Scattered Castles: IC Directive on Personnel Security
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today released a series of policy documents governing security clearances and access to classified information for intelligence community employees.
Intelligence Community Directive 704 (pdf) and five accompanying policy guidance documents set forth policy on security clearance background investigations, adjudicative guidelines, clearance revocation and appeal processes, reciprocal acceptance of security clearances, and more.
Intelligence Community Policy Guidance 704.5 (pdf) identifies “Scattered Castles” as a comprehensive database of IC security clearance authorizations, which can be used to verify clearances.
With minor technical changes, the new directive and accompanying guidance appear to closely replicate the previous policy under Director of Central Intelligence Directive 6/4.
See ICD 704 and the supporting guidance, along with other IC Directives, here.
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