting of the Chesapeake chapter of the National Classification Management Society, (NCMS aka the Society of Industrial Security Professionals). NC… more