The Personnel Vetting Program establishes the standards, criteria, and guidelines upon which trust determinations or adjudicative decisions are based for each personnel vetting domain.
Personnel Vetting Scenarios: Upgrades, Transfer of Trust, and Re-Establishment of Trust
April 2025, 2 pages. Three of five personnel vetting scenarios apply to current and former trusted insiders and include upgrades, transfer of trust (ToT), and re-establishment of trust (RoT). This job aid provides a description of the scenarios along with the common requirements and outcomes of each.
National Security Adjudication
April 2025, 1 page. National security adjudication is an examination of an individual’s life to determine if that person is an acceptable security risk and to make a trust determination. This job aid lists the 13 adjudicative guidelines and the factors the security practitioner should consider when making a trust determination.
Personnel Vetting Scenarios: Continuous Vetting
April 2025, 2 pages. Continuous vetting (CV) is one of the five personnel vetting scenarios and is a regular review of a covered individual’s background. This job aid answers your questions about CV including how CV works, the benefits of CV, and who is subject to CV.
Reporting Requirements Interactive Tool
April 2024. The Reporting Requirements Interactive Tool supports covered individuals in recognizing standards and conditions which are required to be reported.
Federal Personnel Vetting (FPV) Investigative Standards 2022 Crosswalk
April 2024, 2 pages. This job aid provides a crosswalk between the 2012 Federal Investigative Standards (FIS) and the 2022 Federal Personnel Vetting (FPV) Investigative Standards, to include Position Designation, Transitional Standard Form (SF), and the Personnel Vetting Questionnaire (PVQ) equivalent.
Federal Investigative Standards (FIS) Crosswalk Guide 2012
September 2023, 3 pages. This job aid provides a crosswalk between the 2012 Federal Investigative Standards and the Federal Investigative Standards that were used prior to 2012, to include Position Designation and Risk/Sensitivity Levels and the Standard Forms used for each.
Receive and Maintain Your National Security Eligibility
June 2023, 25 pages. This job aid breaks down the national security eligibility process, to include position designation, adjudicative guidelines, due process, continuous evaluation, and self-reporting.
Personnel Vetting Overview
March 2022, 2 pages. This job aid provides a broad overview of the Personnel Vetting models of National Security, Suitability/Fitness, and HSPD-12 Credentialing.
Suitability Factors Job Aid
March 2022, 4 pages. This Job Aid is a quick reference for those wanting to learn more information about the factors that could lead to the rejection of a candidate for service in the Department of Defense or other federal government agency.
Reporting Requirements at a Glance
October 2020, 2 pages. This Job Aid provides information on the reporting responsibilities that are set forth in Security Executive Agent Directive 3 (SEAD 3).