In category: Networking
Trusted Workforce 2.0 and NBIS: What Replaced the Periodic Reinvestigation
Agencies scheduled 7,716 periodic reinvestigations in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 they scheduled 100.The change that ended it for cleared industry was announced on 19 May 2026, when the Defense Counterintelligence and Security… 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
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