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Security ClearanceContinuous Evaluation Program All Department of Defense personnel are now subject to “continuous vetting” designed to identify clearance issues such as arrests, bankruptcies, and foreign travel immediately, with surveillance of public social-media postings likely coming soon, the Pentagon announced on October 5, 2021. If you receive a Continuous Evaluation Information Report (CEIR), contact Korody …
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MCO 5354.1F Marine Corps Prohibited Activities and Conduct Prevention and Response In April 2021, the Marine Corps released MCO 5354.1F. The new Marine Corps Equal Opportunity (EO) policy consolidated guidance on equal opportunity, harassment (both sexual and otherwise), dissident and protest activity, bullying, hazing, and a host of other concerns. It is now the one-stop-shop …
Korody Law – Serving Members of the Military Worldwide. Korody Law brings more than 25 years total military service to the table. Firm Founder and Attorney Patrick Korody spent 10 years on active duty in the Navy JAG Corps. He has handled military justice cases around the world including on the ground in Iraq and …
Psycho-Sexual Evaluations A psycho-sexual evaluation is a structured interview and a battery of psychological assessments designed to evaluate sexual interests and sexual behavior. Attorney Patrick Korody is an experienced sex crimes attorney. If you are charged with a military sex crime or a state or federal sex crime in or around Jacksonville, Florida, call Attorney …
The Department of Defense and its military departments are moving all security clearances for military members, civilian employees, and contractors to a continuous evaluation (CE) investigative process. This means that the DoD will be doing continuous vetting – that is searching commercial and government records databases – for adverse information about security holders. No longer …
DoD’s New Level of Review for Military Discharges: The Discharge Appeals Review Board (DARB) On April 7, 2021 the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a new level of review for those discharged after December 20, 2019: The Discharge Appeal Review Board (DARB). The DARB is not run by the military departments – i.e. the Department …
Do character references actually help? It is easy to read a Security Clearance Statement of Reasons (SOR) or Security Clearance Letter of Intent (LOI) and assume that your character is being called into question. In certain cases, the listed “concern” or the “factors that may raise a security concern” listed in the SOR or LOI …
Security Clearance Guideline B: Foreign Influence The Security Adjudicative Guidelines (often referred to collectively as “The Guidelines”) are outlined in Security Executive Agent Directive 4 (SEAD 4). They have been adopted within the U.S. Government as the primary source for determining security clearance eligibility. Guideline B of the security clearance Guidelines specifically addresses concerns surrounding …
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Responding to a Security Clearance Statement of Reasons (SOR) handling security clearancecases since 2009 A Statement of Reasons (SOR) is a document informing a security clearance applicant or holder that a preliminary decision has been made to deny or revoke a security clearance. This Article focuses heavily on Department of Defense (DoD) contractor Industrial Security …