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IAT, IAM, IASAE and the DCWF Role Codes: Which Category Your Cleared Job Falls Into
The clause that put "IAT Level II" into a generation of cleared job descriptions is dated JAN 2008 and points at DoD 8570.01-M, a manual the Department cancelled on February 15, 2023. It is still printed in the codified DFARS, and since February 1, 2026 contracting officers have … more
Failing a Polygraph and Keeping Your Job: What Actually Happens Next
In fiscal year 2002, Department of Defense examiners ran 8,512 counterintelligence-scope screening polygraphs. Of those, 267 produced a significant response, volunteered substantive information, or both. When DoD wrote the report, none of the 267 had been denied access or had acc… more
Marrying or Living With a Foreign National: What It Does to Your Clearance and Your Job Options
The adjudicative clause that reaches your living arrangement never mentions foreign nationals. Guideline B of SEAD 4 lists as a disqualifying condition "shared living quarters with a person or persons, regardless of citizenship status, if that relationship creates a heightened ri… more
SF-86 Section 18: Which Relatives You Must List, Including Deceased and Foreign-Born
Section 18 of the Standard Form 86 never gives you a number. It prints 16 relative types as checkboxes, sets one instruction above them and leaves the arithmetic to your family: "Select each type of relative applicable to you, regardless if they are living or deceased." No publis… more
How to Put 1099, Gig, and Self-Employment Work on the SF-86
The string "1099" appears zero times in the 136 pages of the SF-86. So does "W-2." So do "freelance," "gig," "independent contractor" and the whole word "IRS." The questionnaire that decides your clearance eligibility has no opinion about which tax document a client mailed you in… more