Security Clearance Insecurity

The Government Accountability Office provides – you guessed it – accountability across a variety of federal programs. When a program lands on the GAO’s high risk list that means it is pa rticularly vulnerable and in need of transformation. Since 2018, the personnel security program has been on the GAO’s high-risk list – and it’s not the first time personnel security has been there. Progress has been made over the past several years, including reducing the backlog from a high of 725,000 pending cases, and reducing cleara nce processing times, but more progress needs to be made – particularly in the area of IT security and evaluation of current initiatives, such as Continuous Evaluation. Brian Mazanec, director of GAO’s defense capabilities and management team, discusses the GAO’s most recent update on the personnel security program – areas of progress and areas of opportunity. 

On the second half of the program, security clearance attorney Sean Bigley and ClearanceJobs.com’s Lindy Kyzer talk what NOT to say to your security clearance background investigator – if you really want to get or keep that security clearance. 

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Mark Frownfelter, assistant director of the special security directorate of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence comes to talk about Trusted Workforce 2.0 and changes being m ade to improve and enhance the personnel security program. The personnel security program has come a long way, and even more changes are being considered to enhance and overhaul security efforts. Sean Bigley of Bigley Ranish and Lindy Kyzer with ClearanceJobs.com talk about security clearance self reporting and why Continuous Evaluation makes it even more important. 

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Sometimes a security clearance isn’t simply denied orrevoked – it enters a dreaded Loss of Jurisdiction status. It’s the equivalentof security c learance limbo, or maybe the Bermuda Triangle. While it may bedreaded, security clearance consultant William Henderson explains what you cando if your security clearance doesn’t go through. Then, security clearanceattorney Sean Bigley and Lindy Kyzer with ClearanceJobs.com discuss 2020/202 1security clearance denials and revocations. Why are current num bers down, andwhat does that mean for 2022?  

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Drug use is a growing security clearance consideration, with 17 states legalizing the drug at the state leve l and the rapid growth in CBD products. It's important to understand that because marijuana use remains illegal at the federal level, the government still considers it a no-go for clearance holders, and it creates many issues for clearance applicants. ClearanceJobs chats with Kimberly Berlin, a substance abuse counselor and owner of the Berlin Group LLC. Sean Bigley, security clearance attorney, and Lindy Kyzer, ClearanceJobs, discuss CBD and your security clearance. 

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ClearanceJobs talks with H eather Green, director of the Vetting Risk Operations Center at the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency about reaching full enrollment of the DoD clearance population into the continuous vetting program. It's a critical milestone in the government's Trusted Workforce 2.0 personnel security reform initiative. Security clearance attorney Sean Bigley talks about common CV issues for clearance holders and applicants. 

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