The Intel Summit is taking plac e at National Harbor September 14 and 15. Lewis Shepherd, VMWare Research & Innovation and AFCEA Intelligence Committee Vice Chair, chats about the summit and what attendees can expect.…
September 3, 2022
News of Donald Trump possibly having classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence have led to a flood of online experts sharing their own clearances and security clearance stories. Love Rutledge, a 22-year-federal employee and host…
August 19, 2022
The Pentagon is America’s largest office building, and if you work in the national security community, particularly in the Washington, D.C. metro, there is a decent chance you’ll work there at some point in your…
August 8, 2022
What is the state of the security clearance process today, as Trusted Workforce 2.0 reforms are implemented and the cleared workforce adjusts to a ‘post’ COVID working environment? ClearanceJobs sat down with Lisa Reidy, Vice…
July 22, 2022
NISPOM Change 2 went into effect in May of 2016, codifying policies around insider threat training and mitigation for contractors within the defense industrial base. Still today questions about insider threat and how to stop…
July 8, 2022
Security clearance mobility is the latest topic of a white paper released by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA). We sat down with Larry Hanauer, vice president for policy at the INSA, and Gregory…
June 25, 2022
The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals performs a critical function in the security clearance process – adjudicating cases and making decisions on denials and revocations. To learn more about the DoD CAF, we chatted…
June 11, 2022
A recent New York Times article highlighted in the prevalence of continuous evaluation or employee vetting – and how things like criminal backgroun d checks, credit checks, and public searches were no longer just a…
May 27, 2022
The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals handles a very unique subset of the security clearance process – denials and revocations. Aileen Xenakis-Kozlowski is a former Assistant General Counsel, Washington Headquarters Service, at the U.S.…
May 16, 2022
What is the state of the personnel security process and Trusted Workforce 2.0 today? Last week the Performance Accountability Council released its Trusted Workforce 2.0 implementation strategy. The guidance will give a framework for rolling…
May 2, 2022
What’s a security clearance worth? If you work in national security, it’s a question worth asking. ClearanceJobs editor Jill Hamilton talks about the results of the 2022 Security Clearance Compensation Report, where you can break…
April 24, 2022
Tax issues can have a major impact on your cleared career. With tax season upon us, many individuals may be wondering what to do if they can’t pay their taxes, or how to work with…
April 4, 2022
In recognition of Women’s History Month ClearanceJobs chats with Cadienne Naquin Hopkins, a female national security trailblazer who has served in a variety of capacities in national security and helping encourage women to enter into…
March 20, 2022
In this week’s episode we chat with Kate Horrell, an accredited financial counselor and Navy spouse who regularly works with service members to address financial concerns. She discusses why financial planning is an important part…
March 7, 2022