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Questionnaire for National Security Positions

Form SF 86. This is a document you normally see or sign.

What it is

The long personal-history questionnaire behind a national security clearance. It is completed online in eApp, and it becomes the spine of the investigation: almost every later question traces back to an answer, or an omission, on this form.

What you do

Complete every section, then certify and release it to the sponsoring security office. The record treats a discovered omission as more damaging than the underlying issue, so an awkward disclosure is the safer disclosure.

Also called

SF-86, SF86, security questionnaire, eQIP form, eApp questionnaire, clearance application.

Where this comes from

OPM — Federal Investigation Forms Listed by form number and title on OPM’s federal investigation forms page.

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