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Category Archives: Security Clearance

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  Three Social Media Activities That Might Cost You Your Security Clearance

  It should be no surprise that most clearance holders have active social media accounts on one or more of the many available platforms. Over the past year technological improvements used to track information and activity on social media platforms has rapidly increased. Whi… more

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  Security Clearances: Your Obligation to Report Foreign Contacts

  Security Consultant, TC Mitchell, explains security clearance holders’ obligation to report foreign national contacts. A foreign national is any person who is not a U.S. citizen or U.S. national. One of your many responsibilities as a person that holds a security cleara… more

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  Can Financial Problems Impact Your Security Clearance

  For most people there is a clear separation of personal and professional decisions, as long as they do not adversely affect one’s ability to do their job. But for those who hold a security clearance, many more aspects of their personal decisions are going to be scrutinized… more

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  Lies and Security Clearances: How Could This Happen?

  Recently in the headlines, a story of a high-ranking government employee was found to have made exaggerated claims about her professional career. It seems that this person had “souped up” her credentials both inside and outside the federal government to obtain her positi… more

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  A Reform Plan to Improve the Security Clearance Mess

  On March 7, 2018 industry leaders from organizations that operate in the security cleared environment testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee regarding the problems with the current systems that have resulted in a backlog of over 700,000 cases. Six Steps to Security Cle… more