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PSYCHOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS TO ENSURING PERSONNEL SECURITY:
A SYMPOSIUM
BORMAN, W., University of South Florida and Personnel Decisions Research
Institutes, Inc.;
BOSSHARDT, M., DUBOIS, D., and HOUSTON, J., Personnel Decisions Research
Institutes, Inc., Mpls., MN;
CRAWFORD, K., Defense Personnel Security Research and Education Center,
Monterey, CA;
WISKOFF, M., and ZIMMERMAN, R., BDM International, Inc., Monterey, CA;
SHERMAN, F., Marine Security Guard Battalion, Quantico, VA.
The national security and financial consequences of unsuitable conduct
and compromise of classified information by persons in sensitive or
high security risk jobs are enormous. To protect against these types
of unreliable behavior, a,.personnel security program is utilized by
the Department of Defense. This program has two major emphases. The
first involves screening individuals who are being considered for
initial clearances. The second emphasis is the ongoing or continuing
assessment of cleared personnel. With respect to initial screening,
investigative interview procedures and background questionnaires to
screen applicants are discussed. Regarding continuing assessment,
current military service programs and an approach to assessing Marine
Security Guard behavior are described. The symposium concludes with a
discussion of some of the difficulties encountered by practitioners
and new approaches to improve personnel security practices.
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