public trust is not a security clearance.
public trust is not a security clearance.
what type of security clearance is public trust?
is not a security clearance
bullet::::2. l clearance – allows access to classified information up to and including secret data with the special designation: formerly restricted data (s//frd) and special l-cleared "limited" areas.









































despite the common misconception, a public trust position is not a security clearance, and is not the same as the confidential designation. certain positions which require access to sensitive information, but not information which is classified, must obtain this designation through a background check. public trust positions can either be moderate-risk or high-risk.
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cri in particular offers especially broad protection to service members and employees of the defense intelligence community through the defense intelligence community whistleblower protection program because cri is the lead federal investigative entity reviewing security clearance decision-making as a pretext for reprisal. this is done under the inspector general's authority, and not through an application of the whistleblower protection act. section 2302 of title 5 lists twelve distinct prohibited personnel practices that, when following a disclosure of wrongdoing, may constitute a whistleblower reprisal. severe actions such as termination, reassignment, or demotion are included among these title 5-defined adverse actions; however, security clearance decision-making and other adverse personnel security decisions are not covered by the whistleblower protection act. since intelligence and counterintelligence employment is absolutely contingent upon gaining and maintaining a security clearance, review of security clearance decision-making used as a pretext for reprisal is necessary in the protection of defense intelligence community whistleblowers. for this reason, cri investigates reprisal allegations regarding security determinations through the ig act, which is not limited by . exemptions for intelligence and counterintelligence agencies. accordingly, a revocation of a security clearance is reviewable as a pretext for reprisal. in its reports of investigation reviewing security clearance decisions, cri classifies a negative action taken by a responsible management official as a "unfavorable personnel security determination" (uspd) and then applies title 5 standards to its review. in addition to the actions included under the definition of a upsd, cri also investigates suspension of security clearances as well as recommendations to an agency's central adjudication facility to revoke, deny, or suspend security clearances as possible unfavorable personnel security determinations. while not actionable in and of themselves, suspensions and recommendations to a caf are examined by cri because they may constitute contributing pretexts to reprisal through security determination. by identifying these measures as actionable unfavorable personnel security determinations, cri is able to provide broad protection to whistleblowers within the dod intelligence community.
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