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CACI, GDIT and Peraton: Decoding the GovCon Applicant Tracking Stages
Key takeaways As of July 2026 the answer differs by company. Peraton's candidate portal defines every application status in writing; CACI's ships an empty status-label map. GDIT's Workday portal renders nothing without an account, so we make no claim about it either way. All th… more
Right of First Refusal: What Happens to Your Job When Your Contract Changes Hands
The Federal Acquisition Regulation clause that once required an incoming contractor to offer you your job back now reads, in its entirety: 52.222-17 [Reserved]. So does the whole subpart telling contracting officers when to insert it, checked at FAC 2026-01, effective 03/13/2026:… more
Can You Get a Security Clearance Without a Job Offer?
One sentence of federal regulation disposes of most of this question. Since 24 February 2021, when the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual became binding regulation, 32 CFR 117.10(a)(7) has read: "Contractors will not submit requests for determination of eligibi… more
Unfiled Taxes and Your Clearance: What Investigators Do When You Have Not Filed
In a Department of Energy hearing decided on 20 October 2025, a clearance holder proved he had filed the two delinquent years alleged against him, documented that both tax authorities received the returns, and showed he had overpaid and owed nothing. The judge agreed the mitigati… more
Debt Consolidation, Payment Plans, and Bankruptcy: What Actually Mitigates Guideline F
Search the full text of Security Executive Agent Directive 4, all 27 pages, for "bankrupt." Nothing. Same for "consolidat." Same for "settle." The directive governing every federal adjudication since 8 June 2017 names none of the remedies people agonize over for months. That prov… more