The Personnel Security Program establishes the standards, criteria, and guidelines upon which personnel security eligibility determinations are based.

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• Adverse Information Reporting
  Provides information regarding adverse information reporting responsibilities. The short provides the opportunity to evaluate information and behaviors to determine if an incident report is appropriate, and identifies when and how adverse information should be reported.
   
• Continuous Vetting Awareness
  Provides a detailed overview of Continuous Vetting and addresses its policies, purpose and the role it plays in maintaining a trusted workforce.


• Counterintelligence Concerns for Adjudicators
  Provides an opportunity to practice recognition of counterintelligence concerns relevant to the performance of their job tasks and raises awareness of these issues and their importance in the context of the adjudication process.


• Federal Personnel Vetting Scenarios
  The Personnel Vetting Scenarios Short provides an overview of personnel vetting scenarios associated with Trusted Workforce 2.0, and the associated federal personnel vetting investigative standards.

• Personnel Vetting At A Glance
  Provides a broad overview of the Personnel Vetting models of National Security, Suitability/Fitness, and HSPD-12 Credentialing reporting responsibilities that are set forth in multiple Security Executive Agent Directives and Executive Orders.

• Reciprocity in the Personnel Security Program
  Explains the importance for reciprocity in the Personnel Security Program. It emphasizes the reason for reciprocity, as well as a review of the numerous national and DOD policies that require reciprocity.
   
• Reporting Requirements At A Glance
  Provides information on the reporting responsibilities that are set forth in Security Executive Agent Directive 3 (SEAD 3). This directive establishes the reporting requirements for all covered individuals who have access to classified information or hold a sensitive position.
   
• The 13 Adjudicative Guidelines

  Explains how to perform the role of a personnel security adjudicator through a series of short format courses, each individually addressing one of the 13 Adjudicative Guidelines. Participants will make adjudicative eligibility determinations in 13 adjudicative guideline based scenarios by examining the concern, disqualifying conditions, and mitigating conditions of each guideline. They are provided feedback regarding their decisions.

  1. Adjudicative Guideline A: Allegiance to the United States
  2. Adjudicative Guideline B: Foreign Influence
  3. Adjudicative Guideline C: Foreign Preference
  4. Adjudicative Guideline D: Sexual Behavior
  5. Adjudicative Guideline E: Personal Conduct
  6. Adjudicative Guideline F: Financial Considerations
  7. Adjudicative Guideline G: Alcohol Consumption
  8. Adjudicative Guideline H: Drug Involvement
  9. Adjudicative Guideline I: Psychological Conditions
  10. Adjudicative Guideline J: Criminal Conduct
  11. Adjudicative Guideline K: Handling Protected Information
  12. Adjudicative Guideline L: Outside Activities
  13. Adjudicative Guideline M: Use of Information Technology Systems
       
• The Federal Investigative Standards
  Provides a high-level overview of the Federal Investigative Standards (FIS). This short introduces the five-tiered investigative model.