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An interim clearance may be denied (although the final clearance may still be granted) for having a large amount of debt, [41] having a foreign spouse, for having admitted to seeing a doctor for a mental health condition, or for having admitted to other items of security concern (such as a criminal record or a history of drug use.). When ...
In another innovation, those receiving security clearances would now have to provide information that the government previously had to acquire through its own investigations. [1] As a counterbalance to the new burdens placed on employees, Executive Order 12968 detailed that an applicant for a security clearance had a right to a hearing and to a ...
Non-cleared personnel in SCIFs must be under the constant oversight of cleared personnel and all classified information and material removed from view to prevent unauthorized access. [7] As part of this process, non-cleared personnel are also typically required to surrender all recording, photographic and other electronic media devices.
In order to have access to material in a particular SCI "compartment", the person must first have the clearance level for the material. The SCI designation is an add-on, not a special clearance level. Someone cleared at the SECRET level for some compartment X cannot see material in compartment X that is classified TOP SECRET.
A clearance by itself is normally not sufficient to gain access; the organization must also determine that the cleared individual needs to know specific information. No individual is supposed to be granted automatic access to classified information solely because of rank, position, or a security clearance. [1] [full citation needed]
All SCI must be handled within formal access control systems established by the Director of National Intelligence. [1] SCI is not a classification; SCI clearance has sometimes been called "above Top Secret", [2] but information at any classification level may exist within an SCI control system. When "decompartmentalized", this information is ...
In June 2015, OPM announced that it had been the target of a data breach targeting personnel records. [1] Approximately 22.1 million records were affected, including records related to government employees, other people who had undergone background checks, and their friends and family.
A person is granted access to a specific compartment after the individual has: (a) had a Single Scope Background Investigation similar to that required for a collateral Top Secret clearance; (b) been "read into" or briefed on the nature and sensitivity of the compartment; and (c) signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA).