Bill Savarino discusses how pornography can hurt your security clearance eligibility.
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Bill Savarino shares his advice on how to take a polygraph in clearance investigations.
Bill Savarino saved another clearance this time an SCI level clearance with NSA. The matter involved allegations pertaining to pornography under Guideline D (Sexual Behavior); illegal hacking of computer systems under Guideline M (Use of Information Technology Systems); and fraudulent conduct under Guideline J (Criminal Conduct).
Bill Savarino saved another clearance at the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), this time for a senior executive from India. It involved mitigating Foreign Influence issues under Guideline B concerning siblings in India and assets in India.
Bill Savarino discusses illegal drug use and the security clearance process.
Bill Savarino saved another clearance at the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), this time without the need for a hearing by convincing DOHA to withdraw the Statement of Reasons. The applicant was from Pakistan, who had siblings and parent’s-in-law in Pakistan.
Bill Savarino saved another clearance at the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), this time for an employee of a defense contractor with a Colombian spouse and family residing in Colombia. It involved mitigating Foreign Influence issues under Guideline B and Foreign Preference issues under Guideline C due to possession and use of a […]
Bill Savarino saved another clearance at the Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) for an employee of a contractor working at the U.S. State Department. The case involved Guideline E – Personal Conduct and was based on allegations that he lied on his SF-86 about his reason for having left his employer. The individual […]
Bill Savarino saved another clearance and with it the long, distinguished career of a key employee of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS suspended and fought hard to revoke the employee’s access to classified national security information and eligibility to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on allegations under Guideline E – Personal Conduct, Guideline […]
The DoD Consolidated Adjudication Facility (CAF) has recently changed the process for adjudicating personnel clearances before DOHA. The changes may appear innocuous in nature, but they have potentially significant ramifications.
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