All About Security Clearances An applicant's personal and professional history must indicate loyalty to the United States and many other values.
Don't Let Your Security Clearance Expire An active security clearance is a commodity that must be actively maintained and managed.
Avoiding Social Engineering Attacks "Social engineering" is hacker-speak for conning legitimate computer users into providing useful information.
Be Aware: How Spies Are Caught Those who commit espionage must fear arrest for the rest of their life, as the statute of limitations does not apply to...
Checking Contracts for Clearance Requirements If you're looking for work that may require a security clearance, make sure you study the fine print.
Clearance Holders: Avoid Foreign Recruiting It is important for Americans who have contact with foreign nationals to understand how they spot, assess and recruit agents.
Clearance Holders: Gifts from Outside Sources Executive branch employees are subject to restrictions on the gifts that they may accept from sources outside the government.
Clearance Holders' Reporting Responsibilities If you are entrusted with classified material, you are expected to report potential security concerns about a co-worker.
Clearances and Appropriate Use of Computer Systems Misuse of an automated information system is sometimes illegal, often unethical, and always reflects poor judgment or lack of...
Clearance Self-Reporting: General Requirements Security clearance holders must keep their security office informed about anything that might impact their security...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...