Navigating the security clearance process can be difficult, so check out the official Defense Department FAQ and bring yourself up to speed.

Read the Adjudicative Guidelines Becoming an ‘expert’ on the security clearance process is sort of a laughable vocation for me because that expertise has come through ignorance.

What goes into getting a security clearance? Here are the official guidelines, plus tips on how to expedite the process.

The RAND report cites multiple societal factors aligning with the adjudicative guidelines which may make it more difficult for diverse candidates to successfully obtain a security clearance.

The CCF reviews personnel security investigations to grant security clearances for Soldiers, civilian employees and contractor personnel. The CCF uses the national adjudicative guidelines to ...

CLE Center offers Security Clearance Law - Module 2: Overview of Adjudication Guidelines D - M course for continuing legal education credits individually or part of a compliance bundle. Learn more ...

When evaluating an applicant's suitability for a security clearance, the administrative judge must consider the adjudicative guidelines.

The federal government uses 13 adjudicative guidelines to determine whether federal employees and contractors should be eligible for a security clearance to gain or maintain access to classified ...

Kuhn noted that there were well over 2,000 appeals related to security clearances heard by the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals in 2017, and of the 13 adjudicative guidelines for security ...

Eligibility is reserved for those on a need-to-know basis, and who have demonstrated compliance with the 13 National Security Adjudicative Guidelines, which include allegiance to the U.S. as well ...

In this second part of a three-part series, Security Clearance expert Dr. Jon L. Roberts will provide further insight into the adjudication guidelines considered by Security Clearance evaluators ...