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Continuous Vetting vs. Continuous Evaluation: What Changed, and What It Now Checks
On October 1, 2021, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency reported it had enrolled every Department of Defense security clearance holder in a program called Continuous Vetting. The same milestone retired the practice of reinvestigating those holders every five to te… more
Defense Contractor Layoffs: The First 72 Hours, and How to Keep Your Clearance Alive
Under 32 CFR 117.12(l), the facility security officer has to debrief you and log it the day your employment ends, whether that ending is a discharge, a resignation, or a retirement. That signature is the first document of a layoff. It does not take your clearance away. A layoff s… more
OFCCP Job Posting Requirements: What a Federal Contractor Must Actually List, and Where
Nearly every federal contract worth $150,000 or more carries a clause numbered 52.222-35. It runs a few sentences, and most hiring managers never read it. That clause binds the contractor to one regulation, 41 CFR 60-300.5(a), and the regulation issues an order with real teeth: l… more
The 24-Month Clock: How Long a Clearance Stays Reactivatable After a Cleared Job Ends
Search the text of 32 CFR 117.10, the federal rule that decides whether a contractor employee may access classified information, and the phrase "24 months" appears zero times. "Two years" is absent too. Yet ask almost anyone in the cleared workforce how long a clearance stays goo… more
Jobs That Sponsor a Security Clearance: How to Find Them and What to Say
You cannot apply for a security clearance. Not online, not through a recruiter, not by paying a fee to a service that promises to speed things up. The Congressional Research Service puts it in one sentence: "An individual may not obtain or initiate a security clearance on his or … more