Special Access Programs (SAP) are established to protect national security by employing enhanced security measures to strictly enforce need-to-know and have access requirements that exceed those ...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/requirements-for-special-access-programs/
In 2018, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law, enabling those undergoing background investigations to keep a credit report security freeze in ...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/clearance-applicants-and-security-freezes-on-credit-reports/
There were only two Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals (DOHA) cases involving the Allegiance guideline this year. This one involved a DoD contractor who had shown a more than passing interest ...
Although Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD) -5 already provides government agencies the authority to collect open-source social media data, most agencies have shied away from doing it for ...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/future-use-of-social-media-in-continuous-vetting/
There are many cleared workers who have to report to a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) every day to do their work. With the recent changes in allowing more telework and remote...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/insa-publishes-report-on-reimagining-the-scif-life/
Last month, bipartisan legislation was submitted in the House of Representatives that would prevent federal agencies from denying an applicant a job or security clearance based on their current o...
https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/what-is-the-cannabis-users-restoration-of-eligibility-cure-act/
ClearanceJobs.com teamed up with the Intelligence and National Security Foundation (INSF) to analyze why there is so much confusion among the younger population about drug use, specifically mari...
Among all the security clearance reform initiatives over the last five years was an effort by Senator Mark Warner (D-Va) to modernize the way the government vetted applicants for security clearan...