FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTS MAJOR CHANGES TO ADJUDICATIVE GUIDELINES
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The approved major revisions (December 29, 2005) to the Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining the Eligibility for Access to Classified Information are applicable to the adjudication of all cases in which a Statement of Reason (SOR)/Letter of Intent (LOI) was issued on or after September 1, 2006. The previously issued Adjudicative Guidelines will remain applicable to all cases in which a Statement of Reason(SOR)/Letter of Intent (LOI) was issued before September 1, 2006. These major revisions have a significant impact on the adjudicative process applicable to broad areas of Federal personnel law concerning numerous types of protected information. Additionally, effective September 12, 2006, DOHA Operating Instruction No. 64 is applicable to the adjudication of all Smith Amendment Cases (10 U.S.C. Section 986) without regard to the date the Statement of Reasons (SOR)/Letter of Intent was issued. Click HERE for more information.