In category: Networking
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
Clearance Revoked – Can You Still Get Hired? The Uncleared Career Restart
One sentence in a regulation not substantively amended since 1994 sets the clock. An applicant "finally denied or revoked by the DOHA is barred from reapplication for 1 year from the date of the initial unfavorable clearance decision." That is item 37 of Appendix A to 32 CFR part… more
DOHA Hearings: What Happens When You Appeal a Clearance Denial to a Judge
On 9 May 2025 the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency issued a Statement of Reasons to a software engineer at a defense contractor. She answered, requested a hearing, testified over Microsoft Teams, and was denied on 30 January 2026: 266 days, 43 of them a shutdown fu… more
Security Clearance Denial Rates: How Often Applicants Are Actually Denied, by Guideline
The Defense Department's adjudication facility published a denial figure, and almost nobody quotes it. In fiscal 2021 the DCSA DoD Consolidated Adjudications Facility closed 836,461 cases and recorded 1,810 as "Denied Revoked": denials and revocations pooled, against a workload m… 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