How Does Foreign Influence Affect a Security Clearance?
Published : November 7, 2025
Foreign Influence concerns can become a major issue in security clearance cases for government contractors, military members and federal employees. Unresolved issues involving Foreign Influence is one of the most common grounds for denial of a security clearance. When a foreign influence security concern arises in the context of applying for or attempting to retain […]
How to Keep Your Security Clearance During a Divorce
Published : October 24, 2025
Divorce is one of life’s most difficult events, affecting individuals emotionally, financially, and professionally. For security clearance holders, it also raises an important question. Does your divorce affect your security clearance? It is important to understand that a divorce by itself does not automatically lead to security concerns with a security clearance. However, they can […]
Douglas Factors for Federal Employees
Published : October 17, 2025
Understanding and applying the Douglas factors in federal employee disciplinary cases are critical. Our federal employment law attorneys represent federal employees in disciplinary actions. Douglas factors play a critical role in federal employee defense. There are typically two parts to a federal employee’s disciplinary case: (1) whether the federal employee committed the offense(s) charged; and […]
What is Scattered Castles for Clearance Holders?
Published : October 4, 2025
Many new to the security clearance world are not familiar with Scattered Castles. Scattered Castles is a centralized database maintained by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). Its primary function is to track security clearances, accesses, and affiliations across various intelligence agencies. Unlike the Department of Defense’s Defense Information System for Security (DISS), which covers most military and defense contractors, […]
DIA Security Clearance Process
Published : August 24, 2025
Our security clearance attorneys represent government contractors and federal employees in the security clearance process at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Each federal agency is different in evaluating security clearance issues and the DIA is no different. The DIA security clearance appeals process is initially governed by Executive Order 12698, which delegates clearance processing to the […]
Handling Protected Information Under Guideline K
Published : August 2, 2025
It is very critical for security clearance holders to both handle and protect classified and other sensitive information properly. Improper handling of protected information can (and often does) cost security clearance holders their security clearance. Adjudicative Guideline K of the Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD 4) governs the safeguarding and management of classified, sensitive, and […]
Drug Use and Security Clearance Issues
Published : July 25, 2025
Illegal drug use and misuse can be a crucial factor in obtaining or maintaining a security clearance. Adjudicative Guideline H of the Security Executive Agency Directive (SEAD) governs drug involvement and substance misuse. Drug use refers to the illegal use of a substance or the misuse of a legal drug in a way that deviates […]
Security Clearance Reciprocity
Published : July 19, 2025
Security clearance reciprocity is a federal government policy that allows security clearance holders to move between government agencies without undergoing a new security clearance investigation. By speeding up the process of obtaining a new security clearance at a new agency, reciprocity enhances national security without requiring a new security clearance investigation. It also saves the […]
Foreign Influence Issues and Security Clearances
Published : July 17, 2025
Our law firm represents federal employees, military personnel and government contractors in security clearance issues involving foreign influence and preference. Foreign influence concerns have always been a major security concern because there are potential risks when a clearance holder or applicant’s family or close friends are subject to potential duress or influence by a foreign […]
Tax Issues for Security Clearance Holders
Published : June 27, 2025
As security clearance attorneys, we frequently represent individuals whose tax issues have placed their cleared careers at risk. One of the most commonly overlooked risks to a security clearance is unresolved tax debt or filing issues. Tax-related security clearance issues affect both federal employees and government contractors. While many people understand that an arrest could […]
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