Federal Suitability and Security Clearances: Issue Mitigation Handbook - Softcover

Henderson, William H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979346630 ISBN 13: 9780979346637

Publisher: Last Post Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

This book explains how suitability and security issues can be mitigated. Proper issue mitigation is not only critical to ultimately obtaining a clearance; in many cases it can result in the granting of an interim clearance and reduce the time it takes to get a final clearance. All 3 major federal personnel security programs are covered in this book with explanations of the procedures, investigations, and adjudicative standards. Sample SOR, LOD, NOPA, and affidavit forms, as well as reference materials, case citations, and rebuttal, hearing, and appeal instructions are included.

About this title

From the Author:

Today most people who apply for government work will go through some type of suitability or security clearance process. Those who have had moderate to major suitability or security issues will experience significant delays in obtaining a clearance and will potentially fail to complete the process because of these delays or be denied a clearance because of:

                                     FINANCES                             CRIMINAL CONDUCT
                                     ALCOHOL                              FOREIGN INFLUENCE
                                     DRUGS                                 FOREIGN PREFERENCE
                                     SEXUAL BEHAVIOR                  MISUSE OF TECHNOLOGY
                                     MENTAL HEALTH                    CONFLICT OF INTEREST
                                     PERSONAL CONDUCT               SECURITY VIOLATIONS

1.    National Security Clearance is required for anyone needing access to classified national security information. Applicants must be investigated, favorably adjudicated, and reinvestigated periodically thereafter. About 3 million jobs require a security clearance and over 800,000 investigations and reinvestigations are conducted each year.

2.    Federal Employment Suitability and Fitness regulations require all federal employees and contractor applicants for Public Trust positions be investigated and receive favorable suitability or fitness determinations. About 400,000 investigations are conducted a year for this purpose.

3.    Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) requires everyone with physical or logical access to federally controlled facilities or computer systems be investigated and cleared for a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card (also known as a CAC within DoD and sometimes referred to as an NACI clearance). It affects about 5.5 million federal employee and contractor positions.

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"In today's tough economy, a security clearance is an immensely valuable career asset.  Issue Mitigation Handbook gives cleared professionals the knowledge and guidance they need to help maintain their suitability and keep their clearance." -- Evan Lesser, Managing Director, ClearanceJobs.com

". . . a ready-reference of useful information for industrial security officers and would-be holders of all levels of Government-granted security clearances.  [This] well-researched book . . . lays out the answers to the tough questions that clearance-aspirants won't find via a Google search." -- Douglas J. Harpel, Editor, Defense Systems Journal

". . . unique in its approach and exceptionally thorough in its content. A great job by an author with extensive practical experience in the personnel security field." -- William R. Loveridge, Facility Security Officer and retired DOD Personnel Security Adjudicator

". . . valuable for everyone working with the federal security system from the security professional to the novice self-advocate. The book is well-organized and succinct, yet exceedingly comprehensive." -- Susan L. Fonfa, Ph.D., Security Consultant

"Issue Mitigation Handbook . . . a tremendous service for all current and aspiring federal employees and contractors requiring security clearance. . . Henderson [is] the preeminent private-sector expert on security clearance processing; the information he imparts significantly contributes to dispelling much of the myth, mystery, and outright misinformation and fear surrounding federal security clearances." -- Jess M. Sadick, Founder and Editor, ClearedCommunity.com

About the Author:

     William Henderson, author of Security Clearance Manual and Issue Mitigation Handbook, is a retired federal investigator who worked as a field agent and supervisor for the Defense Investigative Service (DIS) and its successor organizations, the Defense Security Service (DSS) and the Federal Investigative Services Division of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for over 20 years. He was previously an Army Counterintelligence Agent and a security manager at the Satellite Control Facilities Operation of Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation.
     He wrote his first personnel security investigation report in 1970 for the U.S. Army. His assignments included CI Special Operations in Japan and Korea, Source Administration in Vietnam, CI field office duty in Chicago, tactical CI operations in Colorado Springs, and a position on the J2 staff at CINCLANT.
     While with DIS, DSS and OPM, he held positions of Special Agent, Senior Resident Agent, and Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge. He worked primarily in Monterey, California where he conducted numerous security investigations of former Soviet Bloc Émigrés And Refugees teaching at the Defense Language Institute. He also frequently conducted investigations in major metropolitan areas throughout the United States.
    After his retirement from federal service in 2007, he published two books, which have been used as textbooks at colleges and universities, and scores of articles on federal personnel security programs. He's been interviewed by print and broadcast journalists, served as an expert witness in civil lawsuits, and provide security clearance consulting services to hundreds of clearance applicants.

About this edition

• Publisher: Last Post Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0979346630
• ISBN 13: 9780979346637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 254