In category: veterans
What Investigators Actually Ask Your SF-86 References – and How to Prep Them
Section 16 of the SF-86 asks for three people who know you well. What the written-inquiry stage sends them is a two-page form, mailed from a post office box in Boyers, Pennsylvania, with nine numbered items on the back and a return envelope inside. The government estimates it tak… more
Hiring Cleared Talent Away From Another Contractor: The Rules of Crossover Recruiting
In FY2026 the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency bills a non-DoD agency $5,890 for the Tier 5 investigation behind a Top Secret clearance and $455 for a Tier 3. Not your invoice: under the National Industrial Security Program the government customer pays. It is the u… more
When Continuous Vetting Flags Your Cleared Employee: The Employer’s Obligation and the Backfill
One sentence starts the clock when DCSA notifies you. The contractor "will immediately deny access to classified information to any employee when notified of a denial, revocation, or suspension of eligibility regardless of the contractor employee's location," per 32 CFR 117.10(a)… more
Contract Recompete: How to Retain the Incumbent Cleared Workforce You Just Inherited
Key takeaways FAR 52.222-17 and Subpart 22.12 have read [Reserved] since 5 June 2020. The 2021 revival never reached the FAR, but the order urged agencies to insert the clause anyway. Read your own solicitation. What survived is a pay floor, not a hiring duty, and it stops at n… more
Surviving an OFCCP Audit: The Recruitment Records You Must Be Able to Produce
On July 16, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget approved OFCCP's request to discontinue information collection 1250-0003, which held "the Supply and Service Scheduling Letter and Itemized Listing (collectively referred to as the 'scheduling letter')." That letter was the en… more