1. Linwood DeArik Vaughn
P.O. Box 3533 Capital Heights, Md. 20791 • 301-974-1151 (c) • vlinwood1@gmail.com
Top Secret – SSBI
Experience
Administrative Security Analyst
Coleman Group Inc. March 2014 – Present
Suitland, Maryland
Responsible for conducting Suitability investigations involving record searches of national, state, and local
law enforcement. Prepare written summaries of any derogatory and mitigating findings in investigation
report.
Provide systems support for Department of Commerce Census Hiring & Check Branch. Perform written
inquiries and record searches covering employment, residence, and education history on prospective US
Census Bureau applicants.
Analyze case files to make adjudication determinations based on OPM personnel governing regulations,
policies, and associated guidance.
Provide e-QIP Help Desk assistance to prospective Department of Commerce applicants.
Routine administrative data entry operations include issuing letters, reviewing all applicable forms and
documents (i.e. e-QIP, CCT, FBI Records & LAWE Checks), obtaining the needed verification documents,
documenting all source contacts and issues revealed within the investigative process.
Receive, sort, and file incoming case documentation to be processed for adjudication.
Collect, scan, and upload incoming adjudicative documentation into the related Census database.
Monitors progress, initiates corrective actions to independently assure research on multiple clearances are
completed efficiently within specified timeframe.
Industrial Security Specialist
CACI International/Sayres and Associates Corp. July 2012 – March 2014
Quantico, Virginia
Responsible for managing cleared facilities on accurate company specific clearance data through Industrial
Security Facility Database (ISFD) and Electric Facility Clearance System (e-FCL).
Coordinate with counterintelligence specialists, adjudicators, headquarters personnel, and field personnel to
ensure the FCL process is complete and that an accurate determination of eligibility is made for all facilities
that are processed for FCLs. Monitor manages and manipulates routine administrative computer operations.
Review OPM reports for accuracy and completeness to identify discrepancies and mitigating information
contained in investigation reports daily.
Provide systems support for FCB with monitoring changed conditions of cleared facilities that impact upon
the validity of the facility security clearance (FCLs).
Review and evaluate request (DD254 and Sponsorship Letters) from user agencies, prime contractors, and
foreign governments to process contractor facilities for FCLs for authorization to access classified
information.
Submit daily (JPAS) Joint Personnel Adjudicative System reports to all Industrial Security Specialist for
investigation notification research, CAF responses for research and eligibility request notifications.
Initiate, review and make Suitability adjudication determinations on personnel security clearance (PCL)
investigations via Joint Central Adjudication & Verification System (JCAVS), for Key Management
Personnel (KMP) at new facilities. Review security clearance applications for accuracy and completeness
IAW Defense Industrial Security Office (DISCO) investigation standards.
2. Linwood DeArik Vaughn
P.O. Box 3533 Capital Heights, Md. 20791 • 301-974-1151 (c) • vlinwood1@gmail.com
Personnel Security Shift Lead
American Systems Inc. June 2009 – July 2012
Lorton, Virginia
Consisting of managerial duties including (SAR Processing, Reactivated JPAS Records, and Compelling
Needs), quality control and monitoring 10-15+ employees on proper system knowledge and information
regarding OPM processing procedures.
Provide oversight of the productivity and management methods of quality assurance ensuring services are
performed in accordance with client expectations.
Assisted in planning, design, production and management of online applications as part of DSS online
services and training portals.
Assist with processing Secret and Top Secret clearances daily through Joint Personnel Adjudication
System, Joint Central Adjudication & Verification System (JCAVS), and Electronic Questionnaires for
Investigations Processing (e-QIP).
Created JPAS, ISFD, SWFT, DCII, and STEPP accounts for both internal and external users.
Confirm company-specific clearances through Industrial Security Facilities Database (ISFD).
Analyze inquiries including clearance actions, and specific applications cite from governing manuals,
policies and associated guidance. Assist in non-routine requests for adjudication clearance information and
verification of personnel security clearance requests.
Provide systems support to DSS employees resolving problems and matters not covered by written
instructions regarding DISCO processing procedures.
Mail Operations Manager/Document Courier
American Systems Inc. Sept. 2007 – June 2009
Washington, DC
Liaison for DHS, the Business Plus Corp. American Systems/ Corporation staff, and an eight million dollar
BPC/ASC contract.
Analyze mail processes daily for efficiency to insure our mailrooms are cost effective.
My organizational skills and ability to evaluate and prioritize situations has helped the DHS Mail Operation
continue to grow without sacrificing outstanding customer service.
Responsible for servicing eighty-five mail stops spread over twenty-four different sites throughout
Washington DC and Northern Virginia.
Maintain focus on the frequently time sensitive requirements of customers. Expedite request based on the
compelling need of the requestor.
Mail Operations
Vistronix Inc. June 2001 – Sept. 2007
Washington, D.C.
Liaison for FCC and Vistronix Incorporated staff responsible for servicing multiple mail stops within main
headquarters.
Maintain focus on the frequently time sensitive requirements of customers. Expedite request based on the
compelling need of the requestor.
3. Linwood DeArik Vaughn
P.O. Box 3533 Capital Heights, Md. 20791 • 301-974-1151 (c) • vlinwood1@gmail.com
Technical Skills
JCAVS, JPAS, ISFD, SWFT, DCII, CVS, CHEC Prod, E-Verify, e-QIP, Microsoft Office, SharePoint
Certificates of Completion
Wed based STEPP classes: (Education Network Registration and Online Learning, Training for DOD and other
US Government personnel and contractors within the National Industry Security Program).
Curriculum, Facility Security Officer (FSO) Role in the NISP.
FSO Program Management for Possessing Facilities.
Adjudicator Certification Program: Certification Guide.
JPAS/JCAVS Virtual Training for Security Professionals. 2014
Personally Identifiable Information Awareness Training 2014
DOD Information Assurance Awareness
Introduction to the FSO Curriculum
Intelligence Oversight Awareness
e-QIP Overview
Education
High School Diploma
Southern Wayne Senior High School, NC – May 1999