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Personnel Security (PerSec) Clearance Tracker glossary
Terms used in Personnel Security (PerSec) Clearance Tracker and its documentation.
Applies to Personnel Security (PerSec) Clearance Tracker as it works today. Moraph updates the platform continuously, and this page is reviewed when it changes.
Terms used in Personnel Security (PerSec) Clearance Tracker and its documentation.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Eligibility | The determination by the adjudicating authority that a person may access classified information at a given level; the tracker records it but does not make it. |
| Continuous vetting | Ongoing checks run by the government that replace fixed reinvestigation cycles for enrolled people; the tracker logs the alerts your office receives. |
| Reinvestigation | A periodic investigation required for people not covered by continuous vetting, tracked by its due date. |
| Self-report | A report an employee makes about a reportable event, such as foreign travel or a foreign contact. |
| Read-on | Granting a person access to a specific program after a briefing and signed agreement. |
| Debriefing | The briefing given when a person's access to a program ends, recorded with the date and signed acknowledgment. |
| Access list | The list of people holding access to a program or facility, periodically certified by the responsible security officer. |
| System of record | The government personnel security system, such as DISS, that remains authoritative; the tracker reconciles against its exports. |
| Reconciliation | Comparing tracker records with a system of record export and resolving each difference. |
| Need-to-know restriction | A setting that limits sensitive event and case details to the assigned specialists and chosen roles. |
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