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Good day.

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This is Jodi Pavey with Defense
Counterintelligence and Security Agency

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DCSA, discussing Personnel
Security investigations

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alleged directed falsification.

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The purpose of this presentation
is to reduce mistakes or omissions

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on the security questionnaire
to streamline the security clearance

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background investigation process.

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The following presentation is unclassified
and contains

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no PII or CUI.

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DCSA handles over 2

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million investigations
per year on civilian

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and military applicants
that include suitability for government

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employment, fitness for appointment
to an accepted service position,

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fitness to perform work
under a government contract,

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eligibility to serve
in a national security sensitive position,

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acceptance or retention
in the armed forces,

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eligibility
for access to classified information

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and or eligibility
for logical or physical access

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to a federally controlled facility
or information technology systems.

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What is ADF?

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Alleged Directed Falsification, or ADF, is
when falsified information is provided

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or information is omitted by the subject
that may impact the outcome

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of an official decision
and is intentionally wrong,

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and the subject alleges an authority
figure, such as a recruiter, employer,

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or security official directed them
to supply a falsified information.

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The false information
or omitted information

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must be intentionally wrong,
and when subject is asked

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regarding the false
or omitted information, the subject

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must claim this direction
was from an authority figure.

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Subject providing false information
or omitted information

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without direction from an authority
figure is not considered ADF.

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Why does this matter?

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Bringing to light the following issues
to your recruiters and security officials

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can have a significant impact on the cost,
timeliness, and potential risks

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associated with your organization's
personnel security operations.

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We will discuss the effects
in more depth over the next few slides.

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Cost: triggered enhanced subject interviews
or TESIs

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scheduled to cover flags due
to developed information or falsification

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can add up to $970 to the cost of a T2
or T3 case type.

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Employee availability,
such as troop readiness

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or special projects
requiring access, may also be impacted.

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In addition, time spent
conducting an enhanced subject interview

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or ESI and or TESI extends the time subjects
away from their job duties.

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Overall,
this can negatively impact budgeting,

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the mission, and effective operations.

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Timeliness.

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In addition to cost,
timeliness is impacted by the additional

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time needed to schedule, conduct,
and obtain results.

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As additional information
developed through the questionnaire

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now requires further follow up.

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when the information required
as a case component

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is included on the questionnaire,
it is scheduled after receipt.

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If the information contains no issues, a TESI
may no longer be necessary.

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In addition, when a case requires an ESI,
the investigator does not have access

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to all necessary

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information, resulting in extended
time needed to interview the subject.

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Risk.

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In addition to cost and timeliness,
there is a risk effect on the requester.

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Decreased force
readiness is one component,

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specifically unresolved issues
can negatively impact

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a cleared individual's ability
to deploy or perform their job duties.

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There are also increased
security concerns.

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Performing sensitive national security
duties while burdened by financial issues,

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criminal issues,
pending court cases, drug or alcohol use,

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and or med psych issues
can lead to impaired decision making.

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Therefore, posing a security risk.

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Next, we will discuss

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the effects of ADF on DCSA.

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First, cost to conduct a background
investigation

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is increased through extended time
spent by the investigators,

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support contractors, quality
reviewers and adjudicators.

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Second, timeliness is impacted
when the life of the case is extended,

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which negatively affects DCSA’s
overall timeliness,

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which is regulated by the intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act.

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IRTPA of 2004.

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Why does this matter?

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IRTPA was enacted in response to the terror

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attacks on September 11th, 2001.

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Originally,
it outlined that 80% of national security

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investigations be completed within 90 days
and adjudicated within 30 days.

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The act was revised in December 2009 via
the Intelligence Authorization

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Act of 2010, to increase the percentage
to 90% of national security investigations

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to be completed within 40 days
and adjudicated within 20 days.

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In October 2012,
the Director of National Intelligence

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set new government wide guidelines
for the fastest 90% of single scope

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background investigation
cases to be completed within 100 days.

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Specifically 80 days for the investigation
and 20 days for adjudication.

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They also set a 60 day goal for secret
confidential investigations, which breaks

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down to 40 days for the investigation
and 20 days for adjudication.

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How does this affect the subject?

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Potential effects on the subject
of the investigation include

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increased time away from work and school
and or personal matters,

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as a result of unlisted information.

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This encompasses not only time spent away
during the ESI or TESI, but afterwards,

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if additional information must be gathered
to provide to the investigator.

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From an adjudicative perspective,
the subject may be disqualified

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from consideration.

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Also, from an adjudicative perspective,
the timeliness of granting

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eligibility or access is now delayed.

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If subject is up front, listing
all of the requirements on the SF 86,

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the adjudicator could mitigate
and grant eligibility

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because of honesty
and being transparent about issues.

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If falsification is present

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within an investigation,
the outcome may be delayed, if not worse.

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We will next discuss actual case studies
that have occurred.

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We will show what happened
and what the outcome was due

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to subject either
falsifying or omitting information.

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In this particular situation,
the applicant was instructed

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not to disclose their arrest
and mental health history.

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However, the applicant had a long history
of disciplinary actions

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in school to include fighting,
possessing narcotics

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with intent to deliver,
and two incidents of criminal threats.

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The applicant was arrested
after making a specific threat

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to shoot up the school where subject
attended.

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The applicant was being treated
for mental illness and suicide attempts

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since the eighth grade.

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After disclosing this to an authority
figure during the background investigation

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process, subject was instructed to lie
about all of the above

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incidents because, quote,
“none of them are important” end quote.

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Subject ended her security interview
early stating she was going to go

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speak with the chaplain.

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Subject
was later removed from federal service.

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The next case study shows the

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applicant was instructed not to disclose
issues with law enforcement.

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Subject had a long history of incidents
in school involving the police

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to include dealing drugs,
making threats, hacking into computers,

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being disruptive, and supporting
Nazi and white supremacist ideologies.

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The subjects teacher feared
he would shoot up his coworkers.

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They were also incidents
with law enforcement to include

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shoplifting, robbery,
assault, domestic violence, building

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of both IED’s and homemade flamethrowers,
and using and dealing drugs.

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The FBI, ATF and local bomb squad

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raided the subject's house prior
to the time he began federal service.

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In addition, on a school paper
when detailing his future

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career plans, subject wrote
he wanted to shoot brown people.

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In this situation subject
was instructed to omit all of the above

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due to alleged directed falsification.

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He was brought into federal service,
where he was now

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in a position to negatively impact
those around him.

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Ultimately, within six months of starting
federal service, subject was arrested

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on multiple charges to include
dealing narcotics on federal property.

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In our final case study an

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applicant was instructed
not to disclose mental health treatment.

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The applicant was interviewed
about admitted marijuana use

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and would have otherwise gone undetected

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through the process
regarding mental health.

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However, during their interview,
the applicant admitted

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to a history of mental illness
with homicidal tendencies

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where he had fantasized
since the age of 13 of plunging

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a pair of scissors
into another person's neck.

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The authority

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completing the security questionnaire
was notified but never took any action.

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On the day the applicant was interviewed,
he admitted to a plot

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to kill multiple individuals
where he had access to firearms.

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He accepted he would spend the rest
of his life in solitary confinement.

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Law enforcement responded to subject's
location.

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Subject admitted to the murder plot
and was transported to an inpatient

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psychiatric hospital.

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In conclusion,

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issues with personal conduct to include
honesty and falsification issues

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is one of the top reasons
for the denial of a clearance.

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Proactively disclosing all information
will oftentimes avoid the need

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for an interview and allow for a favorable
and faster adjudication.