ClearedCommunity.com
"An educational website on how to acquire, maintain, and retain a federal security clearance. It is also has a Web-based discussion board where users may share lessons learned about security clearances. Media and nonprofit organizations use information on ClearedCommunity.com to press for greater accountability and transparency in security clearance policies and procedures. Lawyers use ClearedCommunity,com to track security clearance reforms and identify potential clients."
Author: "Jess Sadick is a former intelligence analyst who served at the U.S. Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI. Upon leaving government service in 2006, he founded ClearedCommunity.com to help individuals learn about security clearances, which are a prerequisite for thousands for post-9/11 federal jobs, and to encourage greater accountability and transparency in the entire security clearance process."
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Recent Posts from ClearedCommunity.com
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Man Takes Clearance Revocation to Appeals Court
An Egyptian-American whose security clearance was revoked tried this week to persuade an appeals court to order the Department of Energy (DOE) to grant him a hearing where he might learn the reasons for the…
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Group Petitions Court About Revoked Clearance
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has submitted an amicus brief to a federal court arguing that David Tenenbaum, whose case involving the Department of Defense (DoD) we first wrote about here, should be allowed to challenge…
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Scenarios for Clearance Disqualification
Today, the Washington Post’s career counselor shared some insights on specific personal scenarios, including certain criminal and personal conduct, that might complicate acquiring a security clearance. The counselor draws upon clearance adjudication outcomes posted to…
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Teleworking Speeds Clearance Processing
By allowing investigators to work from home, the time necessary to process new security clearances has decreased from one year in 2001 to 37 days now, says Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry. It…
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Former FBI Official Criticizes FBI Oversight
A former counterintelligence and counterterrorism manager at the FBI has criticized Bureau procedures for issuing security clearances and investigating wrong-doing by FBI employees. John Cole says “no agency should have control over their own security…
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Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Security Clearance Reforms
On September 15, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management held a hearing on security clearance reform at which the key federal officials on this issue testified. View…
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CIA Clearance Investigator Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Reports
A CIA investigator has reportedly pleaded guilty to falsifying reports involving security clearances. The writer attributes the incident to pressure to complete security clearance investigations more quickly. ClearedCommunity.com last reported on this issue here.
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Failed Challenge to Security Clearance Revocation
A Federal appeals court reportedly has ruled against a Secret Service agent who sued after her security clearance was revoked. The court sided with the district court which dismissed the case because the Secret Service’s…
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Criminal Proceedings and Security Clearances
A lawyer comments on how criminal proceedings may impact a security clearance. He advises that a criminal or drug charge is seen as only one factor in a “whole person” analysis, “meaning the agency considers…
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Blogger Shares Insights on Clearance Adjudication Process
A blogger recently shared details about the processing of his or her security clearance, apparently at the Department of State. The blogger says 80% of clearances in process end up going to an adjudicator for…