Department of Justice Skips Reference Checks The Department of Justice comes under investigation for skipping reference checks when applicants have security clearance.
OPM Fields Public Comments on SF-86 If you've ever had to obtain a security clearance, you know that filling out Standard Form 86 can be tedious. If you've ever...
Don't Let Furlough Cuts Injure Your Security Clearance The upcoming furlough can affect your security clearance in tricky and indirect ways. Here's four tips on how to cope.
Modernizing Security Clearance Renewal Do we need changes in how we gain and renew security clearance in the near future?
Democrats Renew Call for Probe of Musk-Putin Ties Seven months after a report said Elon Musk had held phone conversations with Vladimir Putin, there is no sign the Defense...
Trump & Co’s Polygraph Pandemonium "Multiple studies over the years have shown not only that polygraphs are hardly foolproof when it comes to vetting ...
US Bans Government Personnel in China from Romantic or Sexual Relations with Chinese Citizens The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with...
Improvements Considered for Clearance Process If you're thinking about a job that requires a security clearance, you should know what changes may be coming down the pike.
2013 Fall Security Clearance Decisions If you're wondering what exceptions the Office of Personnel Management makes in accepting clearances, check out a few cases...
OPM Restrictions for Contractors with Clearances If you're looking for contracting jobs that require a clearance, you should know the restrictions you'll be working with.
Harvard to Offer Full Rides to 50 Veterans and Civil Servants for Master's Degrees in Public Policy The $100,000 fellowships are being offered at a time when the school has come under attack from President Donald Trump, who...
Fort Hood Senior Noncommissioned Officer Arrested a Second Time on Child Sex Assault Charges Sgt. Maj. Victor Manuel Rivera was arrested on June 18 and released on a $90,000 bond on June 30. He is facing a first-degree...
Trump Taps Air Force and Space Force Generals as Next Service Vice Chiefs Nominations were put in front of the Senate for Space Force Lt. Gen. Shawn Bratton and Air Force Gen. Thomas Bussiere to...
The New VA Budget Pushes to Privatize Care, Risking the Veterans Health System "We are watching the slow dismantling of the VA from the inside out, buried in a budget document. If left unchecked, this...
21-Year-Old Soldier Hacked Databases, Threatened to Leak Stolen Data, Feds Say John Wagenius was stationed at Fort Cavazo and at a U.S. Army base in South Korea throughout the scheme between April 2023...