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security clearance

An administrative determination by competent authority that an individual is eligible, from a security stand-point, for access to classified information.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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It's back to the drawing board on security clearances.
From 2002 to 2005, the number of security clearances canceled for financial reasons jumped ninefold to 2,654.
Within 180 days of enactment (in other words, by June 20), the president must select a single agency of the executive branch to conduct security clearance investigations for the entire federal government.
DynCorp's familiarity with background investigations and the security clearance adjudication process allowed the company to develop several innovative business processes that will be used during performance of the DSS contract.
(2) In surveying its five largest defense contractors, the Under Secretary determined that the proposal would "simply shift the current costs of performing contractor security clearances, including overhead, general and administrative ..., and profit/ fee to DOD weapons systems, thereby increasing the costs of those weapons systems and increasing the Department's costs in total." (3) The projected costs of implementing PBD 434 would result in the DOD paying an additional thirty-four percent over the current costs for such clearances.
Additional PSQ and NAQ forms may be ordered from the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) using DISCO Form 2.
The Central Intelligency Agency, the National Security Agency, the State Department, the Secret Service, and several other agencies do their own security clearances.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- House Democrats are ramping up their investigation of White House security clearances following reports that President Donald Trump ordered a top-secret clearance for his son-in-law and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner despite concerns from intelligence officials.
The committee says the update on Clinton's security clearance is part of an ongoing State Department review related to her use of a nongovernment email server.
The BNP-M's candidate on PB-31 had filed a petition in BHC on Saturday citing the election process were disturbed due to a suicide attack on a polling station while polling process was halted for hours due to security clearance.
And officials of the SECP acknowledged that security clearance was not yet given.

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