In category: APT32 Activity
How to Verify a Candidate’s Security Clearance Before You Make the Offer
One sentence in a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency policy answers what your hiring team keeps asking. Appendix B, item 9 of the DISS Account Management Policy, version 2.0: "Industry companies are authorized to verify prospective employees' eligibility for access t… more
DCSA Processing Times: What to Tell a Hiring Manager Waiting on a Start Date
The Security, Suitability, and Credentialing Performance Accountability Council put the government-wide end-to-end time for a Secret clearance at 104 days in its FY2026 Q1 progress report. Three months later its FY2026 Q2 report and the matching legacy-metrics supplement print 92… more
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
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