In category: cybersecurity
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
Social Media on the SF-86: What You Must Disclose and What Investigators May Review
Key takeaways "Social media" appears exactly 4 times in the 136-page SF-86 PDF (revised November 2016), all four on the release page, none in any of the 29 numbered sections. Section 27, Use of Information Technology Systems, does ask three seven-year questions about your onlin… more
Security Clearance Psychological Evaluations: When You Get Sent to One, and What It Decides
Key takeaways Since 8 June 2017 the governing guideline has said a formal diagnosis is not required for a Guideline I concern, and no negative inference may be raised solely from mental health counseling. Guideline I carries 5 disqualifying and 5 mitigating conditions. Two miti… 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