Description:
Learn the basic purpose, intent, procedures, and application of the Personnel Security and Personnel Suitability Adjudication Programs in reaching potential security and trustworthiness determinations. Learn suitability determinations for federal government employment and contracting under 5 CFR 731, and for security clearance determinations under the Federal Adjudication Guidelines mandated by Executive Order 12968. Demonstrate your fundamental ability to research, analyze, weigh, decide, and act on given security and suitability information. Because this course is designed to impart the skills necessary to adjudicate in a security office, human resources office, or adjudication facility, it relies on practical exercises in class. These practical exercises assist you with your primary functions as adjudicator in identifying personnel security and suitability issues, and in making determinations with regard to the more frequent issues you encounter.
Duration:
4 days
Level:
Foundational
Who Should Attend?
Federal government and contractor personnel serving as adjudicators or performing adjudicative-type functions at all grade levels.
Credits:
2.4 CEUs
Learning Outcomes:
- Follow the process for making a personnel security or suitability determination.
- Understand policy guidelines and their application in classroom cases.
- Identify basic issues requiring further investigation or determination.
- Adjudicate cases for security clearance eligibility under Executive Order 12968 and the Adjudication Guidelines Adjudicate cases for suitability for employment under 5 CFR 731.
- Understand the importance of due process and when to initiate it.
Available Sessions:
| Session Code | Start Date | End Date | Location | Tuition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session Code STAF8220-004 | Start Date Sep 30, 2025 9:00 AM EST | End Date Oct 03, 2025 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $1,549.00 | |
| Session Code STAF8220-005 | Start Date Feb 10, 2026 9:00 AM EST | End Date Feb 13, 2026 4:30 PM EST | Location Virtual | Tuition $1,549.00 |
- Module 1 Introduction to Suitability and Fitness Adjudication
- Module 2 Position Risk Designations, Reciprocity and Subject Engagement
- Module 3 Suitability and Fitness Factors
- Module 4 Suitability and Fitness Preemployment Screening/Vetting Process
- Module 5 Traditional Suitability and Fitness Adjudication Determination Guidelines
- Module 6 OPM’s Suitability and Fitness Adjudication Determination Process
- Module 7 Evidence: Supporting Your Determination
- Module 8 Identifying Merit Fraud
- Module 9 Taking Action in Suitability and Fitness Cases: Unfavorable Determinations
- Module 10 Significant Precedent Setting Cases
- Module 11 Decision Standards for National Security Positions: Executive Order 12968
- Module 12 National Security Adjudicative Guidelines for Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified Information or Eligibility to Hold a Sensitive Position
- Module 13 The Bond Amendment
- Module 14 Security: How to Summarize Investigative Information
- Module 15 Due Process
Other Recommended Courses:
- Suitability Adjudication (STAF8101)
