Originally published at: https://www.clearancejobsblog.com/submitting-an-updated-sf-86-is-required-every-5-years-for-all-clearance-holders/
In the past, security clearance holders had to undergo a periodic reinvestigation every 5 years for Top Secret and 10 years for Secret. When the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) took over background investigations from the Office of Personnel Management, it gradually instituted continuous evaluation protocols to ween off having to conduct reinvestigations. Eventually,…