Security Clearances: Completing the Standard Form 86

Military personnel, and increasingly government employees, must maintain security clearance, requiring a minimum 7-year review of the applicant’s background. Standard Form 86 facilitates that review. Given the sensitivity of holding a clearance and the publicity that results from individuals whose backgrounds were not “sufficiently” examined, completely, correctly, and accurately completing the form, is a stressful endeavor. It is made more so if an investigator questions the responses. This course is designed to familiarize applicants and their advisors with the SF 86, and provide advice beyond “disclose, disclose, disclose,” such insights into what the government is looking to understand, and how…